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melt.media Berlin

MELT.MEDIA BERLIN was an independent recruitment and people advisory boutique founded in 2007 and based in Berlin Kreuzberg, focused on the media, digital, and creative industries across German speaking markets. The firm combined hands on talent acquisition with organizational consulting in the People and Culture context, helping employers structure teams, define role profiles, and secure hard to find specialists through active sourcing and direct approach methods. Beyond employer services, MELT.MEDIA BERLIN supported professionals with career consulting, including personal position assessments, potential evaluations, career strategy, and newplacement consulting to guide vocational reorientation. Operating as a specialist for personnel related strategy and consultation, the company built a reputation for thoughtful search execution, discreet outreach, and an informed understanding of the nuances that define content, marketing, product, design, and technology roles within agencies, publishers, broadcasters, startups, and established digital businesses. Its approach emphasized clarity in briefing, rigorous market mapping, and transparent candidate management, aligning client expectations with realistic hiring timelines and market dynamics. Engagements frequently involved cross functional searches that bridged creative and technical skill sets, reflecting the converging demands of modern media and digital organizations. The firm worked across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, communicating in German and English, and oriented its work toward long term talent fit and sustainable team development rather than transactional placements. In December 2024 the company permanently ceased operations; its legacy continues through a follow up entity, GLUU GmbH, which clients and candidates are encouraged to explore for related capabilities. While no longer open for business, MELT.MEDIA BERLIN is remembered for its practical methodology, direct communication style, and commitment to elevating both employer hiring outcomes and candidate career decisions within the media, digital, and creative ecosystem.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtPayrolling/EORDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQBerlin, Germany

Oliwa Personalservice

Oliwa Personalservice GmbH is a Berlin based recruitment partner that rethinks how companies attract and hire talent. Founded in 2017 and part of the office company group, the firm positions itself as an external recruiting department for its clients, managing the full lifecycle from strategic employer branding and talent attraction through an organized, candidate centric process to structured onboarding. Their Recruiting Strategy 5.0 connects clear external communications with modern ways of working, including hybrid and remote models, to meet contemporary candidate expectations while strengthening client employer brands. Oliwa focuses on white collar roles across IT and Engineering, Marketing and Communications, and key positions in Office and HR, combining sourcing expertise with careful selection and advisory led candidate management to ensure a strong fit and lasting results. The team emphasizes speed, sustainability, and cost transparency, offering bundled services at fixed fees that are independent of salary levels, along with flexible engagement terms starting at six months and an initial three month trial period. By optimizing each step of the journey from first contact to day one, Oliwa helps clients reduce time to hire and total cost of recruitment while elevating candidate experience and retention. Their consultants act as hands on partners who communicate client advantages effectively, nurture talent pipelines, and remain engaged until the team is fully staffed. For employers, this means fewer process gaps, consistent messaging to the market, and measurable improvements in hiring outcomes; for candidates, it means responsive interactions, clarity around roles and expectations, and an onboarding that builds connection and momentum. With openness, curiosity, and a passion for people and teams, Oliwa Personalservice delivers a holistic approach to talent acquisition designed for long term success.

RPOPermanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData SciencePublishingOnline MediaAutomotive

HQBerlin, Germany

pressforward.works

PressForward is a Berlin based boutique recruitment partner focused on building high performing sales teams for startups, scale ups, agencies, and the German Mittelstand. Led by CEO and Head of Recruitment Oliver Zauritz, a former in house recruiter for tech companies, the firm specializes in hiring Sales Managers and Heads of Sales who can take full ownership of revenue and free founders from day to day selling. The model is designed for speed, quality, and low risk: a transparent fixed fee, no upfront payment, no retainer, and a 6 month performance guarantee. PressForward combines a structured process with targeted direct sourcing and videomarketing to cut through message overload and win the attention of true A players who already receive dozens of approaches. After a kickoff to define goals and success criteria, the team builds an ideal candidate profile, maps the market, and personally approaches handpicked talent with tailored video messages that strengthen the employer brand while keeping outreach discreet. Every candidate is put through a thorough screening interview, and clients receive only the top 3 options with executive summaries, clear insights, and a simple collaboration platform for transparency. First shortlists often arrive within 14 days, and roles are typically filled in under 30 days. Beyond placement, the HolisticHire approach provides onboarding and performance management support to help new hires ramp quickly and deliver measurable pipeline growth, reliable forecasting, and higher close rates. With more than 100 successful hires and references across SaaS, B2B marketing and consulting, energy, and telecom, PressForward brings proven expertise in sales recruitment for technology driven organizations. The result is a done for you search that delivers sales talent with relevant industry track records, so CEOs can focus on strategy and scale revenue with confidence.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQBerlin, Germany

