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Eastman & Beaudine

Eastman & Beaudine is a boutique executive search and advisory firm founded in 1967 in Chicago by industry pioneer Frank Beaudine and led for the past four decades by CEO Bob Beaudine. The firm opened a Dallas office in 1980 and moved its headquarters to the Dallas area in 1985, now operating from Plano, Texas. Recognized by outlets such as Sports Illustrated and the Wall Street Journal for excellence in executive search, Eastman & Beaudine focuses on leadership recruitment across business, sports, and entertainment, with a distinctive specialization in college sports and administration. The team partners closely with owners, commissioners, university presidents, boards, athletic directors, and senior executives to appoint CEOs, heads of athletics, coaches, and mission-critical functional leaders spanning revenue, marketing, operations, and administration. Their process emphasizes culture alignment, discretion, and speed, combining deep market mapping, rigorous research, in‑depth candidate profiles, comprehensive referencing, and hands-on stakeholder management to deliver shortlists that are both diverse and precisely matched to client objectives. Beyond retained search, the firm provides management consulting and board advisory support, including succession planning, organizational design input, and talent strategy counsel for universities, conferences, governing bodies, professional clubs, and entertainment organizations. With enduring relationships across major professional leagues and collegiate athletics, as well as with brands in the broader sports and entertainment ecosystem, Eastman & Beaudine is known for building trusted networks and opening doors to leaders who might not otherwise be accessible. The firm’s relationship-first philosophy—rooted in Frank Beaudine’s maxim to make friends, help friends, and let results follow—has fueled repeat engagements and long-tenured placements. Clients consistently cite thoroughness, integrity, and a keen understanding of culture as differentiators, while candidates value transparent communication and advocacy throughout the search. Operating with a senior, highly involved team and a national footprint, Eastman & Beaudine delivers high-impact leadership solutions that elevate performance and strengthen organizational culture.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online Education

HQPlano, United States

Drew Executive Search

Drew Executive Search is a Midwest-based executive search firm focused on the financial equipment and financial technology ecosystem, partnering nationwide with third-party providers, distributors and service-oriented companies that sell, integrate and maintain transaction technologies. The firm’s specialist scope spans ATMs, ITMs, cash recyclers, coin and currency machines, and ticket redemption kiosks, supporting organizations that build, service and sell solutions from leading manufacturers such as NCR, Diebold Nixdorf, Wincor Nixdorf, Hyosung and Burroughs. Known for a high-touch, relationship-driven approach, Drew Executive Search operates as an extension of its clients, investing in deep discovery to align talent with business objectives, culture and growth ambitions. Its recruiters bring market and product fluency across payments and transactions technology, enabling precise delivery of candidates in sales, service, operations and executive leadership who can drive adoption, reliability and customer experience as low-touch automation scales. Beyond core fintech equipment, the firm also serves adjacent markets such as casino and gaming, where secure automated exchange and redemption technologies are vital, and selectively applies its process to administrative, HR, insurance and broader financial services searches when needs intersect with its network. Service models include retained and contingency search as well as recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), providing flexible engagement options from single-critical hires to embedded partnership solutions. Candidates value the team’s advocacy and clear communication, gaining access to roles that accelerate careers in a sector foundational to local communities and the financial services infrastructure. Founded by Chris Drew—who entered recruiting in 2012 and established the firm in 2018—Drew Executive Search blends a proactive, sales-oriented methodology with practical market intelligence to consistently deliver hires that enhance companies and careers across the financial technology and equipment space.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual Arts

HQOmaha, United States

The Adinek Group

The Adinek Group is a boutique, woman- and minority-owned staffing and recruiting firm that partners with organizations to deliver event staffing, professional recruitment, and talent consulting solutions that drive efficiency and elevate workforce performance. Founded during the height of the pandemic by a leader with more than two decades of experience building and leading Fortune 500 talent acquisition teams, the firm blends corporate recruiting rigor with nimble execution to support large-scale sporting and entertainment events, conventions and conferences, hospitality operations, and selected corporate and industrial functions. Adinek’s virtual-first model enables nationwide reach and responsiveness, while its commitment to equitable hiring practices and community impact remains central to every engagement. The company’s end-to-end process spans targeted sourcing and market research, hosting virtual recruiting events, structured and contemporary interview assessments, rapid candidate presentation with 24-hour selection windows where required, and seamless offer and onboarding workflows through its ATS and payroll platform (Paycom). For event programs, Adinek provides on-site management services, credentialing coordination, and daily roster oversight, complemented by mandatory teammate training and additional expectation-setting sessions to ensure consistent guest experience and operational readiness. Post-deployment, the team maintains ongoing support with timely communications, retention-focused check-ins, and reporting and analytics to monitor accuracy and performance. Adinek’s experience includes event-day teams for major sporting experiences and music festivals (ticketing, crowd coordination, and on-site support), service-focused hospitality roles, as well as professional hiring across corporate functions and select manufacturing and engineering needs. Certified through WBENC, The Adinek Group aligns purpose, people, and placement to create scalable, reliable staffing outcomes—whether the requirement is a high-volume, time-bound event build, a steady stream of frontline talent, or precision placement of professionals who will sustain long-term growth.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHotel ManagementCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism OperationsAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQLas Vegas, United States

