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Zocalo

Zocalo is a premier executive recruiting firm operating at the intersection of creativity, culture, and impact, partnering with purpose-driven leaders to build high-performing teams that fuel transformative growth. Specializing in retained and embedded search, the firm blends strategic insight with a deep understanding of organizational culture to identify both the tangible capabilities and the softer, culture-defining qualities that make leadership hires stick. Zocalos approach is anchored in three pillarsstrategic insights, an exceptional network, and unmatched precisionallowing it to launch new executive searches or revive stalled ones with intention, care, and rigor. From individual critical hires to assembling cohesive leadership teams, Zocalo delivers candidates who are highly qualified and culturally aligned. The firms client roster spans museums and performing arts institutions, culture-shaping brands, leading nonprofits, and innovative consultancies, including organizations such as MoMA, Live Nation, Accenture, Emerson Collective, XQ Institute, Summer Search, ERA-co, Droga5, Truth Initiative, Salon 94, and GentleForces. Recent work highlights include placements like Executive Director and senior marketing and communications leadersHead of Content, Head of Brand Strategy, Head of Communications, VP of Growth Marketing, and Executive Directorreflecting its strength across arts and culture, social impact, and brand-led organizations. Founded by Kimberly Aguilera, a recognized executive search leader and advocate for workforce equity based in Manhattan, Zocalo is guided by values it calls Impact, Culture, and Creativity. True to its namethe zNlo, or town squarethe firm creates space where diverse voices and ideas meet, enabling inclusive processes and lasting matches. By combining an unrivaled network with market fluency and a hands-on, partnership-driven model, Zocalo helps clients hire leaders who advance mission, elevate brand, and create enduring organizational momentum.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOGamingPerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsContent CreationPublic RelationsAdvertising

HQNew York, United States

Brightmode Talent, an Orchestra company

Brightmode Talent, an Orchestra company, is a specialist recruitment partner created by communications experts for the communications industry. Built by BerlinRosena full-service communications network with more than 600 communications and marketing strategists across the United States and EuropeBrightmode focuses exclusively on finding and placing top communications professionals who drive brand reputation, storytelling, and growth. The firm delivers end-to-end recruiting from entry-level to the C-suite across strategic communications, marketing, digital, public affairs, design, and public and media relations, leveraging an expansive network cultivated over nearly two decades in the PR and communications space. Brightmode can augment in-house talent teams with targeted search expertise or operate as a comprehensive talent acquisition function, providing the flexibility of embedded support where needed. Its services extend beyond placement to include talent and organizational consultingassessing and upgrading hiring practices, advising on org design, and building scalable search processesand equity-based hiring support, using strategic sourcing, partnerships, and structured interviews to help organizations meet diversity and inclusion goals. The teams cross-sector experience spans technology, advocacy and nonprofit, lifestyle and consumer, real estate, healthcare, financial services, retail, publishing, and public relations agencies, ensuring nuanced evaluation and matching of candidates to context-specific needs. Brightmodes track record reflects disciplined search execution and market reach, with 173 roles closed, 13,961 applications reviewed, and 700+ interviews conducted in a recent year. Clients value the firms practitioner-led insight into what makes a great communicator, how to surface them in competitive markets, and how to align capabilities with organizational objectives and culture. Whether a company needs to fill a mission-critical leadership role, build a high-performing in-house communications function, or improve hiring systems for scale, Brightmode brings precise screening, rigorous process, and a deep network to deliver outcomes that stick.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPODigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsOnline MediaFundraisingSocial Services