Golden Heads Kröhne AND Schmidt-Roy

Golden Heads Kroehne & Schmidt-Roy GbR is a boutique executive search partner for media companies, serving clients from its bases in Berlin and Munich. Founded in 2018 by industry insiders Jochen Kroehne and Antoine Schmidt-Roy, the firm is dedicated to leadership and critical white collar hires across the media value chain, including creation, production, and distribution, whether digital, linear, on air, or online. Golden Heads operates with the conviction that the right people ultimately determine a companys success, and brings to each mandate a rare combination of sector fluency, personal networks, and disciplined process. Their methodology is clear and efficient: they listen first, define the exact scope and ideal personality, refine the brief into a precise profile, conduct a targeted and confidential search, and after multi round interviews and thorough reference checks introduce the three most compelling finalists, backed by a concise management summary that maps each candidate to the brief. The commercial model is transparent and aligned, with a pre agreed fixed fee structure and payment largely on success, complemented only by a small service charge. Jochen contributes decades of leadership in private TV, pay TV, and digital channels, including interim mandates and the build out of multiple broadcasters, while Antoine adds deep experience in digital media operations, VOD, and platform distribution; together they offer two complementary generations of media management expertise. The firm recruits executives and senior specialists for editorial, commercial, and technical functions, such as general management, programming, content, ad sales, marketing, product, data and analytics, and technology leadership. Broadcasters, production companies, publishers, OTT services, and digital media ventures engage Golden Heads when they need a search partner who speaks the same language as their teams and stakeholders. True to its ethos, media professionals search media professionals, delivering faster, more reliable hiring outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsMuseums & Galleries

HQBerlin, Germany

Johanna Eckart Recruiting

Johanna Eckart Recruiting is a Berlin based boutique recruitment partner specializing in Sales, Marketing, Product, and broader go to market talent for startups, scale ups, agencies, consultancies, and the German Mittelstand. Led by an experienced freelance headhunter with more than nine years in recruiting and talent acquisition, the firm blends targeted headhunting with hands on interim recruitment to help growing companies scale teams from 30 to 50 or beyond. The approach centers on rigorous talent mapping, high touch active sourcing, and streamlined, scalable recruiting processes that deliver qualified shortlists quickly. Typical mandates range from individual contributor roles in performance marketing, copywriting, and brand to leadership searches such as Head of Sales and director level commercial positions, including confidential and executive search assignments where discretion and pace are critical. Case studies include building out a marketing team over two years for an international ecommerce supplements company, delivering five hires across copywriting and performance roles; acting as interim recruiter for a medical cannabis company for eight months at 20 hours per week to run end to end hiring, improve interview processes through workshops, and complete 8 plus commercial hires including director level; and completing a Head of Sales search for a digital, founder led business in approximately six weeks from kickoff to signed offer after achieving a 68 percent response rate on outreach. Performance metrics highlight up to a 61 percent LinkedIn response rate on leadership searches and an average of five days to the first qualified profile. The firm also advises on employer branding, interview training, and process design, and collaborates with a curated network of specialist sourcers and partners. Engagements span Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the United States, enabling clients across technology, healthcare, and marketing driven sectors to secure hard to find talent with a service ethos summed up as convincing, fast, and personal.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData SciencePublishingOnline MediaHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