rhum

rhum is a human-first talent partner that helps creative and innovative organizations attract, hire, develop, and mobilize their people. Based in Montréal with a footprint in Vancouver and an expanding presence in Europe, the firm integrates with internal teams to design and deliver end-to-end talent acquisition and HR solutions tailored to fast-moving studios, agencies, and tech companies. Its talent acquisition offering blends recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, and projects on demand to cover permanent hiring and embedded recruiting programs, while the HR practice spans audits and roadmaps, an on-call HR Hotline for SMEs, best-practice design, outsourced HR team support, and talent development and training. Through atelier rhum, clients access customized training, individual and group coaching, team building, leadership development programs, and conferences and workshops that strengthen culture and capability. rhum specializes in creative and innovation-driven sectors including VFX, gaming, marketing, VR/AR, technology, design, TV production, event planning, and advertising, and it has partnered with globally recognized names such as Cirque du Soleil, Method Studios, Framestore, Ubisoft, Rovio, 2K Games, Felix & Paul Studios, Republik, Rethink, Cult Nation, East Side Games, and Thunder Lotus. Clients choose rhum for its transparent consultancy fee structure, customized solutions, and candid, purpose-driven approach that avoids jargon, focuses on outcomes, and scales with business needs. The firm is committed to inclusive, equitable, and diverse opportunities, uplifts marginalized populations through pro bono work, and supports leaders with practical coaching and change guidance. Whether standing up an embedded RPO, delivering a targeted search, or executing a scoped HR or training project, rhum acts as a true extension of its clients’ teams, aligning processes, tools, and communications to the realities of high-velocity creative and tech environments in both French and English.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOSOW/ProjectsDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsFilm & Television ProductionSports ManagementGambling

HQMontreal, Canada

Denver Event Staffing

Denver Event Staffing is a specialized staffing partner focused on the event and hospitality ecosystem, helping organizers, venues, caterers, production companies, and experiential agencies deliver seamless attendee experiences with flexible, reliable labor. Centered on temporary and contract deployments, the firm assembles curated teams for conferences, trade shows, brand activations, festivals, sports and entertainment gatherings, and private or corporate functions, aligning headcount and skill mix to each program’s run-of-show. Their vetted talent pool spans front-of-house and back-of-house roles, including brand ambassadors, registration clerks, greeters, ushers, ticketing and scanning attendants, cashiers, bartenders, servers, barbacks, banquet captains, culinary support, dishwashers, porters, coat check, runners, non-security crowd management staff, loaders, stagehands, AV assistants, and team leads. Emphasizing service quality, the company screens for professionalism, hospitality mindset, punctuality, and communication, and can provide uniformed teams, pre-shift briefings, and onsite lead or captain support when required. To reduce risk and simplify operations, Denver Event Staffing supports compliant onboarding, right-to-work verification, and event-specific training directives, and manages scheduling, confirmations, time capture, and shift changes to maintain high fill and show rates—even under tight timelines. For recurring programs, they build dedicated rosters that preserve client preferences and institutional knowledge, enabling consistent brand representation across multiple dates and venues. The firm’s coordinators maintain transparent communication with both clients and crews, offering real-time updates, rapid backfills, and post-event debriefs to continuously improve outcomes. Whether providing a single specialist for a VIP function or scaling a multi-shift team across concurrent locations, Denver Event Staffing is designed to flex with demand, protect budgets, and uphold the standards expected by guests and sponsors. Its approach blends hospitality best practices with operational discipline so event leaders can focus on content, production, and audience engagement while trusting that staffing is handled end-to-end.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPayrolling/EORHotel ManagementCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism OperationsMuseums & GalleriesFilm & Television ProductionSports Management

