RevelOne Places Chief Marketing Officer at Spark Networks
October 7, 2025 – As business becomes more global and complex, and power shifts from producers of goods and services to consumers, the chief marketing officer’s job of planning and coordinating marketing activities has become more challenging, recruiters say. Yet executive search firms are seeing no shortage of assignments for this important C-level position.
Greenwood Village, CO-based executive search firm RevelOne recently helped to recruit Jackie Gulliver as the new chief marketing officer of Spark Networks. The search was led by Tessa Wehausen and Loizos Karaiskos. “We’re thrilled to welcome Jackie Gulliver as our new chief marketing officer at Spark Networks,” the company said in a LinkedIn post. “Jackie is an accomplished consumer marketing leader with deep expertise in digital marketing, brand strategy, performance media, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce. She brings a proven track record of leading global teams and driving growth through innovation, analytics, and creative excellence. Her strategic vision will be instrumental in shaping the next chapter of our global brand.”
“Congratulations Jackie Gulliver, Spark Networks’ new chief marketing officer,” RevelOne said in a LinkedIn post. “Jackie is a seasoned full-stack marketing leader with deep expertise across brand, growth, performance, and team building, and a strong track record of driving transformation at consumer-focused digital businesses. Thank you to Adam Medros – CEO at Spark Networks – for collaborating with our team throughout the search.”
Ms. Gulliver is a consumer marketing leader with experience leading global teams in performance marketing, brand strategy, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, analytics and creative. She previously served as VP of marketing for Wish. Ms. Gulliver also spent over seven years with Wayfair, holding various marketing roles including CMO of AllModern.
Spark Networks is a dating and social networking company that owns and operates several niche-focused online dating brands such as Zoosk, JDate, ChristianMingle, EliteSingles, SilverSingles, and JSwipe. Originally formed from a 2017 merger between Spark Networks, Inc. and Europe’s Affinitas, the company has a presence in dozens of countries and serves nearly 100 million registered users globally.
RevelOne is a specialized marketing recruiting firm that serves top VC and PE firms looking for key marketing hires. Its clients are an equal mix of B2C and B2B companies and the CEOs of innovative tech companies such as Lyft, Stitch Fix, Instacart, Everlane, Digital Ocean, Grammarly, eHarmony, Redfin, Udacity, and Zuora. RevelOne has also worked with top public companies such as Adobe, Yelp, Intuit, CapitalOne, Clorox, P&G, RedBubble, and Zappos.
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms. Wehausen is a vice president of GTM executive search, specializing in C-suite and VP-level searches for private equity and VC-backed companies and innovative B2B & D2C tech firms. With 10+ years of experience at True, 3FORTY3, and Vantage Partners, she has led searches for B2B & DTC high-growth companies across diverse tech sectors.
Mr. Karaiskos is an associate in RevelOne’s sales and revenue practice, where he supports executive go-to-market searches for high-growth tech companies. Prior to joining RevelOne, he was the administrative fellow for Vassar College’s career development office.
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RevelOne also recently assisted in the recruitment of Jam Khan as the chief marketing officer of Criteria Corp. “Congratulations Jam Khan, Criteria Corp’s new chief marketing officer,” RevelOne said in a LinkedIn post. “Jam is a strategic and globally experienced marketing leader with deep expertise across product marketing, brand, customer engagement, and ABM, and a track record of building full-stack teams that drive meaningful growth. Criteria Corp is a leading talent success platform that helps organizations make more objective, evidence-based hiring decisions. Thank you to Melissa McCann-Tilton and Ruben Mier – president and CRO at Criteria Corp and operating partner at Sumeru Equity Partners – for collaborating with our team closely throughout the search.”
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Mr. Khan is a seasoned marketing and product strategy executive with over two decades of leadership experience spanning global technology firms and high-growth SaaS companies. Most recently, he served as SVP of portfolio marketing at ZoomInfo, where he led product, customer marketing, brand, content, and communications for a $1.3 billion portfolio, launching ZoomInfo Copilot and scaling it to $150 million ARR in just seven months.
Criteria Corp is a Los Angeles–based company that develops pre-employment assessment tools designed to help organizations evaluate candidates’ skills, abilities, and workplace potential. Founded in 2006, the company offers a range of assessments, including cognitive aptitude, personality, and skills tests, that are used by employers across industries to inform hiring decisions.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
