Menu

People that fit. Bonds that endure.

Titanium (formerly the Lewis Search Firm) is the premier, retained executive search and consulting firm specializing in Pharma Advertising (HCP & DTC), PR, Medical Communications, Pub Planning, Promotional MedEd (personal and non-personal), CME, Patient Education, Managed Markets, and healthcare Market Research landscapes. Let us help you beat your competition by being your trusted, strategic partner in your space, where discretion and confidentiality are paramount.

M&A, business consulting, and searches include: Account Management & Client Services, Business Development, Scientific Direction, Creative (Copy, Art, UX & IA), Product Development, Technology Lead, Strategic Planning, Controllers, CFOs, COOs, CSOs, CIOs, CTOs, GMs, Presidents, and CEOs.

What We Do

Titanium is committed to thoughtfully building both the roster and the bench strength of our clients in order to ensure their future success. We provide extensive industry and functional expertise, give insight into executives who best fit our clients’ unique organizational needs, and we have access to the most respected, sought-after leaders in their verticals. We’re not just another executive recruiting firm. Our mission is to help you unlock the hidden value in your organization, which is a direct result of deep, transparent collaboration between the key stakeholders in both of our organizations.

Titanium consultants formulate targeted search strategies, thus enabling our clients to hire the best possible candidate to suit the organizations’ professional and cultural needs. Our sourcing strategy serves as a blueprint for timely and precise search execution. Our industry leading research staff supports strategic development, tactical execution, internal and external communication, and hiring metrics reporting from the launch of a new search assignment to its completion. Our consultants possess the industry, relationship, and business acumen needed to draw exceptional talent to your organization.

Organizations around the world trust Titanium to manage their talent – a responsibility we meet every day with passion, experience, integrity, and results. If you desire to make a difference in your organization, we invite you to look at Titanium, where exceptional leaders serve world-class leaders like you.

Areas of Practice

Pharma Advertising

C-Suite, President, General Manager, Account Management, Financial, Operations, Scientific, Creative, Technology Lead, Strategic Planning

Medical Communications

C-Suite, President, General Manager, Account Management, Financial, Operations, Scientific, Creative, Technology Lead, Strategic Planning, Account Management

Consumer Advertising

C-Suite, President, General Manager, Account Management, Financial, Operations, Creative, Technology Lead, Strategic Planning, Account Management

Public Relations

C-Suite, President, General Manager, Account Management, Financial, Operations, Creative, Technology Lead, Strategic Planning, Account Management

Market Research

C-Suite, President, General Manager, Strategy & Portfolio Management, Business Development – Custom & Syndicated (Seller/Doers), Research Managers, Researchers – Qualitative & Quantitative

Case Studies

Challenge

This midsize pharmaceutical advertising agency, located in a suburban area in the U.S. pharma corridor, struggled to attract top executive talent to their organization for a number of years.

Recommendation

Titanium became intimately involved with the President/Owner who set the tone for describing the culture and type of talent they desired. In a brainstorming session, the client and Titanium came to the conclusion that a fact information sheet and other company brochures (which included awards and community accolades) would assist in attracting top talent to consider not just the agency, but the lifestyle and school systems in the area.

Outcome

Titanium added a number of top executives to this agency which included their Senior Vice President, Director of Client Services, who oversaw their entire book of business and reported directly to the President/Owner, three Vice Presidents, Client Services, and their Vice President of Human Resources (all of these were new positions within the Agency). It should be noted that the client had one EVP in their structure who was an equity partner and a 10+ year veteran at the organization. This agency increased its revenues by roughly 50% over a 24-month period.  This client is a standing reference for Titanium and has shared numerous times that “Titanium is not just any search or consulting firm, but rather truly a trusted partner”.

Challenge

This publicly traded network debated about either buying an advertising agency or kick-starting their own with roughly a $1.2M investment. The client wasn’t sure if they needed to start this agency in New York City or house this new agency in one of their existing US offices.