HQWheat Ridge, United States

Burnie Batchelor Studio Inc

Burnie Batchelor Studio Inc is a long-standing, family-run portrait studio based at 619 Oberlin Road in Raleigh, North Carolina, where photographer and artist Joy Batchelor King continues the legacy started by her father, Burnie Batchelor. Joining the business in 1985, Joy has built an enduring reputation for heirloom-quality imagery and artistic craftsmanship, earning the Master Photographic Craftsman degree and recognition as a Certified Professional Photographer, a distinction held by fewer than four percent of imaging professionals worldwide. The studio’s work spans an extensive range of portrait genres, including newborns, children, families, graduates, debutantes, bridal portraits, beach sessions, holiday portraits and cards, corporate headshots, christenings, and charity projects, as well as fine art black and white, giclee panels, and original paintings. Clients benefit from an on-site, fully landscaped garden designed for outdoor sessions just outside the studio doors, plus thoughtfully planned special events such as seasonal beach portrait programs along North Carolina’s coast—including Wrightsville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Figure 8 Island, and Emerald Isle—holiday portrait offerings, and community-driven initiatives like black-and-white close-up sessions that support The Diaper Train through in-kind donations. The studio emphasizes personalized design consultations to align session concepts, locations, and wardrobe, with many families finding complementary styling support through Shutterbugs Boutique, a children’s clothing shop located within the studio space and managed by Joy and her daughter, Christen Batchelor Whitehead. From multi-generational family portraiture to polished corporate imagery, the team focuses on creating timeless, museum-quality pieces designed to be cherished for generations, combining attentive preparation, refined posing, meticulous lighting, and premium printing and finishing. With decades of relationships and many clients now in their fourth generation, Burnie Batchelor Studio blends artistic vision with warm, detail-oriented service to deliver portraits that celebrate life’s milestones and everyday moments with enduring beauty.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsAdvertisingJournalismGraphic Design

HQRaleigh, United States

Maximum Talent Agency

Maximum Talent Agency is a full-service, U.S.-based talent partner connecting brands, production companies, and creative teams with commercial and fashion models, actors, stylists, influencers, and even real families and couples for on-camera and print campaigns. With hubs in Nashville, Austin, and Denver, and an additional out-of-town roster, the agency supports projects across the United States and beyond, offering flexible, project-based bookings suited to advertising, e-commerce, lifestyle, broadcast, film, and social content. Clients can browse curated divisions by market—Models, Actors, Kids, Stylists, and Influencers—or run tailored searches to quickly shortlist talent by look and specifications, while artists benefit from a streamlined application process and professional representation that prioritizes development, portfolio curation, and reliable scheduling. Operating with the rigor of a staffing and recruiting organization, the team coordinates castings, avail checks, and contracts, and handles the logistics typical of short-term engagements so productions can move at speed without sacrificing quality or compliance. A strong emphasis on inclusivity and real-world authenticity is reflected in the dedicated Kids and Real Families/Couples categories, enabling brands to cast genuine, diverse stories. From single-day shoots and regional commercials to multi-market campaigns, the agency’s booking model scales to the brief, providing fast turnarounds and cross-market coverage when needed. Headquartered in Nashville (818 18th Ave South, 10th Floor, Nashville, TN 37203) with active social engagement via Instagram, Maximum Talent Agency combines local market insight with national reach, giving clients a dependable partner for repeatable, high-quality results and giving talent a responsive advocate for meaningful opportunities. Backed by modern talent management infrastructure, the agency simplifies discovery, negotiation, and onboarding, bringing clarity to every booking and helping both sides achieve more creative, efficient outcomes.

Contract StaffingTemporary StaffingPayrolling/EORDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsMuseums & GalleriesFilm & Television ProductionSports Management

