WE'VE BEEN HELPING LEADING BRANDS MAKE NEWS SINCE 1998. COME JOIN US.

OUR COMPANY AT A GLANCE

WE'RE ON A MISSION TO DELIVER THE BEST OF PROFESSIONALS.

OUR HISTORY

WHY US

WHO WE ARE

We're matchmakers. We help you find the talent you need to build and sustain great brands. We have the hands-on experience, the extensive network, and the consultative approach to deliver stellar people - from strategy, to big ideas, to flawless execution.

We're problem-solvers. We like to get to use our brains and figure out complex challenges. We like to listen. We enjoy helping people succeed.

We're relationship-builders. We've spent more than two decades building relationships with brand and creative leaders and talent. And we're always looking to build lasting relationships with fair and honest people who value great talent and brand work.

The Works is founded. Spun directly from an advertising agency, the company seeks to provide a compelling alternative to traditional recruiting resources.

Focused squarely on branding, creative and PR, staffed

only by brand marketers, creatives and PR professionals, and differentiated by a deeply consultative, service-oriented, value-added approach, The Works successfully completes 80 searches in a year.

The Works opens offices in New York, launches a dedicated retained search practice, and diversifies network completing retained, contingency, contract and freelance engagements in San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Winston-Salem, Vermont and New Hampshire.

The Works opens its Providence office, and undertakes its first engagements aimed helping growing agencies scale through mergers and acquisitions consulting.

The Works deepens partnership with small agencies, forming its first strategic partnership to manage all hiring and outsourcing for a growing Boston-based ad agency.

The Works expands consulting services, helping a brand strategy firm retool its business, acquire executive management, and develop a comprehensive virtual agency resource.

2004.

2002.

2000.

1998.

Value Delivery.  From Executive Search to Contingecy. Freelance and Contract Placement, the challenge is finding really good people, who are a really good fit for your organization, and getting them on board quickly and without turmoil. In a perfect world, you want to meet only the truly qualified and compelling candidates, mindfully matched to your needs.

For this to happen, you need a trusted partner who really understands your business - one with a proven history of evaluating and delivering game-changing talent, who will ask smart questions, listen and advise thoughtfully, and make compelling matches that drive the process fast-forward.

2008.

THE WORKS

2012.

WE HAVE A SINGLE PURPOSE: TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE EXECUTIVES, BRAND LEADERS AND CREATIVE DIRECTORS - WHO VALUE TALENT, VALUE GREAT WORK, AND VALUE TRUE PARTNERS - AND APPLY EVERY MEASURE OF OUR EXPERIENCE, INTELLECT AND PASSION TO DELIVER THE TALENT THAT WILL HELP OUR CLIENTS BUILD STELLAR BRANDS. IF THIS PROSPECT APPEALS TO YOU, AND YOU ARE ANYTHING LESS THAN DELIGHTED WITH SERVICE YOU ARE RECEIVING, THE TALENT YOU ARE FINDING, AND THE WORK YOU A DOING, LET'S MEET. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PEOPLE, AND SO ARE WE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

THE WORKS

The Works expands its geographic reach, attaining national search milestone with half its business deriving from search outside the New England market, for the first year in firm history.

The Works celebrates 20 years in business - focused 100% on marketing search.

The Works deepens commitment to Marketing- Executive Search, focusing on retained search engagements for CMO, VP of Marketing and Creative Director roles nationwide.

2016.

2018.

1998.

2020.