HQNew York, United States

Empowered Recruiting

Empowered Recruiting is a boutique search firm dedicated to connecting top talent in medical communications and pharmaceutical marketing with organizations that value expertise, integrity, and cultural fit. Founded in 2024 by Laura Powers Hibbler, a seasoned med comms professional with more than two decades of industry experience, the firm operates with a simple promise to clients and candidates alike: honesty, discretion, and a highly consultative approach. Drawing on deep, long-standing relationships across the medical communications ecosystem, Empowered Recruiting specializes in identifying and engaging experienced professionals for roles spanning strategy, account management, scientific and medical communications, brand and product marketing, and related leadership functions within agencies and biopharma companies. The team invests early in exploratory conversations, learning each candidates goals, motivators, and financial needs, and only presents opportunities that genuinely align. For clients, every search is built from the ground up, tailored to the role requirements and organizational culture, with a focus on responsiveness, reliability, and a white-glove candidate experience that reflects well on the employer brand. Leveraging current market insights, hiring trends, and a referral-driven network, Empowered Recruiting prioritizes quality over volume and advocates for all parties from first interview through to a fully executed employment agreement. The firms differentiators include individualized attention, selectivity about client partnerships, and close collaboration that ensures submissions are prioritized and time-to-hire is minimized without compromising fit. Whether an organization is scaling a medical communications team or a marketing function in the pharmaceutical sector, or a professional is considering a thoughtful career move, Empowered Recruiting provides full-service recruiting support designed to create lasting matches and long-term success.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingPharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyMedical DevicesGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQNew York, United States

Misfit Talent

Misfit Talent is a female-founded boutique search and talent advisory that curates modern, hybrid leaders for future-facing brands. Led by Co-CEOs Whitney Radia and Patricia Brennan with hubs in New York, Austin and Lisbon, the firm connects a global network of innovative talent with ambitious, high-growth companies as well as established enterprises undergoing transformation. Specializing in leadership roles across innovation, marketing, technology, operations, creative direction, experience and design, Misfit Talent acts as an embedded extension of its clients teams to take the search off their plate and keep the process focused, human and brand-positive. Its methodology is purpose-built for quality over quantity: immersion to grasp the business context and why a role matters now; discovery to challenge assumptions and consider less obvious profiles; thoughtful, high-touch outreach that recognizes every interaction reflects the clients brand; fast iteration guided by open feedback; and a transparent close that aligns expectations and lands the right hire without surprises. Clients span consumer goods and luxury, media and publishing, technology and digital product, real estate and professional services, with partners including CHANEL, Est`Lauder, Unilever, Diageo, Glossier, Simple Mills, BMW, Tishman Speyer, TED, The Washington Post, The Webby Awards, T Brand Studio, Droga5, Work&Co, ustwo and Gimlet Media, among others. Known for reading between the lines of a brief and presenting one-of-a-kind, hard-to-find candidates, the team champions misfits disruptors, change agents and creative thinkers whose nonlinear paths can accelerate growth and culture. Whether building new functions across multiple locations and disciplines or elevating existing teams, Misfit Talent delivers executive and permanent placements with speed, precision and integrity, serving as both a strategic HR partner and a careful steward of employer brand to ensure every candidate experience is inclusive, insightful and memorable.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPODigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsIT InfrastructureTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

HQNew York, United States

High Profile Lifestyle (HPL)

High Profile Lifestyle (HPL) is a multifaceted talent staffing and event management agency that partners with and contracts exceptional public-facing professionals to elevate brand experiences and deliver measurable results. Built around a front-of-house mindset and rigorous talent standards, HPL curates and deploys promotional talent, tour managers, audience fillers, brand ambassadors, photographers, videographers, and production support teams for brand activations, live conventions, tours, and special events. The firms offering spans event staffing, event management, talent management, photo and video production, and on-the-ground production logistics, backed by streamlined communication and single-point-of-contact delivery. HPLs track record includes 500+ brand activations and live conventions, 8,000+ staff deployed, 50+ large-scale events supported, 20+ successful mobile tours, 3,000+ seats filled for audience programs, and 270+ brands served. Its content capabilities include 2,000+ hours of brand content and 10,000+ event photos delivered, with production teams that have driven 10,000+ miles supporting multi-market programs. With execution across Australia, the Maldives, Poland, Spain, the UAE, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and all 50 U.S. states, HPL brings global reach and local reliability to marketing leaders and event managers in sectors such as technology, automotive, luxury fashion, hospitality, and beverages. The agency is mission-drivento provide the most elevating, impactful, and memorable experiencesand underpinned by core values of Integrity, Transparency, Streamlined Communication, and Complete Work, ensuring clarity, accountability, and detail-obsessed delivery from onboarding to wrap reports. Talent at HPL is referral-only, reflecting premium selection, multilingual capability, and ongoing training for a roster exceeding 25,000 professionals. Whether staffing a high-profile brand launch, managing a multi-city mobile tour, filling audiences for televised experiences, or producing high-impact content on site, HPL combines creative problem solving, meticulous logistics, and world-class talent to consistently exceed expectations and create memorable, measurable outcomes for clients.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingSOW/ProjectsDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsConsumer ElectronicsE-commerceLuxury Goods

