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Digital People

Digital People is a Hamburg-based recruitment firm specialized in digital talent across Europe. Founded in 2021, DIGITAL PEOPLE GmbH partners with companies to accelerate time-to-hire and reduce internal effort by blending AI-enabled sourcing with meticulous manual screening. The firm focuses on roles spanning performance marketing, SEO, PPC, CRM, e-commerce, analytics, and brand leadership, delivering curated shortlists, clear documentation, and guided salary negotiations. Client testimonials highlight fast and precise delivery for positions such as PPC Manager, Head of SEO, CRM Manager, Online Marketing and E-Commerce Data Analyst, and Head of Marketing and Brand, often in tight candidate markets. Digital People also supports executive hiring up to C-level and publishes select mandates, including CEO opportunities, while ensuring a transparent, respectful candidate journey. Beyond permanent search, the company offers a flexible interim recruiter solution, providing access to experienced recruiters who can start on hourly or daily rates to address immediate capacity needs. Its outplacement programs deliver one-to-one guidance through the full transition cycle, from assessing strengths and career options to CV optimization, interview preparation, market outreach, offer evaluation, onboarding preparation, and early tenure feedback. On the candidate side, Digital People offers personalized support, from application submission and process guidance to coaching and a structured check-in after three months in role. The firm leverages a strong professional network and individualized outreach across channels to reach both active and passive candidates, and it shares process data so clients can analyze funnels and better forecast future hiring. Whether serving startups, mid-market companies, or established groups, Digital People is committed to matching the right skills and culture fit while maintaining speed, quality, and discretion.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsE-commerceLuxury GoodsSoftware Development

HQHamburg, Germany

The Job Harbour

The Job Harbour is a boutique recruitment agency specializing in foreign language talent, helping organizations hire multilingual professionals across a broad range of commercial and customer-facing functions. The firm focuses on smart, effective, and efficient delivery, offering a seamless and fuss free recruitment experience that reduces time to hire and improves quality of fit. Its consultants understand the pressures of finding the right person and are committed to building long term relationships with clients and candidates alike, acting as trusted partners throughout the hiring journey. The Job Harbour supports mandates in Marketing and Sales, Media and Design, IT, HR and Administration, Fashion, Travel and Tourism, Contact Centre, Finance, Hospitality, Logistics, and Property, pairing linguistic capability with functional expertise to meet business needs in dynamic, customer centric environments. Services span permanent recruitment, temporary staffing, and contract staffing, with tailored search strategies that combine targeted sourcing, rigorous screening, and language proficiency assessments to ensure cultural alignment and role readiness. For clients, the agency provides market insights on salary, location, and candidate availability, managing processes from briefing and shortlisting to interview coordination, offer management, and onboarding. For candidates, it offers transparent guidance, CV optimization, interview preparation, and ongoing support to enable confident career decisions. Whether scaling a multilingual support team, hiring a marketing specialist with native level copywriting in a second language, or securing a bilingual IT or finance professional, The Job Harbour delivers responsive service and clear communication. Its ethos centers on trust, diligence, and genuine care for outcomes, creating a comprehensive recruitment solution that allows clients and candidates to relax, knowing their best interests are at the heart of every search.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQHamburg, Germany

