IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Patrick J. Venetucci, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.7M in 2024.

Filed
October 29, 2025
Annual meeting
December 10, 2025
Pay year
2024
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$1.7M2024
CEO pay in equity
90%$1.6M in awards
CEO target bonus
75%Of base salary
CEO long-term award
980,800 RSUsTime- and performance-based
CFO total compensation
$664,943
Former CEO total
$2,817,572Includes severance and acceleration
Former COO total
$1,429,418Includes severance and acceleration

How Venetucci was paid

$1.7M in total for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards90%Non-equity incentive1%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Patrick J. VenetucciChief Executive Officer$1,724,788
Peter J. BiereTreasurer and Chief Financial Officer$664,943
Edward H. (Ted) MurphyFormer Chief Executive Officer, Founder$2,817,572
Ryan S. SchramFormer President and Chief Operating Officer$1,429,418

What changed and why

  • $1.7M$1,724,788 was 2024 CEO total compensation, including $1,551,383 in stock awards.
  • 75%75% was the CEO's 2024 target Executive Bonus as a percentage of base salary, prorated for service.
  • 980,800 restricted stock units were granted to the CEO under his employment agreement.
  • $1.9M$1,885,515 was former CEO Ted Murphy's 2024 all other compensation, including severance and accelerated equity vesting.
  • September 6, 2024 marked the employment termination dates for former CEO Ted Murphy and former COO Ryan Schram.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.