HQNew York, United States

Dexterity Search Group

Founded in 2017, Dexterity Search Group is a full-service corporate recruiting agency headquartered in New Jersey, just outside New York City, that delivers nationwide talent solutions with a primary focus on the financial services sector. Led by founder Michael Maher, a talent acquisition leader with more than two decades of experience, the firm leverages in-house expertise gained at Lehman Brothers, where he ran an RPO delivering 150+ annual hires across administrative and non-exempt roles, and at Prudential Financial, where he led recruitment for the CFO organization covering Tax, Audit, FP&A, Financial Reporting, Shared Services, Procurement and more. Dexterity Search supports hiring needs from entry-level through the C-suite across core corporate functions including Finance & Accounting, Data & Analytics, Marketing, Client Services, Human Resources, and Compliance & Risk. The firm offers flexible engagement modelsretained search for high-visibility, business-critical mandates with structured search strategies, scheduled progress meetings, and transparent data and contact lists; contingency recruitment with fees due only upon successful hire; and temporary staffing options that allow clients to scale up or down while Dexterity manages HR and payroll-related responsibilities. While its roots are in financial services, the team also partners with organizations in Public Relations, Advertising and Communications, Non-Profit, BioTech and Pharma. Dexterity operates as a consultative staffing partner, taking time to understand each clients culture, standards and root recruiting challenges to design practical, outcome-focused hiring plans. A strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion underpins every search, with a deliberate emphasis on delivering diverse candidate slates and ensuring respectful, supportive experiences throughout the interview process. By combining disciplined search methodology with market insight, clear communication and relationship-driven service, Dexterity Search Group helps organizations secure the right talent to meet todays needs and support tomorrows growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic Relations

HQNew York, United States

Strategic Recruiting, Inc.

Strategic Recruiting, Inc. (SRI) is a specialist recruiting firm dedicated to building high-performing teams across marketing, corporate communications, public relations, social media, content, and digital disciplines. Founded in 1994 by President Gary Platt, SRI has spent more than two decades serving as a trusted advisor to clients, combining deep functional expertise with a meticulous search process that prioritizes skills, results, and cultural alignment. Acting as an extension of each clients team, SRI delivers executive-level hires, management placements, and interim talent through direct-hire, contract, and retained search capabilities. The firms consultants are known for a proactive approach to sourcing, rigorous vetting, and transparent communication that provides market intelligence and guides decision-making from intake through offer acceptance. SRI partners with leading organizations across sectors, including agencies and global consumer brands as well as companies in financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and technology, reflecting a broad industry reach with a focused functional niche. The firms track record includes thousands of successful placements for admired companies and award-winning teams, supported by values of diversity, collaboration, confidentiality, and long-term relationship building. With national and international reach across hubs such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, London, and Tokyo, SRI is equipped to deliver searches that span geographies and specialty rolesfrom brand and product marketing to digital media, content strategy, corporate communications, PR, and social channels. Clients benefit from SRIs competitive analysis, thoughtful search strategies that go beyond standard social searches, and consultative guidance shaped by decades of experience. Whether the need is an executive leader, a critical manager, or interim expertise to drive momentum, SRI consistently matches exceptional talent to complex requirements and accelerates hiring outcomes for companies that demand measurable impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsFinTechSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQNew York, United States