MRINetwork-Hackmann Search AND Partner

Founded in 1999, Hackmann Search + Partner is an executive search and recruitment firm based in Hamburg and a long-standing member of MRINetwork. The company specializes in cross-border placements for international executives across the DACH region, serving German, Austrian, and Swiss mandates for organizations that require leadership talent attuned to local markets and global standards. Led by founder Klaus Hackmann, who spent more than two decades as a top-level manager in South Africa and across Europe, the firm brings first-hand executive experience to every assignment. Hackmann has served as MRINetwork regional representative and spokesman for international partners and previously sat on the boards of the German-South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry and EXAS (Executive Association of South Africa) between 1972 and 1977. The firm delivers retained and contingency searches, supported by project services that allow clients to scale hiring initiatives efficiently while maintaining rigorous quality control. Its approach blends disciplined research, structured assessment, and transparent communication, ensuring that shortlists align with business strategy, culture, and performance expectations. With deep familiarity of DACH talent pools and the complexity of international relocations, compensation structures, and compliance, Hackmann Search + Partner advises clients from discovery through offer acceptance and onboarding. The team prioritizes confidentiality, pace, and precision, balancing the need for thorough evaluation with time critical requirements common to executive hiring. Clients value the firm for its pragmatic counsel, access to senior candidates, and the ability to represent employer brands credibly in competitive markets. Whether a company seeks a single C-suite leader or needs to coordinate several leadership hires as a defined project, Hackmann Search + Partner provides flexible, outcomes-focused solutions and welcomes direct contact to discuss current needs and market coverage.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalPublic RelationsAdvertisingJournalism

HQOstrach, Germany

Where's Mitch?

Where's Mitch? is a boutique recruiting practice dedicated to the creative economy, helping organizations find and hire high impact creative and marketing talent. Founded in 2018 and operated as a lean, founder led consultancy, the firm partners with agencies, in house brand teams, media companies, and digital businesses to deliver thoughtfully matched candidates across design, copy, content, brand, advertising, social, production, and digital creative disciplines. Its approach blends rigorous brief discovery with portfolio centric evaluation, looking beyond job titles to assess craft quality, storytelling ability, strategic thinking, and culture add. The firm supports permanent recruitment for core team growth, contract and freelance staffing to scale for campaigns and product sprints, and short term temporary coverage for leave and workload spikes. Typical searches span art direction, graphic design, motion and video, copywriting, content strategy, brand strategy, UX and UI design, visual design, creative technology, project and account management, and integrated marketing roles. Where's Mitch? emphasizes transparent communication, fast feedback loops, and candidate experience, managing schedules, portfolio reviews, and work sample requests so clients see the right talent quickly without sacrificing quality. Diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations are embedded in sourcing and shortlisting, with deliberate outreach to broaden pipelines and reduce bias in screening. The firm is built for flexibility, engaging on discreet project based needs, building bench talent pools for ongoing freelance demand, or running targeted searches for niche skill sets. Known for persistence and market knowledge in the creative space, it maps talent networks, tracks availability among trusted freelancers, and maintains long term relationships with designers, writers, producers, and strategists whose work moves brands forward. Clients value its combination of speed, judgment, and candor, while candidates appreciate clear expectations, respectful process, and advocacy for fair compensation and meaningful work.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQHamburg, Germany

Markenpersonal

Markenpersonal GmbH is a Hamburg based recruitment boutique founded in 2007 by Lars Kreyenhagen, dedicated to connecting outstanding marketing, brand, design, and communications professionals with agencies and in house teams. As sector insiders who have worked on both the agency and corporate side, its consultants combine deep market knowledge with a hands on, human approach to search. The firm operates on the belief that finding the best heads requires being one, prioritizing precise, personal matchmaking over blind algorithmic filtering. Markenpersonal delivers permanent recruitment and freelance mediation, expanding its portfolio in 2020 to address growing demand for expert contractors and interim specialists in digital marketing and creative disciplines. Beyond pure placement, the team supports clients with organization development, M&A related people topics, and employer branding, and frequently accompanies young agencies through early growth and change. Each engagement begins with a personal conversation to assess the status quo and define a clear requirements profile, followed by targeted research, direct approach, structured interviews, and curated shortlists categorized for decision making, with regular reporting until a successful hire is completed. Engagements are provided as service contracts and offered in tiered consulting models aligned to role seniority and complexity, with transparent steps and weekly updates. With a highly networked presence in the digital and creative community and long standing relationships with top players in the field, Markenpersonal maintains a vetted pool of candidates and freelancers across strategy, creation, content, account, and project functions, ensuring culture and capability fit for each brief. Clients rely on the firm to accelerate hiring in the face of ongoing digital transformation and increasing organizational complexity, while candidates value discreet guidance, honest feedback, and access to opportunities that are not broadly advertised. The result is a focused, quality driven search process that consistently aligns the right talent with the right challenge.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

