MS. JANOU PAKTER
Founder & CEO

Janou's modernist approach originated from her Dutch Design background and has earned her a reputation for having “the eye” in the Creative Search Industry. Since 1985, when she opened her first Creative Search firm, she has been known to uphold the highest business standards resulting in long-lasting client and candidate relationships.

What sets Janou apart is that she is innately intuitive. Over the past 30+ years of evaluating and guiding unique talent through experience, creativity and intelligence, she has been able to hone her craft. This unique sense of intuition has been a major contributor to her continuing success. 

Between 1995-2004, Janou founded search offices in Amsterdam, Geneva, Paris, Milan, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She co-founded nonstock, the first non-traditional photography representation later acquired by Getty. In the '90s, she launched the award winning online magazine for the arts, IDANDA, which featured the work of celebrity designers, architects and artists. Her agency has received numerous design awards for first-in-industry ad campaigns. Some of the award-winning campaigns are part of the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt.

Today, Janou strives to provide a highly personalized client and candidate experience that goes above and beyond industry standards. Her passion to help companies transform and innovate by introducing unique talent who drive brand experiences and implement design strategy to influence business decisions is what endears her to clients and candidates. Her longevity, integrity, passion and empathetic approach to Executive Search has shined throughout her career; they continue to be the underlying values that JANOU LLC is founded upon.