The names you need
are never on the market.
Headhunt places the CCOs, VPs of Content, and Group Creative Directors whose names circulate in whispered shortlists — not job boards.
A search is a story.
We know how it ends.
You know the role. You don't know who's quietly available.
A confidential brief arrives. The title is clear. The mandate is urgent. What's missing is the name — the person already doing the job brilliantly somewhere else, with no public signal they'd consider moving. That's where we begin.
Four continents. One degree of separation from everyone worth knowing.
We activate a proprietary network built over 14 years — not LinkedIn, not conference lists. Relationships with creative leaders who trust us enough to take a call at 11 p.m. when we tell them it's worth their time. We surface the unavailable.
Vetting that goes further than most firms dare to ask.
Chemistry reads. Reference architecture — not the references they give you, the ones we already know. Work forensics: what did they actually build versus inherit? Portfolio archaeology. We find the person behind the awards.
One name. Undeniable.
We don't present a slate and step back. We present one candidate — sometimes two — with a complete dossier: their current situation, their motivation, the compensation architecture, and the exact narrative that will close them. The decision is yours. The clarity is ours.
The work speaks.
The names don't have to.
Every search is protected by a confidentiality architecture that extends to how we discuss it afterward. What follows is enough to recognize the caliber.
████████ Chief Creative Officer
A top-three holding company needed a global ECD to present at Cannes within 90 days. The previous hire had departed quietly. The board wanted a name that would send a signal.
Head of ████████ Content
A major streaming platform needed to poach a head of unscripted from a direct competitor without triggering a counter-offer war. Discretion was the entire brief.
Creative ████████ (Partner Track)
An indie agency founder needed a partner-level creative to unlock Series A conversations. The hire needed to signal ambition to investors as much as capability to clients.
The Headhunt Quarterly Talent Map
Each quarter we publish a proprietary intelligence report: which creative leaders are in motion, which markets are heating, and where the next major moves will come from before they become announcements. Used internally by the boards that hire us. Now available to principals building their case.
Distributed to fewer than 200 principals per quarter. No press. No leaks.
One conversation.
Everything changes.
This is not a form submission. It's the beginning of a confidential conversation between principals. We respond within 24 hours, always personally.