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CAREERS: Enhanced Marketability Tips for Emerging Professionals

As a recent college graduate or young professional in the lighting industry, it’s essential to understand your success goes beyond just technical knowledge; it requires a blend of strong communication skills, strong work ethic, adaptability, and enthusiasm. If you’re aiming to succeed in the lighting industry, here are some key insights gained throughout my 17 years as a lighting industry executive recruiter.

The most in-demand positions of 2024 were lighting designers, product managers, and quotations and regional sales managers. In all these positions, our clients were looking for people that have some sales skills and adaptability. Sales is becoming an important aspect in all positions. For the non-sales positions, employers value people that keep their ears open to new projects being bid on and ask if their company can get those projects. It’s about knowing what is going on in your community, knowing which companies/architects are getting which projects, and being willing to ask for the opportunity to work on them.

Manufacturing Engineer – Mid-Atlantic Region – 5263

Design Engineer – IL – 5285

Design Engineer – FL – 5300

Quotations – NY/Hybrid – 5324

Project Manager – Chicago – 5336

Electrical Project Engineer – Chicagoland Area – 5353

Sr. Lighting Quotations – Frederick, MD – 5358

Contractor Sales Manager – MN – 5364

Energy/ Electrical Distribution Outside Sales – NH & ME – 5371

Specification Sales – VA – 5381

Project Manager – VA – 5382

Regional Sales Manager – New England – 5383

Jr. Lighting Designer – Las Vegas – 5388

Promotions

Aaron Feldman – Associate Director of Operations, Designlights Consortium

Abigail Roepe – Brand and Product Marketing Manager, Acuity

AJ Pualani - Regional Sales Manager, Selux Corporation

Alexander Ostrovsky – Executive Director, Business and Product Dev., Modern Forms

Amber Ripley – Regional Strategic Account Manager, LEDVANCE

Artyom Chekmasov – Senior Marketing Professional, Current Lighting

Ben Myer – Global Vice President Sales Enablement, Dialight

Brittany Kinlaw - Specification Sales, SESCO Lighting, Inc.

CJ Billera - Senior Sales Manager - National Retail, Lutron Electronics

Darian Healy – Lighting Business Development Manager, Graybar

David Seok – Associate, The Lighting Practice

Dorothy Underwood - Associate Principal, KGM Architectural Lighting 

Emmanuel Ortega – Assistant Warranty Manager Outdoor, Current Lighting

Erin Wilkinson – Senior Sales Representative, Lutron Electronics

Hadar Bendriem – Associate Director, HLB Lighting Design

Ian Feldman – Senior Quotations Specialist, Specification Lighting Sales

Ian MacDonald – Inside Sales Coordinator, Lutron Electronics

Isaiah Goff - Graphic Design Manager, Legrand, NA 

James Clontz - Lighting Specification Sales, Gildner Maddox LLC

Jeri Lee Jodice Fraga – Director, Brand and Product Marketing, Acuity

Joe Bradley – Vice President, Bishop & Brogdon

John Regan – Account Executive, Chelsea Lighting

Julie Donovan – Associate Director, HLB Lighting Design

Kaylie Shaffer – Senior Manager, Global Public Relations, Crestron Electronics

Leyna Best – Senior Designer, Available Light

Marcus Engstler - Territory Sales Associate, Musco Lighting

Mike Riebling – Hadco Urban Category Product Manager, Signify

Mindy Stracke - National Accounts Senior Lead, Acuity

Nick Emerick – Partner, The Dulanski Group

Olivia Smyth – Preconstruction Team Leader, Specification Lighting Sales

Paula Martinez-Nobles - President, Fisher Marantz Stone

Robert Shapiro – CEO, L.A. Lighting

Shelli Sedlak – Director of Sales, Architectural Ambient, Cooper Lighting Solutions

Simi Burg – Principal, HLB Lighting Design

Tom Salzman - VP Business Development, KSA Lighting & Controls

Tori Sanford – Director of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff, Acuity

Tyler Ezell – Supervising Lighting Designer, Senior Associate, Syska Hennessy Group