Collective

Collective is a modern people and culture consultancy that helps organizations align team needs, company values, and business objectives to build resilient, inclusive, and highperforming workplaces. Operating as a strategic partner across industries, the firm specializes in untangling complex people challengesfrom culture transformation, conflict resolution, and DEI issues to change management, manager upskilling, and the design of structured, scalable people processes. Collectives approach blends practical training and coaching with handson advisory, offering custom learning journeys, group and 1:1 coaching, councils and taskforces, implementation support, impact tracking, and reassessments, all organized around a clear sixstep methodology for lasting change. Their workshops are designed to be measurable and interactive, with popular programs such as Navigating Challenging Conversations, Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback, and Inclusive Hiring and Recruiting. Beyond training, Collective guides leadership teams through People + Culture Vision Development to codify values, behaviors, and operating principles, translating them into systems, policies, and daytoday practices that scale. The firm emphasizes rigor over onesizefitsall playbooks, using assessments, employee listening, and iterative checkpoints to calibrate strategy and measure progress. Known for bringing clarity and direction to committees and culture councils, Collective helps organizations shift from reactive to proactive, moving teams from conflict to connection and equipping managers with the language and tools to lead inclusively. Their client base spans media and entertainment, technology, consumer and retail, hospitality, and healthcare, reflecting a breadth of expertise in dynamic, growthoriented environments. Whether a company is reentering the office, navigating sociopolitical complexity, or building a more valuesdriven brand, Collective meets leaders where they are and embeds the capabilities needed to sustain impact long after engagement, ensuring culture becomes a durable business advantage.

SOW/ProjectsRPOTotal Talent MgmtDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsE-commerceLuxury GoodsSoftware Development

HQNew York, United States

Tiny Giants Talent

Tiny Giants Talent is a boutique staffing and recruiting partner dedicated to elevating essential, often overlooked voices across the marketing and advertising industry. Centered on a clear mission to represent gifted, curious, and kind professionals, the firm focuses on roles spanning creative, brand, strategy, media, content, and communications, and collaborates with agencies, inhouse brand teams, and emerging ventures that value diverse perspectives and inclusive hiring. As a lean, hightouch practice, Tiny Giants Talent emphasizes thoughtful matchmaking over volume, investing the time to understand a clients vision, culture, and success metrics while championing candidate potential, lived experience, and portfolio impact. The team supports clients with permanent recruitment for core headcount, executive search for leadership and critical niche hires, and contract engagements that flex with campaign cycles and project demands, helping organizations scale responsibly without compromising on quality or values. Candidates engage with opportunities through a streamlined process supported by Lever, while clients benefit from a curated shortlist approach, transparent communication, and interview coaching that sharpens selection decisions. Appointmentonly consultations signal a commitment to focused, respectful time with both clients and talent, and the firms content and community presence reflect a belief that great work emerges when the right people feel seen, supported, and set up to thrive. By balancing advocacy with rigorous assessment, and creativity with accountability, Tiny Giants Talent builds durable relationships that outlast single searches, ensuring each placement strengthens teams, advances inclusive growth, and expands the breadth of voices shaping modern marketing. Whether the need is a senior creative leader, a brand builder with crosschannel depth, or an agile contractor to power a launch, Tiny Giants Talent brings a valuesdriven, industrysavvy approach that turns hiring into a catalyst for longterm impact.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQNew York, United States

Ampersand

Ampersand is a premium, boutique recruitment agency in Australia with a clear mission to unite great minds by placing the right person in the right role. Operating from hubs in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle, the firm delivers a blended portfolio of services spanning executive search, permanent hiring and contract recruitment, complemented by managed services focused on consulting and Statement of Work delivery. Ampersand’s specialist practice areas include C‑Suite and senior leadership, Business Support & Administrative, Marketing, PR & Corporate Affairs, Business Development, Digital & CRM, Human Resources, Risk & Compliance, Security, Data, Analytics & AI, Technology & ERP, and Projects, Change & Transformation, with a dedicated capability for Local, State and Federal government recruitment. The team applies a rigorous, human‑centred process that removes unconscious bias, deeply understands client context, and thoroughly vets every candidate to ensure cultural alignment and performance fit. For candidates, Ampersand provides one‑on‑one career guidance, transparent market intelligence and pre‑ and post‑placement support, while contractors benefit from a dedicated Contractor Hub experience. For employers, solutions range from discreet leadership appointments to scalable permanent and contract campaigns and outcome‑based project delivery under SOW. The firm’s market insights and salary guides across marketing, digital and communications, as well as professional services, reflect a data‑driven advisory approach that helps clients stay competitive and candidates make informed career decisions. Ampersand is trusted by leaders and teams across technology, marketing and communications, and the public sector, with testimonials referencing partnerships with organisations such as Macquarie Group, Allianz, Allens and the Uniting Church. Whether building a new division, securing critical leadership, or delivering projects at pace, Ampersand aligns great minds with great work to create lasting impact for clients and candidates alike.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceContent CreationPublic RelationsAdvertising

HQSydney, Australia

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