Retained Recruitment for Arts & Entertainment Professionals

We recruit for a wide range of arts & entertainment roles across 2 specializations — from individual contributors through director level. Our focus is professional and specialist placements where sector knowledge and passive candidate outreach make the difference.

Most arts & entertainment placements are completed within 21–40 business days. Highly specialised roles may take toward the longer end. We provide a realistic estimate at the start and weekly written progress updates throughout.

Arts and entertainment organisations hire for a rare combination of creative excellence, operational capability, and mission alignment. The best creative directors, producers, and audience development professionals are not on job boards — they are working. Our retained model finds and engages them through sector networks that take years to build. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works exclusively on your role — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening credentials, and presenting only candidates who genuinely meet your brief.

Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.

None. The 25-minute consultation is free, confidential, and carries no obligation to engage. You will leave with a clear picture of what a retained search would look like for your specific role, a realistic timeline, and compensation benchmarks — whether you proceed with TFS or not.