Not On The High Street Appoints Ana Ilie-Jitianu As Head of Acquisition
Acquire Digital Talent is delighted to announce the appointment of Ana Ilie-Jitianu as Head of Acquisition at Not On The High Street.
Not On The High Street is a curated marketplace for gifting and lifestyle items, bringing over 5000 small creative businesses from the UK onto its platform. Everything you see on their site has been created, baked or designed by artisans, designers and curators.
They curate the partners who join their marketplace and are able to connect customers with one-of-a-kind items. Nobody quite does it like their community of small creative businesses, especially when it comes to personalisation.
Founded in 2006, they were born from a passion for finding the unexpected amidst a rejection of the high street’s big corporates. The co-founders recognised a market opportunity to connect customers directly with small creative retail businesses through a curated online marketplace.
Shoppers could browse and buy from the UK’s most innovative independent businesses, accessing unique, quality products, while entrepreneurs finally had a route to market that solved their fundamental marketing and distribution challenges.
They do not design, manufacture or directly source any products themselves. They don’t hold any stock or manage any distribution warehouses. They don’t have any physical retail presence, meaning 100% of their revenue is driven online. Instead, they source and handpick small creative business partners to sell on their website.
Notonthehighstreet.com is the heart of their business and their storefront. They’re an established gifting and lifestyle destination, welcoming over 5 million customers annually, making it the “go to” destination for gifting and self-treating.
After a recent re-brand, the challenge was to bring on board an outstanding senior acquisition marketer with a robust background in media measurement and designing bespoke attribution models, one of the key pillars that will bring continued success to the overall marketing function.
Through a series of market mapping and detailed searches, a handful of exceptionally talented individuals were presented, with Ana being the pick of the bunch.
Having a diverse background, having previously worked for Deliveroo, Google, GoPuff and Sproutl, Ana could show clear demonstration across the suite of critical requirements needed from this new hire.
Ana joins the business at an exciting time of growth for the company and is looking forward to the next growth stage within her career.
We are delighted to have been trusted by Emilie as their exclusive search partner on such a crucial hire within the Marketing function.
“Recruiting for great leadership within Digital Marketing can sometimes be a challenge, and we had a very specific brief for Alex. He managed to source an excellent calibre of candidates within a very short amount of time which led to us having someone join the business within no time. The process was flawless as he has a great ability to understand the business needs and culture alignments, and communication was very clear and around the clock. I cannot recommend Alex enough; he’s one of the best talent recruiters I have worked with in my career.”
- Emilie Mouquot, VP Marketing, NOTHS
Congratulations, Ana. We wish you all the very best!
For more information on Not On The High Street, please visit: https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/
Assignment completed by Alex Marriner
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