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Cook Associates

Cook + Associates is a global brand experience agency that brings client brand DNA to life through immersive environments, live events, and exhibition programs that change how audiences think and feel. From its headquarters at 15A Harris Business Park in Worcestershire, with additional hubs in Singapore and Orlando, the team plans, designs, builds, and delivers end-to-end experiences across major trade shows, airshows, conferences, and cultural moments worldwide. Their portfolio spans specialty materials and chemicals, aviation and aerospace, and technology, with flagship projects such as Syensqo at K-Show, Deutsche Aircraft Group at the Paris Airshow, and Nokia activations at DTW and Hannover Messe. The agencys client roster includes global brands like Qatar Airways, Nokia, Textron Aviation, Dassault Systes, Panasonic, Lockheed Martin, GKN, Spirit AeroSystems, Gallagher, and Future Electronics, reflecting deep cross-industry expertise and a rigorous approach to storytelling, spatial design, content, and production. Cook + Associates regularly shares insights on elevating chalet hospitality at international airshows, experiential innovations like AR versus VR, and standout festival activations, and it celebrates a three-decade heritage of delivery while investing in the next generation of brand experience talent and capabilities. Sustainability is embedded in its operating model, with officially approved science-based targets guiding material choices, construction methods, logistics, and reuse strategies. Whether orchestrating a complex multi-venue showcase, crafting a premium hospitality chalet, or curating a single, focused product story, Cook + Associates aligns creative vision with operational precision to ensure every detail is on brief, on brand, and measurable in impact. The result is moments that mattermemorable, purposeful experiences that help ambitious organizations launch, educate, sell, and build lasting relationships across global markets.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceIndustrial AutomationSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQChicago, United States

Hirefuel

Hirefuel is a referral-only recruiting firm that partners with venture capital, private equity, and high-growth B2B and B2C companies to target and place top-tier talent across the United States. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA, the firm operates like a startup and positions its recruiters as an extension of each clients brand, balancing technical competency with cultural fit to drive long-term success. As entrepreneurs themselves, the team brings a holistic perspective to scaling businesses and leverages deep, founder-to-operator networks to move quickly and precisely. Their national reach spans Greater Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater New York, US & Remote, and Emerging Markets, supporting clients across technology, consumer, and media-driven categories. Functionally, Hirefuels expertise covers executive search and core business builds in performance and brand marketing, creative and design, operations, finance and accounting, engineering, product (digital and physical), data and analytics, human resources, marketplace roles, and sales and business development. Recognized by Inc. as a 2024 Power Partner, the firm is known for a partnership-led, high-touch process that tells the clients story, communicates expectations clearly, and maintains transparent, responsive communication with candidates throughout every stage. Trusted brand partners have included innovative consumer and technology names such as Hinge, eHarmony, FIGS, Crexi, PADI, Dr. Dennis Gross, First Media, Your Super, KOMBO Ventures, Mammoth Media, and Main Post Partners, with testimonials highlighting speed, strategic counsel, and quality of hire. Beyond placements, Hirefuels #FuelTheCause initiative reflects a commitment to using business as a force for good and giving back. The result is a not-your-typical recruiter experienceentrepreneurs helping entrepreneursdesigned to fuel hiring outcomes for seed-stage through growth-stage companies while providing candidates with thoughtful guidance and access to compelling opportunities.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic Relations

HQLos Angeles, United States

AdvaSpark

AdvaSpark is a remote staffing partner that connects organizations with top global talent drawn from a handpicked, fully vetted, and jobready pool of professionals. Based in Detroit, Michigan, the company focuses on saving clients time and reducing hiring costs by taking ownership of the endtoend recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding, and rolespecific training. Its model is designed to derisk hiring and enable rapid scaling, providing prescreened candidates who can contribute from day one. AdvaSparks staffing scope spans highdemand digital and operational roles such as web development, app development, online marketing (including SEO and social media), lead generation to support inhouse sales teams, customer service, and virtual assistance to alleviate workload and prevent burnout for domestic teams. The firm offers three core service pillars: Talent Sourcing (doneforyou recruiting), Talent Training (developing tailored training aligned to a clients processes so new hires are ready to work), and Bespoke Solutions (customized, scalable recruiting programs for niche industries). Engagements typically begin with a consultation to understand business needs before mapping talent to requirements, streamlining a straightforward sequence of discovery, scoping, and placement so clients meet their new team member quickly. Positioned as a dedicated remote hiring partner, AdvaSpark emphasizes quality controls and readinessscreening for skills and fit, and providing training designed by subjectmatter expertsso clients can scale teams with confidence while avoiding the friction and opportunity cost of protracted internal hiring cycles. Whether a company seeks a single specialist or a coordinated group of remote professionals, AdvaSpark delivers flexible, custom staffing solutions that align with growth objectives and operational realities, helping businesses move faster with reliable, globally sourced talent.

