Insights
CTO Salaries in 2025: £150K or £300K?
Same title, completely different jobs. Here’s what London scaleups are really paying—plus what to expect in equity, scope, and team size.
15 AI Trends from Top CTOs and VCs in London
Key takeaways from a roundtable we co-hosted with Next47, featuring insights from 12 VCs and CTOs in AI.
10 Tips To Help Find Your New Job In 2025
Struggling to land a job in 2025? Discover 10 expert tips to stand out in the job market, from LinkedIn hacks to networking strategies that actually work.
Will the UK AI Action Plan Lead to a Potential Jobs Boom?
After speaking to CEOs and investors, there seem to be common themes needed for the UK AI Action Plan to become a reality and spark a hiring boom.
Top 5 trends shaping the future of work in 2025?
From AI to office culture, here are the top 5 trends I see shaping this space in the year ahead 💥
People & Pioneers - The Podcast
If you're a founder or CEO who understands the importance of attracting and retaining great talent, tune in to the latest episode (19) of People & Pioneers - The Podcast, featuring Ellis Seder, Founder of Santa Monica Talent.
💰 The 10 highest paid and in-demand, jobs right now in Nov 2024
Which roles are leading in high salaries this year?💥
📣 Succession planning for CEO founders.
Over the years, I’ve spoken with many founders who want to step back but feel unsure about how to transition smoothly, so I thought it might be helpful to share some of Evgeny’s key insights from his experience.
8 tips for hiring CTOs
We sat down with Gareth Thomas, CTO at PeakData and Geraldine Butler-Wright, a veteran Chief People and Culture Officer at scaleups, to dig into the key things you need to know when hiring a VP Engineering/CTO/CIO.
Will Terminator 2 AI robots take our jobs? Part 1
AI is the hot topic right now, and is only growing in popularity and potential. Promising to disrupt our relationship with work, how do companies prepare to integrate AI? What skills do they need in their workforce to make this a success? And is AI going to take all of our jobs anyway?
Salary update 2024
What are the key salary updates for 2024? What should you be paying your key talent? We've crunched the numbers for you.
5 reasons why mature talent is being overlooked
Why is it that those who are slightly more mature in life and work are being overlooked, despite being highly experienced, talented and a growing proportion of the total workforce? Let’s examine the situation, and why they should still be considered valuable assets to any company.
5 days in the office for sales teams - good or bad?
Discussion heats up about sales staff going back to the office 5 days a week. But is this working? And will it spread beyond sales?
Do I need a Head of AI?
With AI rapidly becoming an important part of a business’ growth strategy, we examine how installing a Head of AI helps maximize its potential, and what qualities and experiences make a good fit for the role.
Why UK FinTechs are opening offices in Dubai.
A growing trend set to continue in 2024 is relocation to regions like the Middle East, as well as the US, Australia and parts of Europe. We’re also noticing a number of our UK clients opening new Dubai offices. Find out what’s driving this movement
The spectacular fall of Sam Bankman Fried and his organisational anarchy
A new book "Going Infinite" is out on Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) by Michael Lewis (author of The Big Short, Moneyball). It exposes how the lack of corporate structure led to one of the biggest startup meltdowns in history, and is a classic example of the market accepting the eccentric genius narrative.
What’s in Store for 2024? Scaling & Team Culture Trends
Are you curious about what the forecast hiring/retention trends are for the year? We’ve been attending some really interesting talks and events in Jan, here are our thoughts and highlights.
Preseed podcast - How to hire and retain great talent for startups
Ellis appeared on the PreSeed Now podcast "How to hire (and keep) great talent" (specifically for early stage startups) to chat about hiring and retaining the talent you need to ensure growth.
Founder salaries 2023
We dig into one of the big questions every Founder asks themselves - “Am I underpaid?” Check out our benchmarked data and critical analysis to find your answer.
Retention, the secret sauce for keeping your A-team.
Part 2 of our Insights article series with Geraldine Butler-Wright, where we look at the issue of retention, and how to keep your all-star team intact as your grow.
Ellis Seder
Forecasting talent trends with Rise @ Barclays
I’ve just published an article on the latest talent trends in partnership with Barclays’ Fintech hub, Rise. It includes my take on how remote working might influence the talent market, how existing roles might be affected, and whether Covid-19 could mark the end of blitzscaling. Here’s 8 trends that I have shared in the article.
Check out the original article HERE.
London Fintech Podcast
I recently sat down with Mike Baliman of the London Fintech Podcast and spoke about getting a job in tech no matter what age or stage you’re at. I delved into the ways of finding the perfect job if you’re already working in the tech industry and thinking about moving on to something new, or if you’re wanting to break into the tech industry for the first time. READ HERE
SXSW
What I learned, and didn’t, from SXSW 2018. I’ve not long been back from the spectacle that is SXSW. What did I learn? I’m glad you asked.
READ HERE