Victoria Tollossa, MBA

Director of Marketing 

Illume

Founder & CEO

Mitchell Sandler LLC

Centre Law & Consulting, LLC.

Marketing Manager

First Edventures

Founder

IDL Entertainment Group

Co-Founder

Victoria Tollossa is a two-time founder, Grammy-nominated storyteller, and the creative force behind Illume — a personal branding agency helping executives and mission-driven entrepreneurs amplify their influence and visibility.

Blending business acumen and brand strategy, Victoria has helped clients secure funding from top firms, attract high-level talent, close multi-million-dollar deals, grow powerful social media platforms, earn industry awards, and land major speaking opportunities — not by chasing attention, but by owning their narrative.

Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Inc., Fortune, and Business Journals. She’s collaborated with both Fortune 500 brands and high-growth startups, including high-profile clients like Target, Ford, Seventh Generation and Bravo’s Real Housewives.

A trusted voice on storytelling, social media strategy, and the future of personal branding, Victoria is a frequent speaker, strategic advisor, and a fierce advocate for building businesses that reflect both purpose and power.

Victoria Tollossa

15: I recorded my first album.
16: Called Jive Records everyday for months (literally).
17: Got rejected by Jive Records.
18: Got into an Ivy League school, moved to NYC, heart of the music industry. 
19: Recorded more song, networked all over the city. The hustle was on.
20: Got rejected by everyone. Again.
21: I continued to practice, sing and dance... Every. Single. Day.
22: Met a big-time producer who gave me my first break.
24: Recorded more music, pitched all the record labels in NYC. This was gonna be it!
25: Got rejected by everyone — “We don’t get it, it’s just too different.”
26: Of course now I was now deemed “old” for the music industry, so I wrote for songs for others.
27: Moved to LA. Alone. 4+ writing sessions a week, grinding.
27: Launched an experiential marketing agency. A new lane.
28: Wrote a song that would later be nominated for a Grammy. Finally!
28: Also wrote 100+ songs that would never see the light of day. 
29: Got burnt out. Industry chewed me up and spit me out. Got out with low self esteem. Negative attitude. Totally jaded. 
29: Experiential marketing agency took off — 140+ team, huge clients.
30: Got pregnant and had my son.
31: Became a single mom. Everything changed.
32: Forced to exit the agency. 
33: Moved back east, lived with my mom. Did what’s best for my son.
34: Went back to school, got my MBA, moved out on my own.
35: Got a “real job” at a law firm.
36: Pandemic hit. Everything flipped again.
37: The struggle was real.
38: The struggle became even more real.
39: Quit corporate. Started a personal branding agency. A new chapter.
41: Scored a $10 million deal, sold the company and rode off into the sunset in my Maserati.

Ok… just kidding.
(About the last part, that is.)

We love to hear stories that resolve neatly at the end.
But real life doesn’t do that.

If you were hoping for a neat lesson, here it is:

The real win is NOT quitting.
It’s betting on yourself when the world says no.

So if you’re in the middle of your mess, your setback, your “I don’t know what’s next”…

Keep going.
The next chapter is still yours to write.

CEO @ Illume | Grammy-nominated Storyteller & Personal Branding Strategist for Executives

"Why do I need a personal brand? I'm not an influencer."
I hear this from execs all the time.

Ok fine, you're not trying to become TikTok famous.

But, I'm pretty sure you are trying to close deals faster, build credibility, and shorten the path to yes.

That’s exactly where a strong personal brand works in your favor.

A visible, authentic presence online creates familiarity.

Before a prospect ever meets you, they’ve already:

• seen your posts
• absorbed your insights
• connected with your story
• formed an opinion about who you are

So when you do get in the room, the heavy lifting is already done.
And the sales process accelerates.

Here’s how it shows up:

✅ Less time spent on introductions — your reputation gets there first
✅ Higher credibility — your content signals expertise
✅ Faster trust-building — people buy from people they feel they know
✅ Lower resistance — prospects are already warmed up
✅ Better-quality conversations — you’re treated like a peer, not a vendor
✅ Shorter sales cycles — recognized leaders get prioritized
✅ Stronger pricing power — trust increases perceived value

Personal branding is about leverage.

It reduces friction, increases trust, and drives revenue.

So if you’re a CEO, founder, or senior leader?

It’s time to step into the spotlight.
Share your insights.
Tell your story.
Build the connection before the first call.

Your bottom line will thank you.

Ontic

•Manage full-cycle recruitment across Ontic’s four U.S.-based facilities, overseeing all phases from sourcing through offer acceptance.

•Lead recruitment efforts for Ontic’s 8th site, a new MRO Center of Excellence based in Miramar, Florida, supporting rapid scaling and team build-out.

•Consistently fulfill hiring needs for engineering and technician roles, including manufacturing, electromechanical, and avionics disciplines.

•Recruit and scale cross-functional teams, including Sales, Product, Software, Data, Engineering, HSE, Revenue Management, and Finance.

•Successfully filled senior leadership roles across the organization, including Business Unit Leaders, Managers, Directors, and C-suite executives.

•Hired 200+ skilled professionals to date, averaging five closed requisitions per month in support of Ontic’s continued growth.

•Leverage a personal LinkedIn network of 70,000+ technical professionals to boost brand visibility, strengthen employer reputation, and significantly reduce time to hire.

