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200 applications. 3 worth a conversation.
Public boards have become unworkable for agency owners doing real volume.
LATAM Senior + Junior Talent for Agencies
The senior or junior hire your agency needs isn't on a job board.
Two tiers, one vetting bar. We headhunt senior LATAM CSMs and project managers from operators currently employed at agencies. We also place junior CSMs, EAs, and junior project managers from a vetted active bench.
$3,000
JUNIOR PLACEMENT
$6,000
SENIOR SEARCH
14 to 21 days
3 VETTED CANDIDATES
$45K+
YEAR-ONE SAVINGS
The Problem
The public talent pool is the pool every other agency has already declined.
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Generalist recruiters do not speak agency.
Enterprise SaaS résumés against agency briefs. The vocabulary mismatches.
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The hire leaves within 90 days.
Active job seekers leave for the next active offer. Six weeks of your time, gone.
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Sourcing, screening, interviewing.
The hours rarely make it onto a P&L, and they almost always exceed what a placement fee would have cost.
How it works
Three steps. You handle only the part that matters.
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A fifteen-minute intake.
We ask the questions, draft the role brief, and submit it for your approval. You do not write a job description.
// You don't write a JD2
We headhunt.
The first vetted profile arrives within seven days, sourced from operators currently employed at agencies in your vertical.
// First profile in 7 days3
You interview and choose.
Three vetted candidates within fourteen to twenty-one days. If none are a fit, the search continues at no additional cost.
// Don't like any? We keep searching.The Candidates
They already understand your stack.
// COLD EMAIL
- Smartlead
- Instantly
- Apollo
- Clay
- Bison
- Lemlist
// PAID ADS
- Meta Ads
- Google Ads
- TikTok Ads
- Looker Studio
- Triple Whale
// SEO
- Ahrefs
- SEMrush
- Surfer
- Screaming Frog
- GSC
// GENERAL OPS
- Slack
- Notion
- ClickUp
- Loom
- HubSpot
- GoHighLevel
C1+ English · Agency-trained · EST overlap · Every candidate, without exception.
By Agency Type
What the senior CSM actually owns on day thirty.
Cold Email
// where retention is the product
- Manages campaign performance and the weekly client cadence.
- Runs monthly QBRs on reply rate, meetings booked, pipeline impact.
- Monitors deliverability and surfaces inbox issues proactively.
- Owns churn prevention: signals, intervention, save plays.
Paid Ads
// where the report has to mean something
- Runs ad account performance calls without a media buyer.
- Presents ROAS, CAC, and creative test results.
- Coordinates with media buyers on next-test priorities.
- Handles client escalations same day on spend issues.
SEO
// where rankings move slow
- Runs the monthly reporting cadence on rankings + traffic.
- Manages content delivery timelines across writers.
- Translates algorithm shifts into client-readable plans.
- Retains clients through the slow months.
SMMA / Full-Service
// the seat that holds the operation together
- Coordinates multi-channel reporting across all channels.
- Manages 15 to 20 active accounts at varying retainers.
- Cross-functional coordination across strategy and creative.
- The one name on the client's contact card when things break.
Two Tiers
Two motions. One vetting bar.
// SENIOR SEARCH
Vela · Senior Search
Passive headhunting from operators currently employed at other agencies in your vertical.
RolesSenior CSM, Senior PM
SourcingPassive (currently employed)
WindowFirst in 7 days, three in 21
Replacement90 days
Total$6,000 ($1,000 + $5,000)
// JUNIOR PLACEMENT
Vela · Junior
Active sourcing from a vetted LATAM bench, interviewed to the same operator-led standard.
RolesJunior CSM, EA, Junior PM
SourcingActive (vetted bench)
WindowFirst in 7 days, three in 14
Replacement60 days
Total$3,000 ($1,000 + $2,000)
Same operator-led working call. Same agency-context bar. Different sourcing motion, different price.