Contract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAdvertisingJournalismGraphic Design

HQDetroit, United States

Silverdrum

Silverdrum is a London-based recruitment specialist dedicated to the digital and data-driven economy, trusted by media agencies, brands, and technology vendors to identify and secure hard-to-find talent. True to its ethos of headhunting, the firm focuses on uncovering highly skilled, often passive candidates who are not actively on the market but are the right fit for specific business goals. With deep expertise across Digital Media, AdTech, MarTech, Marketing, SaaS, Digital Sales, Data & Analytics, and Growth, Silverdrum delivers a proactive, consultative service that blends market intelligence with a robust network built over years in the sector. Its core offering spans contingent recruitment for fast, high-caliber permanent hires; executive search for senior and leadership appointments requiring discretion and targeted outreach; and project assignments that support multi-hire or fixed-term recruitment initiatives within defined timelines and budgets. Typical assignments reflect the breadth of modern digital and commercial functions, including roles such as Marketing Data Analyst, Managing Partner (Performance), Director of Commerce Operations & Delivery (FTC), Associate Director of Data Analytics, Growth Lead for performance and affiliates, and Sales Manager for AI-powered paid social creative technology. Silverdrum supplements delivery with practical insights that help both clients and candidates make better decisions, including salary benchmarking and guidance on personal branding and profiles. Operating with clarity, pace, and confidentiality, the team invests time to understand organizational context, capability needs, and cultural fit, then conducts targeted outreach to surface candidates who can accelerate performance. Whether building data and analytics capability, scaling performance marketing, strengthening client leadership within agencies, or hiring commercial talent for SaaS and marketing technology vendors, Silverdrum connects organizations with the people who move metrics and create value.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQLondon, United Kingdom

Martin Kartin and Company, Inc.

Martin Kartin and Company, Inc. is a boutique executive search firm focused on the global beauty and consumer goods ecosystem, known for senior-partner-led delivery and a fully bespoke, research-driven process. The firm recruits across all functions and levels with particular strength in beauty, health, and wellness, and additional experience across fashion, accessories, and food and beverage. From founder-led, early-stage challengers to PE/VC-backed brands scaling rapidly, Martin Kartin & Co. partners directly with leadership to define role outcomes, map talent markets, and execute swift, targeted searches. Their scope spans C-suite and executive leadership (CEO, COO, CMO, CDO, CFO, CHRO), commercial disciplines (president, general management, finance, brand and global marketing, sales, e-commerce, integrated and digital marketing), and product and operations (product development, R&D, supply chain, operations, training and education). The firm offers retained search with flexible fee models including flat fee and tiered percentage options, and provides best-in-class reference checks either within full searches or as a standalone project to reduce hiring risk and safeguard client investment. Every mandate is managed directly by the principals, emphasizing diligence, custom sourcing over recycled lists, full-cycle support through close and onboarding, and transparent communication without layers or handoffs. While they leverage AI tools to streamline certain tasks, judgment, insight, and personal connection remain entirely human and central to quality and fit. Martin Kartin & Co. is recognized for speed and precision in high-growth environments and has partnered with brands and investors such as True Beauty Ventures, Supergoop!, K18, Thrive Causemetics, Peach & Lily, Glow Recipe, LVMH, Diptyque, Unilever Ventures, and Cult Capital. Their lean structure, fewer client conflicts, and deep category network enable access to hard-to-reach talent, delivering a nimble, accountable, and results-oriented alternative to large generalist firms and niche boutiques.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer ElectronicsLuxury GoodsSenior ExecutivesMarketing & Creative

