HiiRE Creative

HiiRE Creative is a specialist creative recruitment agency operating in the UK, focusing on placing talent across sectors including design and branding, advertising, digital and UX, motion and production, account handling, and creative operations. The business is described as a small, deliberately specialist practice where clients and candidates work directly with a sole recruiter who has spent eighteen years in creative recruitment. It provides a dedicated online portal for clients and candidates to manage vacancies, shortlists, candidate profiles, interviews, and offers in one place.

The agency operates as a deliberately small and specialist practice where clients and candidates work directly with a sole recruiter. This structure means you are not assigned an account number or a junior consultant, but rather engage with the founder who has eighteen years of experience in the industry. The business focuses on recognizing talent and finding the right fit rather than just filling vacancies quickly.

Clients and candidates can access a dedicated online portal to manage all aspects of the recruitment process in one place. This platform handles vacancies, shortlists, candidate profiles, interviews, and offers, ensuring nothing is lost in an inbox. The technology is designed to remove administrative tasks so that the focus remains on the judgment and relationships that make recruitment work.

The agency covers six specific sectors: design and branding, advertising, digital and UX, motion and production, account handling, and creative operations. They place talent for permanent, contract, and freelance roles within these areas. The founder's background includes working with leading UK design and advertising agencies before establishing this specialist practice.

The founder states that the platform keeps everything out of the way while the judgment is what you are actually paying for. The business aims to be small enough to care and experienced enough to know the difference between good and exceptional creative talent. This approach allows for direct conversations rather than screening calls with junior consultants.

The agency operates with a dedicated online portal that provides a written profile for candidates rather than a raw CV. This profile covers experience, strengths, work done, and why the candidate is right for a role. It is designed to be a better introduction than a CV because it explains what a candidate is actually like to work with.

The agency has been operating for eighteen years, with the founder starting as a creative before running a creative recruitment agency for that same period. This long-term focus on one industry has taught the founder specific insights about what separates a good creative from an exceptional one. The business is built around this deep understanding of the creative sector.

Candidates can register on the candidate portal by filling in details, uploading a CV, and providing a portfolio or showreel link if applicable. Account handling and production roles do not require a portfolio as experience speaks for itself. The process takes a couple of minutes and is free for creatives.

Clients can register on the client portal to discuss roles, and the founder typically responds the same day to talk through the brief properly. If the brief needs challenging, the founder will do so as part of the service. This ensures that the client's actual needs are understood before searching begins.

The agency does not send CVs out without the candidate's say so; nothing goes anywhere without permission. When a role comes up that fits, the founder talks about it first, and the candidate decides whether to be put forward. This ensures full transparency and control over the candidate's career path.

The agency takes references when the process gets to that stage, usually two from people who have worked directly with the candidate. The founder always asks before contacting anyone to ensure respect for the candidate's network. This step is part of the standard vetting process for placements.

The founder emphasizes that the business is small enough to care and connected enough to find talent. This means fewer clients are worked with at any one time to ensure proper attention is given to each relationship. The goal is to build a good agency rather than a big one, focusing on quality over scale.

The agency operates in the UK and serves clients and candidates across the country through its online portal. The founder has spent eighteen years in the industry, building a network of creative talent and understanding the nuances of the sector. This experience is leveraged to find the right fit for every role.

The official website of HiiRE Creative is hiirecreative.com.

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