The Junior Bench
Three seats below senior. All vetted the same way.
Junior CSM
// the second hire after the senior
- Owns 4 to 8 client accounts under a senior CSM.
- Runs the weekly client cadence and reporting.
- Drafts QBR decks and surfaces issues to the senior.
- Has run agency client work in your vertical's tools.
Executive Assistant
// gives you back ten hours a week
- Manages the founder's inbox, calendar, and meeting prep.
- Books travel, screens inbound, drafts comms.
- Runs light project coordination across leadership.
- EST overlap, C1+ English, agency context familiar.
Junior Project Manager
// keeps the agency on schedule
- Owns project timelines across 8 to 12 engagements.
- Runs the weekly internal status meeting.
- Coordinates handoffs across strategy, creative, media.
- Tracks deliverables, deadlines, and scope creep.
What's Included
Everything required. Nothing surplus.
// SENIOR
$6,000
$1,000 + $5,000 · 21 days · 90-day replacement
// JUNIOR
$3,000
$1,000 + $2,000 · 14 days · 60-day replacement
+ Operator-led vetting
Every candidate interviewed on a working call. Not a screening form.
+ Custom role brief
Drafted from your intake. You approve rather than author.
+ Salary benchmarking
What the role pays in Medellín, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogotá.
+ Replacement guarantee
90 days for senior, 60 for junior. No additional fee on replacement search.
+ 7-day first-profile target
The first vetted candidate is typically in your inbox within seven days.
+ Contract and payment walkthrough
Contractor agreement plus guided setup of Deel, Wise, or Payoneer.
The Math
The placement fee returns its cost by week six.
// US CSM + US RECRUITER
Annual salary$70,000
Recruiter fee (15-25%)$12K to $17K
Year-one total$82K to $87K
$82K+
// LATAM CSM + VELA
Annual contractor rate$30,000
Placement fee (flat)$6,000
Year-one total$36,000
$36K
// YEAR-ONE SAVINGS
Salary delta$40,000
Fee delta$6K to $11K
Time to hire3 weeks faster
+$45,000
Fit Check
We hold a strict view on fit.
// BUILT FOR
- Agencies past the founder-led account management phase.
- Owners hiring senior CSM or PM #1, #2, or #3.
- Teams that know what good client management looks like.
- Operators who would rather pay for one right hire than rerun a search.
- Anyone tired of LinkedIn applicants who have never run a QBR.
// NOT FOR
- SaaS, ecommerce, or product companies.
- Pre-revenue or pre-product-market-fit teams.
- Owners optimizing for the cheapest possible hire.
- Anyone who wants a stack of job-board applicants.
- Roles requiring US time zone presence past 6pm EST.
Who's behind this
Not a recruiter. An operator.
Jonathan Garces
Founder · Agency operator since 2018
Worked acrossNYC, Miami, LATAM
Agency typesEnterprise to SMB
Clients managed200+
CSMs trained30+
LATAM hires made40+
Based inMedellín, CO
Born and raised in Miami. Lived in New York. Eight years inside agencies in both cities, the kind of education that cannot be substituted.
NYC shops with enterprise brands; one was acquired. Miami performance teams running hundreds of accounts. Cold email and lead-gen shops, full-service shops, niche specialist teams.
I have trained CSMs from zero into seniors who own multi-million-dollar books. I have built customer success and strategy teams from the ground up, hired across LATAM at every level.
Vela is the motion to reach the operators who are not on Indeed, not on LinkedIn Jobs, and not replying to recruiters.
Start a Search
Your next senior or junior hire is already working at another agency.
$1,000 to begin either search. Three vetted candidates within 14 to 21 days. Senior at $5,000 on hire, junior at $2,000 on hire. Replacement guarantee included on both tiers.
Start a Search →// Eight active senior searches per month. Six junior. When the calendar is full, it is full.
jonathan@getonapod.com · Medellín · Miami · New York