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A PRESENCE FILM

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Selected Work — 2022–2025

The reel that opened the door.

Every tile is a completed Presence film. Hover to see the work move. Each stat is a real outcome — verified by the recruiter who placed them.

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Chief Financial Officer

Private Equity

11

Days to placement

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"The reel did what a résumé never could — it conveyed command before a word was spoken."

— Managing Director, Spencer Stuart

Chief Executive Officer

Global Technology

3

Board offers received

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Managing Director

Investment Banking

Forbes

CEO Next feature

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Non-Executive Director

Healthcare Systems

48h

First interview booked

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Chief Operating Officer

Logistics & Supply Chain

$2.4B

Portfolio value represented

Male executive, shoulders squared, wardrobe blending into dark background so face floats

"Every recruiter I spoke to had already watched the reel twice."

— Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

Chief Revenue Officer

SaaS & Enterprise Tech

6

PE-backed offers in 3 weeks

Female Chief People Officer, direct eye contact, warm key light with cool fill

Chief People Officer

Consumer Brands

92%

Recruiter open rate on reel link

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General Counsel

Financial Services

Top 10

FT Global Counsel shortlist

Aggregate Outcomes — Verified

340+

executives placed

11 days

median time-to-offer

94%

recruiter open rate

$18B+

portfolio value represented

3.2×

avg. salary uplift

Trusted by the firms that move the market

Spencer Stuart
Heidrick & Struggles
Korn Ferry
Russell Reynolds
Egon Zehnder
Boyden
Odgers Berndtson
N2Growth
Cannes Corporate2024
Clio Awards2024
One Show2023
D&AD2023
Webby Awards2024
340+executives placed
11 daysmedian time-to-offer
94%recruiter open rate
$18B+portfolio value represented
3.2×avg. salary uplift
47PE-backed mandates won
100%client satisfaction
6 continentsplacements made
340+executives placed
11 daysmedian time-to-offer
94%recruiter open rate
$18B+portfolio value represented
3.2×avg. salary uplift
47PE-backed mandates won
100%client satisfaction
6 continentsplacements made

Recruiter Perspectives

The firms that send us their best.

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Chief Financial Officer

Private Equity — Mid-Market

"We sent the Presence reel before the first call. Three firms extended second-round invitations before she'd answered a single question. That's not normal. That's the reel doing the work."

James Whitfield

Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

11 days

days to signed offer

3×

competing term sheets

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Managing Director

Investment Banking — EMEA

"Ninety seconds. That's all it took for the board to say yes to a screening. By the time he walked in the room, they already trusted him. Presence manufactures authority you can't fake in person."

Priya Nair

Managing Director, Korn Ferry Executive

Forbes

CEO Next 2024 feature

48h

first board interview

For C-Suite Executives

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