We’re creative connectors. So, we learn about your team, your brand, and the difference between the work you’ll approve and the work you’ll quietly redo yourself. We can be your recruiter of choice, but we’d prefer be an extension to your department.
We represent creative, digital, and marketing talent for the following on-site, remote, or hybrid opportunities:
Freelance and
Contract Assistance
Flexible when you need it. Personal throughout the process. And always focused on finding people who are good at what they do. Whether you need added support, help with a special project, coverage for a leave, or someone to bridge the gap while you hire, smartdept. can help. Seriously, you’ve got enough to worry about.
Direct Hire Search
Three great candidates. We’ve got you covered. If you want, you can post a job and spend your week sorting through 500 resumes. Or just tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll search for the right person based on their skills, experience, personality, career goals, and what you need to offer.
We know what good looks like. We also know that a great hire makes you look good for years, and a bad one follows you around the office. But we come from the industry. So, when we put a candidate in front of you, it’s like a second interview. BTW… our searches are contingency based, so you only pay if you hire someone. And our placements come with a 90-day guarantee.
Contract to Hire
If you decide one of our talent is a good fit for your company, by all means, hire them. This works out great for everyone because the longer a candidate works, the bigger the discount on the conversion fee. High fives all around!
Why using us is smart
We’re former creatives who became employment experts. Our team represents more than 50 years of combined staffing experience, so there isn’t much we haven’t seen. Yup, seen that too!
Our true advantage is understanding the work. We don’t just match keywords on a resume to your job description. We look at experience, creative ability, personality, career goals, and the realities of the role to determine whether someone can do the work and do it well.
Technology can help us find people. It can’t replace getting to know them.
Believe it! Our process is built around real conversations. We take the time to understand our candidates, their strengths, goals, personalities, motivations, and what they’re really looking for in their next opportunity.
The same goes for our clients. We want to understand your team, your culture, your challenges, and what you believe success truly looks like. Because the best matches happen when you know the people on both sides of the equation.
Ridiculously so. Let’s say your deadline gets pushed up, and suddenly you need additional help tomorrow morning. And you found out at 10 p.m. tonight. Chances are that we can make that happen. We do it all the time.
Plus, you get a real person who knows your business, knows your needs, and gets back to you when you reach out. Real people are the best!
We like being easy to work with. That means no assistants, no bouncing between account managers, and no explaining your needs to someone new every time you have an opening.
We build relationships with our clients and stay involved from the first conversation through the hire, and beyond.
As if excellent service and quality candidates weren’t enough!
smartdept. is WBENC certified, giving our clients the opportunity to work with a certified women-owned business while supporting supplier diversity and economic growth.
For organizations with supplier diversity goals or requirements, partnering with a WBENC-certified business can be an added benefit. And we’re always happy to help our clients connect the dots between great talent and their broader supplier diversity initiatives.
The workforce has changed. Teams are more flexible, work is more project-based, and great people can contribute from almost anywhere.
We recruit nationwide for freelance, contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire opportunities, including remote and hybrid roles. But while the way we work has changed, one thing hasn’t: People still want to work with people they trust.
We use technology to expand our reach, but human judgment is what makes the match.
Not to be a nudge, but someone on your team is covering for that open role right now.
And they’ve been doing it for a while. Tell us what you need and we’ll go find the person who lets them stop.
Drop us a line if you want to hear more.
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