HQDenver, United States

AWS Executive

AWS Executive is a specialist executive search firm focused on leadership recruitment for charities, non-profits, NGOs, charitable trusts and foundations, and purpose-led organisations. Working in close partnership with CEOs, Boards and Trustees, the firm delivers retained search for critical leadership, board and trustee appointments, combining rigorous headhunting with deep sector knowledge to secure leaders who align with mission and values. Typical mandates span Chief Executives and Executive Directors through to Directors and Heads across income generation and fundraising, partnerships and philanthropy, finance, operations, marketing and communications, people and corporate services, and specialist roles in equality, diversity and inclusion, climate change and sustainability, and programme leadership. With offices in London and Edinburgh, AWS Executive supports organisations across the UK and internationally, bringing hands-on involvement from managing partners throughout every assignment and offering an exclusive, high-touch service that targets high-calibre candidates, including those not actively on the market. The team’s network extends across international development, education, arts, heritage and culture, IT, housing and homelessness, health and faith-based organisations, enabling targeted outreach to leaders who can drive impact and steward organisations through growth, transformation and change. In addition to permanent appointments, the firm advises on and delivers interim executive solutions for defined periods or transitions, ensuring continuity and momentum for boards and leadership teams. Known for building long-term relationships and championing inclusive hiring, AWS Executive engages diverse talent pools and partners with organisations that share a commitment to positive social impact and strong governance. Clients benefit from a transparent, consultative process—market mapping, candidate research, competency and values-based assessment, and stakeholder engagement—designed to deliver a shortlist of leaders who will accelerate outcomes and strengthen organisational resilience. Through ongoing insights and sector commentary, AWS Executive contributes to best practice in senior recruitment for the non-profit community.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingFundraisingSocial ServicesEnvironmental ConservationVisual ArtsMuseums & GalleriesFilm & Television Production

HQEdinburgh, United Kingdom

James & Co.

This executive search and human capital consulting practice specializes in building businesses and careers across the sports, media, entertainment, digital, and consumer sectors, pairing board and C‑suite leaders with organizations that demand visionary talent and operational excellence. Women-led and operating on a global basis, the team partners with clients ranging from professional sports teams and leagues to leading entertainment companies and other Fortune 500 organizations, delivering a differentiated, contemporary approach that helps scale enterprises and accelerate transformation. Core offerings span executive search for senior leadership and board roles, performance management to optimize leader impact, organizational design to align structure with strategy, and transactional assistance to support mergers, acquisitions, and other pivotal inflection points. The consultants provide real-time marketplace knowledge and intelligence, mapping competitive landscapes and surfacing highly desirable and diverse candidate pools, while guiding clients with data-driven insights at every stage of the search and selection process. Engagements are grounded in rigorous needs definition, competency and culture alignment, and inclusive slate development, followed by thorough evaluation, referencing, and onboarding support to de-risk critical hires. Beyond placements, the practice advises on succession planning, restructuring, and change management, helping organizations evolve leadership models to meet the demands of rapidly converging content, technology, and consumer ecosystems. With deep domain expertise across content creation, distribution, brand and audience growth, product and platform innovation, commercial strategy, and operations, the team is adept at identifying transformational executives who can navigate complex stakeholder environments and deliver sustainable results. Known for high-touch service, confidentiality, and speed without compromising quality, this group aligns executive talent strategy with business objectives, ensuring clients gain both immediate leadership capacity and long-term bench strength, while candidates receive trusted counsel on career inflection points and the governance, culture, and trajectory best suited to their ambitions.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQNew York, United States

HireStakes

HireStakes is a specialist executive recruitment partner dedicated to the global iGaming sector, connecting C-level and senior leadership talent with world-class gaming operators, technology providers, and platform businesses. Founded in 2025 and led by iGaming recruitment leader Stuart Armstrong, the firm is co-founded in partnership with Gordon Brown and Chris Lowden of Nine Twenty and Colin Boyd of Boyd Digital, combining deep recruitment expertise with digital strategy and commercial growth acumen. Operating across 45+ jurisdictions and the industry’s leading hubs such as Malta, London, Dubai, and Manila, HireStakes offers a confidential, high-touch search experience underpinned by rigorous assessment and cultural fit evaluation. The firm’s process spans discovery, targeted search, structured interviews, reference checks, and guided placement support through offer and onboarding, with a track record highlighted by fast cycle times, salary transparency, and a high fill rate. HireStakes curates opportunities across executive functions in gaming operations, data and analytics, product and technology, commercial growth, and risk, while also supporting senior operational leadership roles such as live casino management. With discreet communication channels including WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat, and clear compensation frameworks typically ranging from £20K to £180K+, the company delivers a confidential and efficient experience for both candidates and employers. Whether helping start-ups scale or enabling mature operators to evolve, HireStakes blends data, industry insight, and an extensive global network to identify leaders who drive measurable business impact. Its focus on speed without compromising quality, combined with domain expertise in iGaming and adjacent technology disciplines, positions the firm as a trusted partner for retained executive search and senior permanent appointments across the full spectrum of online gaming and gambling.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsData ScienceIT InfrastructureTelecommunications

HQGlasgow, United Kingdom

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