HQBerlin, Germany

PAN - The Public Affairs Network

PAN - The Public Affairs Network is a specialist recruitment firm dedicated to public affairs and political communications, headquartered in Berlin with reach into Brussels and Germanys state capitals. The firm focuses exclusively on identifying and placing qualified professionals for corporate government affairs teams, industry associations, and policy consultancies, ensuring every appointment aligns with political dynamics and strategic business objectives. PAN blends seasoned executive search expertise with deep understanding of political processes to guide clients through context-rich hiring decisions where stakeholder mapping, regulatory awareness, and communications capability are mission critical. Its search toolkit spans tailored executive search for senior and niche mandates, rapid access to a vetted referral network of experienced policy professionals, and database-supported direct sourcing via its candidates platform, allowing PAN to match typical time and budget parameters without compromising quality or confidentiality. Assignments frequently include leadership and specialist roles such as Head of Public Affairs, Government Relations Manager, Policy Advisor, Public Policy Lead, Director EU Affairs, and Communications roles at the intersection of politics and business. PAN applies a rigorous, context-first evaluation that prioritizes political acumen, nonpartisan credibility, advocacy skill, and the ability to operate effectively across ministries, parliaments, regulators, associations, and corporate leadership. Its consultants maintain close ties across Berlin and Brussels communities, enabling precise shortlists, credible references, and discreet market soundings. For candidates, PAN offers transparent processes, coaching on narrative and stakeholder impact, and long term career guidance within the public affairs ecosystem. For clients, the firm delivers clear search strategies, progress reporting, and candidate due diligence tuned to each organizations governance standards. By uniting recruitment craft with political system fluency, PAN consistently delivers high fit placements that strengthen institutional voice, policy outcomes, and reputation where politics, business, and communication converge.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Graphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQBerlin, Germany

Baewatch Agency

Baewatch Agency is a modern, forward-thinking model and influencer agency founded in 2018 that focuses on the abilities and distinctive character of its talent rather than traditional card-file rosters. The team provides individual consultation and end-to-end support across influencer marketing, model management, and talent development, curating models, influencers, actresses, and dancers whose skills and personality align with contemporary cultural trends. Working across events, photoshoots, social campaigns, music, video, and film productions, the agency matches brands and producers with the right face and voice for every brief, covering short-term bookings, campaign-based collaborations, and defined contract assignments. Baewatch Agency emphasizes storytelling through talent, ensuring that every engagement supports brand objectives while honoring the emotional connection that makes visual work memorable. Its approach combines creative curation with transparent workflows, from interpreting the brief and casting to scheduling, logistics, deliverables, and post-campaign wrap-ups, enabling clients to move with speed and confidence. Drawing on marketing and advertising know-how, the team balances aesthetic judgment with data-informed insight, helping clients optimize reach and resonance across social media and traditional channels. Talent benefit from hands-on guidance and development designed to elevate performance and reliability, while clients gain a trusted partner committed to quality, consistency, and clear communication. Whether the need is for a content-led influencer partnership, a commercial or music video cast, a fashion lookbook, or on-site event presence, Baewatch Agency streamlines selection, negotiation, and coordination so that creative leaders can focus on production outcomes. Centered on transparency, reliability, and long-term relationships, the agency builds connections that customers and talent can trust and rely on, consistently delivering the right fit for campaigns, films, photos, and live experiences that audiences will remember.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingSOW/ProjectsGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsPublic RelationsAdvertisingJournalism

HQBerlin, Germany

Change Group

Founded in 2002, Change Group is a recruitment and talent advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change successfully. The firm conducts discreet, efficient, and fast searches to deliver the right people at the right time, blending executive search discipline with practical hiring support for teams that are building or transforming digital capabilities. Its portfolio is anchored in media, internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, and gaming related companies, where the need for product velocity, platform scale, and customer centric operations demands leaders and specialists who can execute while guiding transformation. Clients engage Change Group to design role profiles, map talent markets, benchmark compensation, and run targeted campaigns that shorten time to hire without compromising quality. Services span permanent recruitment for critical hires, executive and interim mandates that stabilize programs or cover transitions, and select contract appointments that add capacity during peak demand. Startups value the hands on approach, receiving advice on team structure, hiring sequences, and onboarding that helps new joiners contribute quickly. Established enterprises draw on the firms experience when launching digital units, modernizing technology stacks, or realigning commercial models, seeking candidates across product management, software engineering, data and analytics, growth and performance marketing, e-commerce operations, customer success, and program management. The team leverages structured interviews, targeted references, and portfolio reviews to assess impact, and provides clear reporting on pipeline progress so stakeholders can act on evidence rather than intuition. Throughout each engagement, Change Group emphasizes transparent communication, tight feedback loops, and a curated candidate experience, maintaining strict confidentiality for senior and sensitive searches. By aligning search strategy to business outcomes, it presents balanced shortlists that account for technical competence, cultural fit, and readiness to lead change. The result is a pragmatic, partnership led service that helps companies secure white collar and executive talent who can build, scale, and improve day to day operations while advancing long term transformation goals.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQBerlin, Germany