Recommendation

Based on many years of experience in the healthcare advertising landscape, Titanium shared with the client that the talent pool is vastly deeper both in and around the greater NYC metro area. Furthermore, it was well known that majority of Titanium’s client’s clients prefer to come into New York City; both to be on site for business meetings with Titanium’s clients, and then ultimately to be “wined and dined” in The City after their business meetings. Titanium recommended that the client needed to engage and retain Titanium to start the research and identification process of numerous candidates for the three key positions as these key executive searches would take up to nine months regardless of honing in on the specific location (in this case NYC) for this new agency.
 

Outcome

The client retained Titanium and when they made the decision to open their new office in New York City, Titanium had the three key executives on-boarded within six months. They included the agency President, who reported to the CEO of the group, and two Executive Vice Presidents in Creative (both copy and art). Each of these three key stakeholders had extensive agency experience combined with an excellent track record of new business pitch and quantifiable win experience.

Challenge

The client, who is a Venture Capital backed agency, was looking to build out an East Coast office to service an existing $5M – $10M client. The client needed talent who could go out and grow the business beyond this single client, as well as partner and grow this existing single account. The client made the decision to set up their office in the Philly area due to geographic proximity to their multi-million dollar client.

Recommendation

Titanium shared best practices in courting talent to work in “Center City” Philadelphia, and that the remuneration must be competitive to attract talent who reside in Jersey and who can travel into either NYC, Philly, or who can even work in New Jersey.

Outcome

Titanium brought in two of the three pillars to kick-start this new office (the third pillar was referred internally at client by a former peer). Titanium brought in two NYC agency executives, both of whom resided in NJ, and who could make the daily commute to the new “Center City” Philadelphia office. These included the EVP, General Manager who had a client service pedigree as well as the EVP, Creative Director, Art. These two key stakeholders had a tremendous amount of new business pitch win experience.

Challenge

Our client, who is the Global CEO for a publicly traded international network, charged Titanium with adding Public Relations, Healthcare, Managing Directors to C-Suite talent in various markets including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., London, and Latin America.

Recommendation

Titanium shared with the client that these searches would be handled in a harmonious fashion as there would be cross pollination during the search for these key executive leaders.  Every candidate has their own motivation for making a move regardless of their current geographic location, and we would determine what candidates would be viable for one or multiple offices that our client was looking to open.

Outcome

Through Titanium the client has hired and is currently actively interviewing Managing Directors, Practice Leads, Presidents and C-Suites from their international competitors.  Titanium identified 489 prospects; subsequently, 19 candidates were interviewed by the client with multiple placements made.

Meet The Team

Our approach begins with the right people — people who consistently go beyond the acceptable to the exceptional. Each executive search consultant is a real expert in select, carefully chosen areas of practice expertise. We’re a team of ‘the best of the best’ — successful people who know what it takes to carry out effective searches efficiently, professionally, and confidentially. Our people are highly committed and refuse to accept anything less than the best possible results for each search assignment. Titanium consultants are accountable professionals, who channel their passion for success into a personal responsibility for delivering exceptional results.

Brandon Lewis

Coral Ragognetti

Kevin Patel

Ellen McCree

What Our Clients Are Saying

Titanium is not just any search or consulting firm, but rather truly a trusted partner.
The President and Co-Owner $30M independent network
Brandon was a great coach, available 24/7, and more importantly, asked the tough questions to ensure a fit for his client and candidates.
Multi-Channel/Digital Strategist
He provided expert counsel, thoughtful positioning and well-considered insights and consistently put my professional and personal needs ahead of his own business.
General Manager $20M business unit
Their prompt attention to detail, thoroughness, and follow through establishes them as a resource that all career seekers should utilize.
SVP, Business Development
I would absolutely recommend Titanium to anyone seeking opportunities to enhance their career!
Regional Vice President
In fact, I have never dealt with a recruiting firm that is more thorough at what they do.
National Clinical Account Manager Medical Affairs Managed Markets at AstraZeneca
Brandon and his team are a highly responsive, detail oriented group that focus on solid results.
Director of Marketing Watson Pharmaceuticals
They worked to show my best attributes, and that made a big difference in obtaining a position.
SVP, Scientific Director
...very professional, engaging, strategically sound in matching talent with opportunity...
Regional Vice President