Our team
SAMANTHA LITMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
📧 Samantha@bltrecruiting.com | (310) 210-4400 | Linkedin
Samantha Litman has spent over 20 years helping companies grow through talent. As Executive Director of BLT Recruiting — and before that, founder of PeoplePath Recruiting — she's partnered with studios, agencies, and brands including NBCUniversal, Paramount, Disney, and UTA. Today she works with a growing roster of CPG brands, startups, and fast-scaling companies who need hires that actually stick. She doesn't just fill roles. She helps define them.
SUSAN O’NEAL
📧 susan@bltrecruiting.com | (310) 560-7518 | Linkedin
Susan brings a rich background in VFX commercial and feature production, with a talent for assembling the perfect team. She’s collaborated with leading studios including Method, The Mill, and Digital Domain, and is a true tech enthusiast at heart—just ask her about open-source code. Susan served on the VES Global Board of Directors in 2022, chaired the Membership Committee, and was the 2nd Vice-Chair of the historic all-female Executive Committee, contributing six years of dedicated service to the organization.
ANDREA ANDREWS
📧 andrea.andrews@bltrecruiting.com | (310) 863-3061 | LinkedIn
Andrea is within 6 degrees of literally everyone in advertising. She has served as an executive producer, an independent rep, and the head of sales/marketing for prominent bi-coastal production and post-production companies. She was born in Toronto, Canada, lived for a decade in Milano, Italy, and traveled the world in between and ever since! Andrea is on the AICP West Coast Planning Committee.
ANDREA JOY STERN
📧 Andrea.Stern@bltrecruiting.com | 310-422-7481 | LinkedIn
Andrea joined forces with BLT Recruiting and discovered her true passion for connecting great people with great companies. Before joining BLT, she created Sternworld Creative Management and was also a founder and President of Lab903, a branding and motion design firm working with high profile networks, agencies, and studios. As an executive, Andrea has guided branding initiatives, acting as producer of commercials, main titles, music videos, on-air promotions, and theatrical trailers. Her favorite credit of all is associate producer of the cult classic Godzilla! Andrea is an active member of and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Main Title Design Peer Group).
CYNTHIA JACOBSEN
📧 cynthia@bltrecruiting.com | (415) 699-6946 | LinkedIn
Cynthia’s background in creative has proven invaluable in recognizing and managing creative talent. At TBWA\Chiat\Day\Tequila she made the flip from art direction to resource management and recruitment. Cynthia fine tuned her resource management skills at Razorfish, Trailer Park, and Fullscreen. She resides in Bend, Oregon, where you might find her floating down the Deschutes River while sipping a vodka martini.
KAREN SMITH
📧 karen@bltrecruiting.com | (310) 569-8348 | LinkedIn
Karen started her career in advertising right out of college, with a goal of working in broadcast production. Karen made her mark as an executive producer on the award-winning Lexus brand at Team One Advertising and on the Safeway brand at Dailey & Associates. She then jumped over to the post side as the managing director of a West Coast editorial shop. Karen applies all of her experience in advertising to her recruiting career at BLT.
KATHY MCGOFF
📧 kathy@bltrecruiting.com | (310) 493-2718 | LinkedIn
Kathy worked as a producer in the advertising industry for 15 years. During that time, she was thrilled to work with some of the best and brightest in the ad business, producing award winning work for Apple, Round Up, and Sheba. She earned a few Clios & Cannes along the way! Now Kathy uses her critical eye for helping companies find the best copywriters, art directors, and strategists for their teams.
TARA HENDERSON
📧 Tara@bltrecruiting.com | LinkedIn
Tara joined BLT in 2021 and has since built out the operational backbone of the business. With a degree from UCLA and early experience in nonprofit management and the LA advertising community, she brought a cross-sector perspective that's proven invaluable in a fast-moving boutique environment. As Business Operations Manager, she oversees finance, HR, CRM, and everything in between — the kind of work that's invisible when it's done well.