Dive Brief:
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Online marketplace Etsy’s director of payments and multichannel sales has moved on to work for a new startup with a former colleague.
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Camilla Velasquez oversaw the development of Etsy’s wholesaling program and of Etsy’s credit-card reader, allowing many of its sellers to more easily take payments and track inventory at craft fairs and other physical-retail outlets.
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Velasquez worked for Etsy for more than three years, and is leaving to become head of product at human resources startup Justworks.
Dive Insight:
Camilla Velasquez is leaving Etsy after establishing a few important programs there. The online arts and crafts marketplace is beloved by buyers and sellers alike, and needs talented people to maintain that status while also continuing to evolve and grow. No doubt it will be looking for those characteristics when searching for someone to fill Velasquez's spot.