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Expert-led sourcing and structured hiring to help teams find the right designers faster.
Portfolio reviewed and briefed candidates in 3-5 days.
15-minute intro call to review your role and hiring needs.
Expert design recruitment services tailored to your growth stage, team maturity, and hiring velocity. From your first design hire to scaling a world-class design org.
Your first design hire sets the standard for product quality, pace, and culture. We help you define the role, build the process, and hire with confidence.
Add strong ICs without drowning in low-signal applications or inconsistent feedback.
Hiring Leads or Heads of Design requires alignment, not volume. We support calibration, senior sourcing, and decision-making.
When a key designer leaves, momentum matters. We move quickly without compromising quality.
Access pre-vetted freelance and contract designers for short-term needs.
Book a 40-minute intro call. We'll assess your hiring needs and recommend the right approach—no obligation, no sales pitch.
From seed-stage founders to multi-national corporations, decision-makers trust us to hire their most critical design talent.
Rory is a trusted partner with 8+ years in design recruitment, combining a strong industry network and deep market insight to match top design talent with the right roles and teams.
"Rory helped us hire a Creative Lead from Google who exceeded our expectations. The process was simple, fast, and effective. He demonstrated a deep understanding of our brief and effectively communicated our services to passive candidates we wouldn't have reached otherwise."
"Rory helped us find a Product Designer for our team. It wasn't an easy brief—we needed someone experienced but not too senior. He quickly understood what we were looking for and sent us several strong candidates. He even found someone with agricultural tech experience, which was an unexpected plus. I appreciated how responsive and understanding he was, especially knowing how busy things get when a team is understaffed. We're really happy with the candidate he found and with the whole experience."
"Rory helped our startup immensely. He quickly understood the profile we wanted in a founding designer, and he worked relentlessly sourcing and carefully preselecting excellent profiles. He pitched our startup to those candidates really well and ensured even the strongest were keen to interview. He iterated with us as we refined the search and always kept us updated throughout the process. Rory never overpromised; he simply delivered a great experience from start through signing and beyond. It helps that he is a real pleasure to work with, but he truly stands out as a highly gifted recruiter who puts in the time. We worked with many recruiters for this role and hired one of Rory's candidates and couldn't be happier with them."
"Rory supported us at Yara during a key design leadership search, and he helped us define and translate a complex, and somewhat ambiguous, brief into a successful design director hire. He took time to understand the context, stakeholders, and what our new organisation truly needed, not just the role description."
"Rory helped us hire product design, brand design & design leadership during a significant growth phase. What set him apart was how quickly he understood our needs—not just on paper, but culturally and creatively. He invested time upfront with our team rather than immediately flooding us with CVs, which meant the candidates he presented were genuinely relevant. Regular updates, no wasted interviews, and zero hard-sell tactics. He operated like an embedded member of our talent acquisition team with the specialized design network we couldn’t build internally."
Design-led recruiting with a structured evaluation process. Get calibrated shortlists quickly, with every candidate pre-vetted and portfolio-reviewed against your role criteria.
We handle sourcing, screening, and coordination.
You focus on decisions.
Start with a short intro call. Then we run the system.
We align on your role, timeline, and how you assess design skills (portfolio deep-dive, live critique, targeted exercise, etc.).
Deliverable:
Custom assessment plan + detailed role spec matched to your evaluation needs.
We source designers whose portfolios already demonstrate relevant skills for your challenges.
Deliverable:
3–5 candidates with pre-documented proof-of-work (case studies, live projects) aligned to your assessment criteria.
Your preferred assessment method, streamlined:
Deliverable:
Assessment scorecards + candidate rankings vs. your criteria.
We support you through to a signed offer.
Deliverable:
Top choice with offer strategy, salary benchmarks, and closing support.
Representative profiles show our evaluation format and design fit.
Profiles are anonymised and representative. Company names show relevant experience, not endorsements.
Sample shortlist insight
Evaluated on: Role fit • Domain depth • Scope handled • Collaboration • Evidence of impact
How we'd think about this shortlist
In every shortlist: role-fit notes, interview prompts, and a calibrated scorecard.
Everything you need to know about our design recruitment service
Book a short intro call. We'll calibrate the role and outline the plan.
