Bio

Nicole’s familiar face has appeared on many film and episodic projects, some of which have run on prime-time network television. This benefits Eastward clients and candidates because it establishes her bona fides as a creative talent, with a relatable set of experiences shared by the artists with whom she works. Brand & Digital is an intensely niche-oriented space, which requires a rare set of capabilities to discern a good match.

Since 2014, Nicole has steadily advanced in the executive search industry, as have her clients. Focusing on director-level and above placements, she has developed a reputation for finding candidates who find their futures at their hiring organizations, as measured by their lengths of service. Prior to Eastward, Nicole led another search firm’s digital services practice.

The New York University alumna, along with her husband-to-be Joe, is in transition from the Upper East Side to Brooklyn. Nicole is an active benefactor of the Broadway Bound Fund, presenting theater arts to inner-city youth.

Bio

Joe is Eastward’s point person for identifying creative talent and matching these candidates with career opportunities they might not otherwise have found attainable. He has helped many individuals not only realize offers for initially appropriate position, he has since watched them advance from there.

Starting his career in the field straight out of Syracuse University in 2018, Joe, gained valuable experience in contingent hiring. This prepared him for Eastward’s executive search orientation by teaching him that not every person who looks like a perfect fit actually is, and that not every perfect fit is necessarily interested in the opportunity. He had to get used to hearing “no” – and also to saying “no” as the situation merited. Ultimately, though, there is nothing Joe finds more satisfying as those times when the perfect skill-set match is also the perfect cultural fit.

He still resides near where he grew up on Long Island’s south shore along with Roo, his Australian cattle dog.

Bio

Destinée has acquired a great deal of responsibility in a short time as an executive search professional. In 2019, she made the switch from public relations, and brought with her a background in media and graphic design that is integral to Eastward’s Branding & Digital practice.

She takes an analytical approach to the challenge of getting responses from potential candidates. Destinée optimizes results by identifying the elements of her plan, then altering one variable at a time. Combined with her strong work ethic and communications skill, she has emerged as an integral part of the Eastward team.

Destinée, a St. John’s University graduate, is in the midst of returning to New York after spending a year with family in southern New Jersey.