ADPENSO by Astrid Döhmann

ADPENSO by Astrid Doehmann is an executive search and recruiting boutique dedicated to the digital economy since 2007. Serving clients across the DACH region and broader EMEA, the firm partners with startups, midsize innovators, and global enterprises to build high performing teams that drive growth and market entry. Its core domain expertise spans MarTech, Analytics, E Commerce, FinTech, PropTech, IT, and digital agencies, with a strong track record assembling European teams for US based companies launching or scaling in Germany and across Europe, often for SaaS led businesses. ADPENSO focuses on the recruitment of specialists and leaders in the middle and upper management bands, covering roles in sales and business development, customer success, analytics, product management, marketing, HR, and IT, from junior to head of level. The firm is known for targeted direct search rooted in deep market knowledge, hands on research, and profile expertise, ensuring only the most relevant and motivated candidates are presented. Clients value transparent communication, regular reporting, and a pragmatic, results oriented approach that balances speed with quality. Candidates benefit from end to end guidance from first contact through onboarding, including support on application materials and coaching around critical career and development questions. ADPENSO prioritizes long term fit and mutual trust, aiming for placements that align skills, aspirations, and culture. With an extensive network built over many years and a commitment to exhaustive multi channel sourcing, the team consistently delivers scarce digital talent across sales, go to market, data, and product disciplines. Operating as ADPENSO International SL out of Palma de Mallorca while working internationally, the firm combines boutique attention with cross border reach, helping clients secure the people they need to win in competitive digital markets.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceContent CreationPublic RelationsAdvertising

HQHamburg, Germany

4K Personalberatung

Founded in 2006, 4K Personalberatung is a specialist recruitment and talent advisory firm focused on marketing and consulting disciplines. The company partners with brand owners, agencies, and professional services organizations to appoint white collar and executive leaders across marketing, communications, digital, and commercial functions. Combining retained executive search with targeted permanent recruitment and selected interim or contract solutions, its consultants apply a consultative, research led approach to map markets, assess capability, and deliver shortlists built on evidence and fit. 4K Personalberatung engages both active and passive talent through direct search, structured interviews, and competency based assessment, while advising clients on role scoping, employer branding, and competitive compensation. The team understands the nuances of modern marketing, from brand strategy, performance marketing, and content to CRM, ecommerce, and analytics, as well as the needs of strategy, management consulting, and in house transformation teams. Typical mandates range from department heads, marketing directors, and communications leaders to senior consultants, practice leads, and commercial executives responsible for growth. With a strong emphasis on candidate experience, the firm maintains transparent communication, timely feedback, and long term career counsel. For clients, it offers rigorous process management, milestone reporting, and calibrated reference checks to reduce hiring risk and time to fill. The firm also supports change programs and project based initiatives by mobilizing interim managers for critical gaps and peak workloads. Operating with discretion and integrity, 4K Personalberatung builds lasting relationships that help organizations attract, select, and retain high impact talent across marketing, media, and professional services environments.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)

HQDar es-Salaam, Tanzania

Consult kontor praski and partner

consult kontor praski & partner is a Hamburg based boutique HR consultancy and recruitment firm led by Claudia and Joerg Praski. Founded in 2002, the partnership focuses on helping organizations find, engage, and develop the right people while supporting individuals through career transitions. The team combines classic headhunting, active sourcing, and applicant management with performance recruiting to fill permanent roles and executive appointments. Their approach is deliberately human centric: beyond hard skills and data points, they emphasize values, motivation, and social competencies identified through in depth personal conversations. Clients are predominantly mid sized companies and mid market subsidiaries of international groups across diverse sectors, including energy, media and publishing, machinery, insurance, banking, and related services. In addition to search, the firm delivers newplacement and outplacement programs that protect employer brand during restructuring, providing affected employees with structured guidance, coaching, and a clear route to their next role. As trained mediators, they also facilitate constructive conflict resolution in organizational, commercial, and private contexts, acting as impartial third parties to help stakeholders reach durable agreements. Employers value the close, individualized support, clear communication, and the ability to read between the lines to secure cultural and capability fit; candidates appreciate respectful, transparent engagement throughout the process. Over many years consult kontor has built a stable network and completed more than 100 consulting projects and over 350 career transition engagements. The firm champions tailored solutions over one size fits all methods and uses modern sourcing tools without losing sight of the distinctly human factors that determine long term success. With deep experience across the HR lifecycle, they partner with clients to recruit critical talent, strengthen leadership and resilience, retain key employees, and navigate change with empathy and precision.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtPayrolling/EOROil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningContent CreationPublic RelationsAdvertising

