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Hiring recruiters look for them. Executives bring them along when they move to different jobs. Purple squirrels are magical marketers who can do it all. Although the exact origin of the term is unknown, they’re known for having technical skills, financial know-how and emotional intelligence. We asked several marketing leaders including Greg Welch, practice leader, Spencer Stuart, who led a panel on purple squirrels at Adweek’s CMO Moves Summit East in New York earlier this year, to list what makes up a purple squirrel, including but not limited to: passionate, customer-centric, business savvy, focused and even funny
“The way I describe a purple squirrel is the optimal candidate who has both qualitative and quantitative skills and thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, for example, a vp, creative director who can pivot quickly from diving into data, extrapolating insights and implementing them to overseeing a global photo shoot and inspiring their team,” said Emily
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