Sandbox Learning is a leading player in digital and consumer learning space, operating in the UK and US, across the primary, secondary, further and higher education markets. .
The Sandbox portfolio of digital and consumer-based brands attract more than 50m kids and millennial families a month across web and mobile. Included in the Sandbox portfolio are: Poptropica, Coolmath Games, TeacherVision, Teachit, FamilyEducation, Fact Monster, Funbrain, Infoplease, Curious World, Hopster, Tinybop, Kidomi, and Code Kingdoms. Having acquired Teachit in the UK, it has opened up an audience to teachers in the UK and USA.
Knowing their strength in technology and education, Mark Engelter, President and SVP of Product, approached Moon Executive Search to conduct a proactive search to find a new Product Specialist to be based in the UK. As the business operates a hybrid working model, Sandbox could consider remote candidates with the right skillset for this opportunity.
Our Approach
At Moon Executive Search, we have a long standing and enviable track record of successfully delivering on intricate and confidential search mandates across technology, product and the education sector with both large global organisations and smaller private entities.
Vanessa Moon Founding Director, and Simon Quinn Director of Search, decided to adopt a multi-faceted approach for the search, which involved taking a detailed briefing from Sandbox prior to carrying out extensive client research at the outset.
Given that the technology space is very fast moving and competitive in the UK, we advised Sandbox that our candidates would most likely be presented on a case-by-case basis and Mark Engelter agreed to act quickly once we had presented a prospective candidate.
We conducted detailed candidate interviews and gave careful consideration of all the briefing requirements, prior to considering if to present a candidate. Due to restrictions, the interviews and conversations with the client were all carried out virtually.
The Solution
Candidates were presented to the Mark Engelter with detailed notes about their experience and skill set. We drilled down on their product knowledge and understanding of the tech and education sector.
We were delighted to present Flora Michti who joined Sandbox from TES Global. Flora had been working in a product role where she was working on the B2C digital e-commerce marketplace management, SCRUM Product Ownership, vision and strategy planning.
Vanessa Moon Founding Director of Moon Executive Search said:
‘This was a great search to work on as we were given a national remit. There was a lot of interest in the role, and we are very pleased to support Sandbox on their growth journey.’
Mark Engelter, President at Sandbox comments:
‘We are very happy that Vanessa, Simon and the team at Moon Executive Search could unearth the breadth of candidates they did. Despite us being in different time zone, Moon communicated with us every step of the way and made sure I was fully briefed on progress. Moon has a great way of sourcing candidates in the tech space, and I am delighted with the result of this search.’
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