Junior LATAM placement · fourteen days

Junior hires ready Monday, vetted to the Vela standard.

We place junior CSMs, executive assistants, and project managers from a vetted LATAM bench — professionals already interviewed on a working call and AI-screened during vetting. Three vetted candidates land in your inbox in fourteen days. Same standard as the senior search, applied to an active bench.

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// $499 depositrefundablecredits to fee on hire
// Shortlist14dthree vetted candidates
// Placement fee20%of year-one base · 25% with AI residency
// Replacement90dno re-fee
The roles

Three seats. All vetted the same way.

The junior bench is narrow on purpose. Three roles agency owners hire right after the senior CSM seat. Every candidate is vetted on a working call, not a screening form.

// Junior CSM
CSM.

// the second hire after the senior

  • Owns 4 to 8 client accounts under a senior CSM's direction.
  • Runs the weekly client cadence, prepares reporting, drafts QBR decks.
  • Handles inbound client questions and surfaces issues to the senior.
  • Has run agency client work in your vertical's tools, not learned them in a bootcamp.
  • Trained post-placement to use AI for client comms drafting and report summaries.
// Executive Assistant
EA.

// the seat that gives you back ten hours a week

  • Manages the founder's inbox, calendar, and meeting prep.
  • Books travel, handles personal logistics, screens inbound requests.
  • Drafts client communication and internal updates against your voice.
  • EST overlap, C1+ English, agency context familiar.
  • Trained post-placement to use AI for inbox triage, scheduling, and meeting recap drafts.
// Project Manager
PM.

// the seat that keeps the agency on schedule

  • Owns project timelines across 8 to 12 active client engagements.
  • Runs the weekly internal status meeting and the client-facing status update.
  • Coordinates handoffs between strategy, creative, media, and account.
  • Has run agency project management before, not just learned a tool like Asana or ClickUp.
  • Trained post-placement to use AI for status-update generation and deliverable tracking.
The Vela Method

Headhunt. Vet. Train.

Same framework as the senior search, applied to an active bench.

Step 01
Headhunt.

Pulled from a vetted LATAM bench of professionals we have already interviewed on a working call. Faster than the senior search because the candidates are already in the pipeline.

Step 02
Vet.

A live interview to verify the work — tool familiarity, prompt judgment, real workflow — scored on a three-level AI aptitude rubric. Same standard as the senior search.

Step 03
Train.

Four live one-on-one AI instructor sessions, weekly, for the first four weeks post-placement. Optional residency continues monthly with a dedicated AI expert.

How the method runs

Faster than the senior search. Same live-interview standard.

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A ten-minute intake.
You answer a short brief. We translate it into the candidate profile and confirm before sourcing begins.
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We source from the bench.
We pull from professionals already interviewed and AI-screened. First profile within seven days.
03
You interview and choose.
Three vetted candidates within fourteen days. If none are a fit, we keep recruiting at no additional cost until you hire.
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We train them on AI.
Four live one-on-one AI instructor sessions, weekly, for the first four weeks post-placement. Optional monthly residency on the placement-plus-AI-residency tier.
What's included

One offer. Everything you need post-placement.

// Vela Junior placement
20% of professional year-one base salary

$499 refundable deposit to start · credits to placement fee on hire. The full fee is billed only when you and the candidate confirm terms.

Same vetting standard as the senior search, applied to a junior bench. Three vetted candidates in fourteen days, ninety-day replacement window, and four live one-on-one AI instructor sessions in the first four weeks post-placement.

// Hiring senior instead?
See Vela · Senior Search →

Senior CSMs and senior project managers, headhunted from currently-employed professionals — not the active bench.

Vela · Senior Search

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Ninety-day replacement guarantee
If the hire does not work out within the first ninety days, we run the replacement search at no additional cost.
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Seven-day first profile, $499 refundable deposit
The first vetted candidate lands in your inbox within seven days. Three candidates within fourteen. The deposit is refundable in full if we miss day fourteen with three vetted candidates, or if you decline to interview any of them. Once you take any interview with a Vela candidate, the deposit is earned — it pays for the sourcing, vetting, and shortlist work already delivered. If none of the initial candidates is the right fit, we keep recruiting at no additional cost until you hire.
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Live interview vetting
Every candidate is interviewed in a live working call — a real conversation about the work, not a screening form. Same standard as the senior search, applied to a junior bench.
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AI aptitude screening
A twenty-minute exercise during vetting, scored on three levels: tool familiarity, prompt judgment, and live workflow.
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AI onboarding
Four live one-on-one AI instructor sessions, weekly, for the first four weeks post-placement. Real human AI coach, not a self-paced course. Covers client communication, reporting, inbox triage, and deliverable tracking. Optional monthly residency on the placement-plus-AI-residency tier (25% of year-one base).
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Custom role brief
Drafted from your intake call. You approve rather than author it.
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Salary benchmarking
What junior CSMs, EAs, and PMs earn in Medellín, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Bogotá. So the offer lands correctly the first time.
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Hire is yours after confirm
Vela is a placement firm — not a staffing layer. Once you and the candidate confirm terms, you sign the contractor agreement directly. No Vela markup on their pay, no managed-services hold. They go on your payroll, your tools, your team.
Your effort

Three and a half hours of your time, across fourteen days.

You run the part only you can run: the final interviews and the hiring decision. We run everything else.

// Component// Mode// Your time
Intake callWith you10 min
Brief draftingWe handle it0 hrs (we write, you approve in Slack)
Sourcing from benchWe handle it0 hrs
AI aptitude screeningWe handle it0 hrs
Live interviews with candidatesWe handle it0 hrs
Final interviews (you talk to 3)On you2 hrs
Hiring decisionOn you20 min
Contract and payment setupWith you1 hr
AI onboarding (1-on-1 instructor sessions)We handle it0 hrs
Your total time over 14 days~3.5 hrs
Fit check

The junior page is not the senior page.

// For
  • Agencies hiring a junior CSM under an existing senior.
  • Founders who need an executive assistant they can actually trust.
  • Operations leads building out a project management seat.
  • Owners who want a vetted bench rather than a marketplace résumé dump.
  • Anyone hiring a second or third LATAM contractor and ready to scale the system.
// Not for
  • Anyone who needs a senior CSM or senior project manager. Use the senior search instead.
  • Roles outside customer success, executive support, or project management.
  • Teams without an existing senior to direct the junior hire.
  • Roles requiring US time zone presence past 6pm EST.
Why the junior page exists

Same standard. Same live interview.

The junior page exists for one reason. Agency owners who hire a senior through Vela ask the same next question: who sits under them, and who keeps the calendar moving while the senior runs the work?

The junior page is the same vetting standard, applied to an active LATAM bench. Three seats: junior CSMs, executive assistants, junior project managers. Every candidate is interviewed on a working call and AI-screened during vetting.

Pricing matches the senior page — twenty percent of the placed professional's year-one base salary on the standard tier, twenty-five percent on the placement-plus-AI-residency tier. Junior salaries are lower than senior salaries, so the dollar amount comes down naturally. The standard does not.

Read the senior search page

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The junior seat that compounds the senior.
AI-screened during vetting. AI-trained post-placement.

$499 refundable deposit to start. Three vetted candidates in fourteen days. The full placement fee is billed only when you and the candidate confirm terms — twenty percent on the standard tier, twenty-five percent on the placement-plus-AI-residency tier. Ninety-day replacement on every placement.

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// Ten-minute intake · first profile in seven daysMedellín · Miami · New York