Zephan Ellenbogen – Regional Sales Manager-New England, QTL

Job Moves

Alex Muller – Lighting Designer Associate, Alula Lighting Design

Alexandra Pruitt - Managing Partner, Pruitt Lighting Group

Bill Getzinger - VP Engineering, Lumato

Brandon Fox - Regional Project / Specification Manager, LEDVANCE

Brian Thomas – Specification Sales, DesignLight

Carrie Meyer - Project Manager, The Lighting Digest

Corey Crull – Account Manager, The Lighting Digest

Diane Paquet - Technical Lighting Sales & Support, Lites On West Soho

Eric Lovingfoss – National Channel Sales Manager, Cooper Lighting Solutions

Eric Schlechtweg – North East Regional Sales Manager, Nora Lighting

Erik Yamashiro – Associate Principal Lighting Designer, Spectrum Engineers

Fernando Ulloa - VP of Product, EiKO

Gabe Caswell - Territory Manager, Keystone Technologies

Gabriel Souvay – Regional Sales Manager - North East, Vode Lighting

Gabriel Strauss – Regional Sales Manager, ERCO

Giacomo Selvi - Regional Sales Manager, 3G Lighting

Glen Karpinos – Area Sales Manager, Current Lighting

Ho-San Chang – VP of Business Development + Marketing, Illuminations

Jamie Capell – Specification Sales Manager - Lighting, Mac's II Agencies

Joe Bokelman - Regional Sales Manager, SGM Lighting

Joe Grinstead - VP Business Development, Convey Lighting

John Bruening - Owner, LUMEN8LED

Johnny Bubert – Controls Manager, JAW Lighting

Josie Buckon - Lighting Designer, Lighting Workshop

Joycelyn Ng Brown – Specification Solutions Representative, HILA

Justin Horvath - CEO, Tegan Lighting

Karla Frisenda - Inside Sales Manager, Selux

Katiana Brosz - Lighting Designer, Banks Landl Lighting Design

Kristine Delostrinos - Specification Sales, Federated Lighting

Kylie Nichols – Customer Service Account Manager, ALW

Lucie McDonough – Project Manager, Designlight

Maria Alaverdova – Regional Sales Manager, Elite Lighting Corp

Mathew Michell - Lighting Division - Sales Manager, Seoul Semiconductor

Michelle Skow – Senior Lighting Designer, DLR Group

Mike Miller - Account Manager (CO & WY), ASD Lighting

Neil Goldstein – Director of Sales and Marketing, Lighting Group Network

Nick Sengotta – Eastern Regional Sales Manager, Globalux Lighting & Fans

Nicole Smith – Specification Sales, Mercer Zimmerman

Nikhil Kochar - Director of Engineering & Product Management, Leviton

Pete Lena - CEO, ETi Lighting

Pete Matson – Regional Sales Manager, American Lighting

Philip Waters – Outside Distributor Sales, Lighting Associates, Inc.

Regina Priest – Senior Project Manager, Lightsmith Inc.

Ryan Walker – Sales, Visual Interest Inc.

Samantha Graziano – Specification Sales, Chicago Lightworks

Seka Collins – Specification Sales, SESCO Lighting, Inc.

Stephanie Cardamoe - VP, West, Acuity

Stephanie Quimby – Lighting Advisor, Light Can Help You

Steve Noe – Outside Sales Representative, SESCO Lighting, Inc.

Steven Paulus – Director of Marketing, Phoenix Lighting

Tim Guion – Head of Sales - Americas, SGM Lighting

Tom Howe - VP Sales, Kelvix

Trevor Rich - Contractor & Distributor Sales, Smart Lighting Solutions

President / Executive Recruiter

Brooke has been recruiting in the lighting industry since 2008. Her expertise includes recruiting in lighting manufacturing, lighting design, ESCO’s and rep agencies with positions ranging from mid-level to C-Suite / Executive level in sales, marketing, engineering, operations, product management, lighting design, etc. Brooke is also a member of the IALD Affiliate, IES, WILD, NAILD, NAED and The Pinnacle Society.

847.307.7127

bz@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingrecruiter/

Executive Recruiter

Pete joined Egret Consulting in 2023 as a Lighting Industry Recruiter. He is responsible for conducting professional searches for entry-level to C-Suite-level roles, including Inside / Outside Sales, Quotes, Project Management, Branch Managers, etc. for Lighting Distributors nationwide, as well as lighting manufacturers. 

847.305.3146

ps@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petesanjuanlightingrecruiter/