4Talents

4Talents is a boutique headhunting and recruitment partner founded in 2013 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, focused on building high-performing sales, tech, data, IT, online marketing, e-commerce, and finance teams for the German Mittelstand and growth companies across Europe. The firm specializes in direct search for professionals and executives with a strong digital DNA, combining a curated network with social recruiting and AI-supported active sourcing to engage passive candidates. Clients typically see the first shortlists within two weeks, and end-to-end assignments are often completed in 4 to 6 weeks, with each search delivered by a specialist team that aligns functional expertise with the client mandate. Beyond executive and professional permanent hiring, 4Talents provides HR interim management to bridge recruiting capacity gaps on a flexible, on-site or remote, full-time, part-time, or project basis. The firm augments decision quality through management and talent assessment grounded in evidence-based selection methods, including the MotivationsPotenzialAnalyse to measure intrinsic drivers and improve cultural and role fit. Its Process and People Analytics Modelling helps HR and leadership teams prototype analytics use cases that sharpen workforce decisions and inform targeted actions in attraction, selection, development, and retention. 4Talents also shares its sourcing craft via live remote Active Sourcing and ChatGPT training, enabling in-house recruiters and hiring teams to accelerate pipeline generation on platforms such as LinkedIn and XING. The company serves clients nationwide from Hamburg with localized expertise in major hubs including Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Leipzig, Dresden, and Hanover, and supports candidates with coaching, CV and application checks, interview preparation, and profile optimization for professional networks. Led by Managing Director and Founder Thomas Kuehnlenz, 4Talents operates with a consultative, transparent approach that prioritizes speed, quality, and long-term fit between people, roles, and culture.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQHamburg, Germany

BremerBlum

BremerBlum is a specialized recruitment and M&A advisory boutique serving the communication, architecture, and design sectors across the German speaking market. Founded in 2006 by consultants Juergen Bremer and Dietmar Blum, the firm has been led by Dietmar Blum since 2020 together with a small network of selected external experts. Drawing on decades of leadership experience in leading creative networks, BremerBlum searches, assesses, and places both permanent and freelance professionals, from trainees to managing directors. Typical profiles include creatives, strategists, account and client service leaders, media planners, project managers, IT specialists, and operations and support roles, reflecting the complete talent mix required by agencies and design driven businesses. Complementing its recruiting practice, BremerBlum operates an agency exchange that discreetly connects buyers and sellers, supports partner searches, and facilitates management buy outs and succession solutions for agencies and communication service providers. The firm is known for an unpretentious, reliable, confidential, and highly personal style, fair commercial terms, and hands on execution by the owner from briefing through successful completion. Every engagement emphasizes cultural fit and human factors alongside hard skills, with personal guidance and coaching that continues after placement to ensure lasting success for clients and candidates alike. BremerBlum collaborates with many of the most prominent independent and network agencies in the DACH region and manages each search or agency matchmaking project with strict confidentiality for all parties. Its job board regularly features roles spanning creative leadership, account and strategy, HR, and specialist functions, while the agency exchange addresses new venture formation, active shareholdings, and succession. In 2025, BremerBlum was recognized with the Unternehmer der Zukunft seal by the German Innovation Institute DIIND, underscoring its forward looking approach to talent and agency transactions in a fast evolving market.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsArchitectureInterior DesignManagement Consulting

HQBaden-Baden, Germany

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