•Represent Ontic at industry conventions, trade shows, hiring events, and career fairs to support recruitment and brand engagement.

•Contribute to internal initiatives aimed at improving, refining, and streamlining recruitment strategies and hiring processes.

Talent Aquisition Partner

Open To Work Community

Open to Work is a world class job search community to give Job Seekers the best insights, mentorship and best in class resources to help you find your next job, fast.

www.opentoworkcommunity.com

Advisor

Quest Defense

•Played an integral role as a Senior Recruiter, providing full-cycle recruitment support across multiple departments.

•Advised hiring managers on best practices, market conditions, and talent acquisition strategies to ensure an excellent candidate experience.

•Recruited for a variety of engineering roles, from entry-level college graduates to principal individual contributors and leadership positions.

•Filled roles such as Mechanical, Aerothermal, and Thermal Engineers; Procurement Specialists; IMS Schedulers; System Safety Engineers; and Software/Hardware Managers.

•Partnered with and advised internal executives on talent strategy, U.S. labor market trends, and recruitment best practices, always advocating for candidate experience.

•Collaborated with several top OEMs in the industry, including GE, P&W, Honeywell, and Bell.

•Grew a LinkedIn following of 33,000+ in just nine months.

•Leveraged my online community and personal brand to promote the company and open roles, increasing the inbound talent pipeline by 25% and significantly boosting website traffic.

•Quickly ramped up on multiple ATS platforms, including BullHorn and iTracQ.

•Adaptable and versatile in both high-volume and niche recruitment environments.

Senior Aerospace Recruiter

Thentia

• As a Talent Partner, I brought my Technical & Product recruitment expertise to help Thentia scale.

• Developed an in-depth understanding of the Regulatory and GovTech space.

• Partnered with & advised VPs in Eng, Product, Customer Success and InfoSec.

• Achieved a Source to Hire time of 21 days or less across ALL roles.

• Served as the only US based Talent Partner, bringing market specific knowledge.

• Roles filled: GRC Manager, Sr. InfoSec Analyst, Salesforce Engineer and Sales Engineer.

• Leveraged my 14K community increasing company following and website traffic.

Talent Partner

Amobee

• Responsible for the entire US, building out the Engineering + Product teams.

• Helped scale a Data Engineer & Data Scientist Team.

• Partnered with multiple VPEs, Product leaders & HRBPs on hiring needs + best practice.

• Consulted with Product + Engineering leadership and implemented a roll out of Codility, establishing a uniformed and consistent hiring technical assessment, improving speed of hiring and reducing unconscious bias, whilst also raising internal benchmarks of coding quality.

• Gained invaluable experience working on a global scale across multiple timezones.

• Assisted HR and the TA team in matters pertaining to the merger of Amobee and Tremor International (Sept, 2022) gaining invaluable experience during a $239 Mil acquisition involving over 1000 global employees.

Technical Recruiter

strongDM

• Employee #90, scaled to 150+ in 6 months, personally achieving a 23 day sourced to hire average across all of my roles.

• Played a key role in building out the Governance, Risk & Compliance Team & the SecOps Engineering team.

• Sourced and filled key managerial roles in the GRC, SecOps & Engineering teams.

• Roles filled: Security Eng, Product Security Eng, Compliance Specialist, Internal Auditor, GRC Manager, SecOps Manager, Technical Writer, IT Analyst.

• Pushed and advocated for DE&I initiatives achieving a balanced hiring process.

• Advocated for equal gender opportunity, achieving a 50/50 male to female ratio on the GRC & SecOps team.

• Deepened my understanding of Lever as an ATS.

Artium

• Employee #44. Company scaled past 100+ fully remote employees.

• Gained invaluable experience undertaking client facing work. 

• Partnered with Corelogic, successfully completing a $500k+ (in revenue) project over 6 months.

• Worked as a talent partner filling principal level in-office roles in the midst of a global pandemic. 

• Sourced for in-office engineering and product teams. Roles included: Principal level SWEs, Full Stack SWEs (Java, spring boot, Angular JS), and Principal level TPMs.

HireIO, Inc.

• Cultivated an understanding of recruitment fundamentals, sourcing strategies, candidate experience, pipeline management and various ATS including Greenhouse and Lever.

• Worked on Mobile Engineers (iOS/Android), sourcing for various clients.

Recruiter | Tech | Aerospace — Building Teams that Solve Problems!

The opinions shared in my content and posts are for personal use and reflect my position only.

👋 Hi, and welcome to my page!

I’m an aerospace and technical recruiter, content creator, and passionate advocate for the job-seeking community. Every day, I connect people to opportunity because I believe people are the pillars that hold up any successful company.

Over the past five years, I’ve had the privilege of building a community of 70,000+ professionals. What started as a small effort to help a few job seekers has grown into daily content that supports and uplifts thousands around the world.

I’m especially passionate about partnering with brands and platforms that enhance the hiring experience and empower recruiters and job seekers to succeed. Reach out if you want eyeballs on your product or service—I love highlighting tools that make a difference.

A bit about me: I’m originally from the UK and now living in Florida with my wife and daughter, enjoying my slice of the American dream. I’ve traveled to 37 countries (and counting), and I plan to reach all four corners of the world. When I’m not recruiting or creating content, I’m likely enjoying great food, board games, or a good workout.

If you’re looking for a job in the aerospace industry, reach out. I’d love to help.

Thanks for visiting. Cheers!

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