HQNew York, United States

Start to Scale Talent Services

Start to Scale Talent Services is a flexible hiring solutions partner built for startups and scaleups that need to grow efficiently without the burden of excessive agency fees or permanent in-house talent overhead. Led by founder Aleks Saddington-Poole, a recruitment professional with over 16 years of experience, the firm blends on-demand expertise with transparent pricing to deliver high-quality outcomes across the full talent lifecycle. Its core offerings span three complementary models: Search & Selection for single permanent hires on a success-based fee, Embedded Talent to operate as the client’s interim talent acquisition function for multi-hire projects, and Fractional TA for advisory-led support that designs, audits, and improves end-to-end hiring processes. Start to Scale is committed to creating outstanding candidate and hiring manager experiences, building sustainable and repeatable processes, and aligning every engagement to a client’s culture and growth objectives. Beyond core delivery, the team supports critical enablement work such as process audits, job description and advert writing, interview training, employer branding input, onboarding audits, and go-to-market advice on where and how to attract the right talent. With proven experience hiring across technology, data, product, marketing, go-to-market and finance roles, they help founders and leadership teams assemble high-performing functions while keeping focus on running the business. Clients can switch services on and off as needs evolve, engage via fixed project fees for clarity, or run retained embedded programs to accelerate multiple hires at up to 50% less than traditional contingent models. Whether designing a tailored interview process, building a sourcing strategy, or delivering a shortlist of outstanding candidates, Start to Scale acts as an extension of the client’s team, prioritizing speed, quality, and cost control to reliably turn hiring into a competitive advantage.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQHove, United Kingdom

Surge Recruitment

Surge Recruitment is a UK-headquartered staffing partner purpose-built to bring clarity, integrity, and human understanding to hiring, with a core focus on healthcare organisations that need permanent, contract, and urgent staffing delivered without compromising quality. Based in Huddersfield and operating across the UK and Australia, the firm aligns skilled practitioners and support staff to clinical environments by looking beyond job descriptions to the realities of service models, compliance demands, and operational pressures. Its approach is measured and context-led: discovery to clarify workforce needs and timelines; targeted sourcing by sector and role; client-approved screening with skills and compliance checks; structured onboarding and induction; and retention support with regular performance check-ins. Surge complements frontline delivery with specialist capabilities including confidential executive search for critical leadership roles, regulatory and workforce compliance services, and training and onboarding programs that accelerate productivity and improve continuity of care. While healthcare remains its centre of gravity, Surge also supports clients recruiting across administrative, business development, marketing, social media, content creation, website development, SEO, photography, and videography roles where a disciplined process and culture alignment matter. Through its parent ecosystem, the Surge Performance Club extends beyond recruitment to provide virtual assistant onboarding and operational support across administrative assistance, marketing and social media, market research and SEO, business development, content creation, and website design and development—helping growing organisations maintain momentum. Surge Studioz adds high-impact creative production in photography and videography for brands seeking engagement at scale. Across every engagement, Surge prioritises transparency with candidates and accountability to clients, ensuring expectations are set clearly and placements are sustainable. Led by an experienced team and built on long-term partnerships rather than volume-led transactions, Surge Recruitment exists to stabilise services during periods of heightened demand, strengthen teams with the right people, and enable organisations to grow with confidence.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQHuddersfield, United Kingdom

mindzUnite

mindzUnite is a boutique recruiting partner that collaborates directly with hiring managers at software startups across the United States to find, connect, and deliver the talent they need. Rooted in the belief that each company is unique, each position is different, and each search must be tailored, the firm focuses on roles that fuel growth and customer impact, including sales (new business, pre-sales, implementation), customer success, engineering, marketing, project and program management, and product development. By operating at the center of the hiring process, mindzUnite brings a fresh perspective on the talent landscape and engages candidates who align with a clients product vision, stage, and go-to-market strategy. The firm is founder-led and hands-on, providing consultative scoping, calibrated shortlists, interview orchestration, transparent communication, and offer management that respects both client timelines and candidate experience. With a focus on early-stage through growth-stage software companies, mindzUnite supports direct-hire needs, selective leadership and critical searches, and, where appropriate, contract engagements to address urgent capacity gaps. Its candidate community spans customer-facing and technical disciplines, enabling balanced hiring across revenue, product, and engineering functions. Operationally, mindzUnite emphasizes clarity and speed, including appointment scheduling and confirmation via SMS for a streamlined process, while maintaining strong privacy and compliance standards. Headquartered in Anaheim, California, and working nationally across remote, hybrid, and in-office models, the firm is built to be nimble and preciseprioritizing fit, engagement, and long-term impact over volume. Clients turn to mindzUnite for thoughtful market insight, access to relevant and motivated talent, and the dependable execution needed to convert demand into durable hiring outcomes.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQAnaheim, United States

