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Shea Millrood

JM Search
Charleston,SC
Shea Millrood
7
years of professional experience

Executive Search Consultant specializing in retained searches for private equity-backed companies across dozens of industries and functions. Experienced managing full-cycle executive search engagements from market mapping and candidate assessment through offer negotiation. Promoted three times in four years at JM Search, with expertise in executive recruiting, competitive intelligence, and advising clients on leadership hiring strategies.

Work History

Executive Search Consultant

6 Months
JM Search | 01.2026 - Current

Executive Search Consultant in the Financial Services CoE responsible for the following:

  • Executing full cycle, “seed to nut”, retained C-suite search engagements (about 5 active searches at any given time), including role scoping, market mapping, candidate identification, candidate outreach, candidate screening, assessment, presentation, and offer negotiation
  • Conduct candidate evaluation, including in-depth behavioral interviews, leadership assessment, cultural fit analysis, and preparation of detailed candidate reports
  • Manage search logistics and communication, including scheduling candidate interviews, coordinating stakeholder calendars, and providing regular, structured client updates on progress and market feedback
  • Work closely with Partners to drive business development within a retained model, cultivating long-term client relationships within the private equity space, identifying new mandates, and contributing to proposal and pitch efforts

Senior Market Analyst

1 Year 11 Months
JM Search | 01.2024 - 12.2025

Senior research analyst in the Technology team responsible for all the duties of a Market Analyst, but with a higher search capacity (12-15 searches at any given time).

  • Apprentice recruiter; this level was a preparation to become a full-time recruiter. I was recruiting on at least one search at any given time, along with all performing all market analyst responsibilities.
  • Managed two market analyst interns during the summer ’24 internship program

Market Analyst

1 Year 5 Months
JM Search | 07.2022 - 12.2023

Research analyst in the Technology team responsible for the following:

  • Sourcing candidates using various research methods including, but not limited to, LinkedIn Recruiter, ZoomInfo, internal databases, and Google
  • Market mapping: Using resources such as Pitchbook, Google, and internal archives to create robust documents outlining companies that provide the potential candidates that align best with our client’s needs
  • Ensure that our internal database, Thrive, remains consistent with where we sit in the search
  • Building job descriptions, top candidate criteria documents, and candidate scorecards
  • Creating search update reports along with applicable deliverables for client status update meetings
  • Attending search update meetings (internal and external) and delivering summaries of each call to forward to the search team and client
  • Sourcing and acquiring backchannel references
  • Average search capacity = 10 to 12 searches at any given time

Growth Marketing Intern

3 Months
ThriveCash | 11.2019 - 02.2020
  • Executed campus marketing initiatives for a fintech startup.
  • Gathered customer insights through direct outreach to improve marketing strategy.

Education

Bachelor of Science - B.B.A. (finance Focus), Minor in Communications

University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business | 12-2021

Timeline

Executive Search Consultant

JM Search
01.2026 - CurrentRead More

Senior Market Analyst

JM Search
01.2024 - 12.2025Read More

Market Analyst

JM Search
07.2022 - 12.2023Read More

Growth Marketing Intern

ThriveCash
11.2019 - 02.2020Read More

University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business

Bachelor of Science from B.B.A. (finance Focus), Minor in Communications
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Shea Millrood