Sal Avelar

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Senior Marketing Strategist

Lightster

Head of Growth

Bringing product teams and customers together with customer interviews on-demand. 

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Fractional CMO

UofT Hatchery

Mentor

Voxqube

Strategic Growth Advisor

1000ml

NexJ Systems

Sr. Director, Growth Marketing & Demand Generation

Sun Life Financial

Director, Growth Marketing & Loyalty

Canon Canada

Growth Marketing & Demand Generation Manager

TritonWear

Marketing Manager

Compuware

Digital Marketing Manager

I am a marketer and entrepreneur with years of experience in building businesses. I love helping others achieve their goals and I believe that innovation and disruption are key to success in modern marketing.

My motivation comes from empowering others. It brings me great satisfaction to see businesses grow and thrive under my guidance. I truly believe that everyone has the potential to achieve greatness and I always strive to bring out the best in them.

My mantra is simple: passion, drive, and a hunger for success are essential for excellence. With these values at my core, I approach every project and challenge with enthusiasm and dedication.

Sarah Brekelmans

Brightly

Brightly is a boutique executive search & recruitment agency founded on the belief that mindful, nurtured candidate relationships and assessments make for stronger long-term hires.

The connections we make possible for our clients aren’t luck — they’re based on a deep understanding of people’s needs, and a compassionate, honest understanding of both the candidate and the company.

We identify the candidates who can lead and support their teams towards greater collaboration, performance and resilience.

Our results speak for themselves, with a 100% success rate on search mandates and 90% of our clients either referring us to other businesses, or partnering with Brightly on a repeat basis.

Founder & Principal Recruiter

IQ PARTNERS Inc.

I oversaw and helped build out IQ Partners' start-up and scale-up practice. We focused primarily on working with both PE and VC backed tech companies to scale out their marketing, product, and HR teams.

Vice President & Practice Lead for Startups & Scaleups 

Vice President, Client Services 

Director, Client Services

Recruitment Consultant

The Creative Group

I kick-started my career in marketing and ecommerce recruitment at The Creative Group, a global staffing agency. I managed the permanent recruitment services division and placed highly skilled interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals with a variety of firms.

Recruitment Manager, Marketing & eCommerce Recruitment 

Medbuy Corporation

Medbuy partners with health service providers to deliver the best possible medical supplies, services and pharmaceuticals for the best possible price. Over the past 20 plus years, we've helped save the health system hundreds of millions of dollars using patient-centred sourcing practices.

Coordinator, Communications

Argyle Communications

Argyle Communications is a full-service North American public relations and marketing communications firm that provides clients with creative, cost-effective ways to understand, reach and influence the audiences that matter to their businesses. Specialities include: consumer marketing, corporate & public affairs, financial PR, digital, health & wellness.

Account Coordinator, Health & Wellness

Eli Lilly and Company

Corporate Communications Intern

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Manager in Training

On the hunt for growth-driven marketers who make an impact?

Perhaps you're a startup leader striving to build a marketing team that can truly drive revenue.

The marketing playbook has evolved, but let's face it, hiring and interviewing practices haven't kept up. Companies still use outdated measures, causing hiring managers endless headaches and costing both time and money.

Enter Brightly.🔆

We're seasoned advisors with a decade of startup know-how, specializing in unearthing, evaluating, and hiring marketers who can truly deliver results.

I founded Brightly because startups crave more than a recruiter—they need a human touch, a partner who can advise on the nuances of the hiring process, craft effective job descriptions, conduct strong interviews, and steer them toward success.

If you're a startup looking to bring on proven marketers, let’s chat! We’d be happy to discuss your current hiring needs and challenges to see if we can be an effective partner for you. 

I can be reached by email at sarah@brightlysearch.com

I look forward to meeting you!

Brightly is a boutique executive search & recruitment agency founded on the belief that mindful, nurtured candidate relationships and assessments make for stronger long-term hires.

The connections we make possible for our clients aren’t luck — they’re based on a deep understanding of people’s needs, and a compassionate, honest understanding of both the candidate and the company.

We identify the candidates who can lead and support their teams towards greater collaboration, performance and resilience.

Our results speak for themselves, with a 100% success rate on search mandates and 90% of our clients partnering with Brightly on a repeat basis.

Sarah Brekelmans 🔆

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