LarsenBrown Inc.

LarsenBrown Inc. is a New York-based recruiting and staffing firm that connects leading organizations with skilled talent across financial, creative, and legal functions. The firm recruits for New Yorks leading financial corporations and investment banks as well as design and litigation consultancies, ad agencies, medical education companies, branding agencies, and law firms. Guided by a creative and entrepreneurial culture and decades of recruiting experience, LarsenBrown delivers both freelance and full-time hires with a quick turnaround by proactively, continuously, and consistently sourcing and engaging candidates. The team represents emerging talent and maintains long-standing relationships with decision makers and creative leaders, enabling access to high-caliber opportunities and immediate project needs. Typical roles include management positions, senior designers, production artists, interactive designers, interactive production, presentation specialists, copywriters, word processors, executive support, administrative support, file clerks, and mail clerks. To ensure quality and compliance, every candidate meets the team face-to-face, undergoes thorough reference checkswhere Exceeded expectations references are expectedand, when required, customized screening aligned to client and industry requirements. Available background checks include credit checks, federal and county criminal checks, social security traces, drug screening, sex offender list searches, and prohibited parties screenings. The firm also conducts skills assessments tailored to role demands, testing legal word processors on TOCs/TOAs, redlining, defined terms, styles, and section breaks; legal proofreaders on precision and track changes; and financial presentation specialists on bank-specific tests and proficiency in Word, heavy Excel, PowerPoint, and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. For its employees, LarsenBrown provides 24/7 support and convenient payroll options, including direct deposit or mailed checks, and accepts mailed or emailed timesheets when client policies allow. With offices at 400 Garden City Plaza, Suite 325, Garden City, NY 11530, and 226 E 54th St, Suite 306, New York, NY 10022, LarsenBrown is an Equal Opportunity Employer focused on delivering the right talentfast.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementPublishingOnline MediaManagement Consulting

HQNew York, United States

The Hired Guns

The Hired Guns is an award-winning digital talent agency based in New York City that has been disrupting traditional recruiting since 2000 by managing the careers of great digital thinkers and rapidly building high-performance teams for brands, media companies, agencies, and growth-stage innovators. Recognized by SIA as a Best Firm to Work For and included on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies, the firm specializes in placing top-tier professionals across the modern digital ecosystem, including product management, user experience, visual design, technology, data and analytics, content, marketing, media and advertising, PR and communications, sales and business development, project management, production and events, HR and recruiting, and operations and finance. Clients turn to The Hired Guns for its agile recruiting process that blends an exclusive, deeply vetted network with the teams market fluency and emphasis on chemistry, enabling consistently strong fit and speed from brief to hire. With a track record of supporting companies across finance, media, and technology, the firm understands how to assemble multidisciplinary teams that can innovate, ship, and scale. For candidates, The Hired Guns acts as a long-term advocateoffering coaching, interview feedback, and resources like its robust career advice hub and the 28 Days to a New Job email serieswhile curating compelling opportunities ranging from freelance and contract gigs to full-time roles at the individual contributor, manager, and executive levels. For hiring managers, it delivers outcomes-focused talent solutions across permanent recruitment and on-demand contracting, tuned to the realities of digital work, flexible schedules, and modern delivery models. Guided by the belief that talent is ageless and ideas are boundless, The Hired Guns combines subject-matter expertise, market insight, and a people-first approach to help organizations compete for scarce digital skills and help professionals achieve their full potential.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQNew York, United States

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