About Vela

Senior placements with a residency built in.

Vela places senior LATAM CSMs and project managers into US agencies. Every search runs through a working-call interview, a three-level AI aptitude rubric, and a four-week post-placement program — with an optional residency that continues monthly with a dedicated AI expert.

The bar

Same vetting on every search.

Forty-five-minute working-call interview before any candidate reaches a client. Three-level AI aptitude rubric scored separately during vetting. Four-week post-placement program built around live agency workflows — client communication, reporting automation, churn early-warning, and the professional's own documented SOP that ships back to your team.

The residency tier extends that program monthly. A dedicated AI expert is assigned to each professional and runs four one-on-one sessions per month, on the workflows your account actually requires. The bar is craft, not scale — fewer searches taken, the same standard on each one.

What we ship

Two outputs. Every engagement.

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A senior placement.

Three vetted candidates by day twenty-one. Every shortlist comes with a written brief, working-call notes, and the AI rubric score. Replacement window included on every placement; no re-fee.

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An AI-fluent hire.

Four live one-on-one instructor sessions in the first four weeks post-placement — client communication, reporting automation, churn early-warning, and the professional's own SOP. The residency tier continues monthly thereafter.

Built by
Jonathan Garces

Jonathan Garces

Founder · placement

Eight years inside agencies in Miami and New York. Cold email, lead-gen, full-service. Has worked the seat, managed it, and now leads the professionals in it.

Justin Gluska

Justin Gluska

Founder · platform

Operations and infrastructure. Builds the platform Vela runs on — candidate systems, AI workflows, search tooling.

Work with us

Tell us the seat. We reply the same day.

Fifteen-minute intake, first profile in fourteen days. Replacement window included on every placement.

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