HQHamburg, Germany

Elbläufer

Elblaufer GmbH is a people-first staffing and placement partner founded in 2018 and based in Kaltenkirchen, Germany. The company recruits employees for its own projects, privately places talent with clients seeking long term support, and provides temporary staff to cover peak workloads and seasonal demand. Elblaufer focuses on guest facing and operational roles across hospitality, events, and promotion, complemented by reception and security services as well as selected logistics, IT support, and social care assignments. Typical positions include bartender, barista, banquet and a la carte service staff, cooks and kitchen helpers, host and hostess, promoter, traveler flow coordinators, helping hands for set up and break down, reception agents, information desk staff, and gatehouse personnel. The firm emphasizes a collaborative culture where understanding the other persons perspective leads to better outcomes, and it supports employees with thoughtful scheduling, clear communication, and fair, tariff oriented pay enhanced by supplemental allowances. Candidates can start from age 16 and are guided through requirements such as obtaining a current police clearance certificate; Elblaufer offers the right job at the right time, in the preferred location, and with the desired working hours while actively supporting individual career plans. Compliance is central to operations: Elblaufer holds the authorization for security services in accordance with Section 34a of the German Trade Regulation Act (GewO) and a labor leasing license under the German AUEG, enabling lawful delivery of both security assignments and temporary employment solutions. Clients in hotels, restaurants, venues, trade fairs, and brand promotion rely on Elblaufer for reliable, guest oriented teams, while reception and logistics services ensure smooth first impressions and efficient flows. With a blend of permanent recruitment and flexible staffing, Elblaufer provides responsive workforce solutions that help organizations deliver great experiences at scale.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingHotel ManagementCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism OperationsSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & Aviation

Oomf

Oomf is a boutique creative recruitment and career agency based in Melbourne with national and international reach, trusted for more than fifteen years to connect creative businesses with the right creative people. Led by a small team of passionate industry experts, the agency recognizes the value of people, the importance of culture, and the significance of design, and it is known for being genuine, enthusiastic, and fabulous to work with. Oomf meets every client and candidate personally, investing time to build positive, lasting relationships and to understand the business context, the challenges being solved, and the aspirations behind each brief or career move. This consultative approach blends real-time industry insights with practical, constructive advice so that clients receive targeted solutions and candidates gain clarity on what excites, motivates, and inspires them as they navigate opportunities within the creative industry. With a deep network nurtured over many years across studios, agencies, and in‑house teams, Oomf supports hiring needs ranging from hands-on creative and digital roles to senior leadership, matching talent for permanent positions and contract assignments while ensuring cultural and capability fit. Beyond recruitment, the team offers one-on-one career consultations, including CV and folio reviews, career advice and coaching, and a Personal Brand Check to ensure each candidate’s materials authentically tell their story and stand out. Operating from offices in Melbourne and Sydney, Oomf partners with like-minded businesses across Australia and leverages international reach when specialist skill sets are required. Clients value the agency’s transparency, responsiveness, and commitment to outcomes, while candidates appreciate honest feedback, advocacy, and thoughtful guidance. By investing in passionate people and cultivating strong partnerships, Oomf consistently facilitates connections that make things click and create transformational results for teams and careers alike.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQMelbourne, Australia

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