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Media & Entertainment Executive Search
Finding Highly-Qualified Candidates for the Media and Entertainment Industry
Leading Media & Entertainment Executive Search Services
Keller is widely recognized as a leading premier executive search and recruitment agency that can help companies find candidates for job openings at all levels in marketing, advertising, and other entertainment & media fields. To ensure that the candidates we source are the best fit for our client organizations, we also take our client’s company culture and business needs into account.
With consumer preferences evolving and new advancements in technology, the media and entertainment sector is experiencing rapid change. The industry includes a broad range of fields, including film/television, digital media, printed media, music, and gaming. Each of these fields also has multiple sub-categories, making this one of the largest global industries.
The demand for entertainment and media talent is strong and increasing. With the industry experiencing such significant growth, it is also driving the demand for skilled professionals and qualified candidates in various fields, including digital distribution, content creation, and IT support. While the sector is considered attractive, it is not without challenges.
The entertainment & media landscape is highly competitive, both for companies as well as candidates. With the advent of streaming platforms, traditional media organizations and those that offer streaming services are in fierce competition for the time and money of their viewers. The industry is saturated with talented professionals competing for the same positions, and the number of roles is limited. Many professionals begin with low-paying, entry-level jobs in order to work their way up.
In such a competitive industry, it can be difficult for media and entertainment companies to find the right professionals for their open positions.
At Keller, we utilize the extensive technical market knowledge, vast professional and academic qualifications, and specialized executive search skills of our team members to provide clients with superior results.
What We Do
At Keller Executive Search, we have a long and proud history of understanding the nature of our clients’ organizations as well as their corporate culture, and matching that with superb candidates who are fit to excel. We do this through expert Assessment, Talent Acquisition, and Organization Transformation.
Assessment
We begin the recruitment process by meeting with our clients to establish their unique demands and business needs.
This meeting allows us to gain a more in-depth understanding of our client’s business, its company culture, and the dynamics between its teams. Our recruiters also aim to understand what the client expects of new employees, in terms of their qualifications, experience, skills, work ethic, and leadership qualities.
Additionally, Keller attempts to learn more about the open position. This includes learning what the role will require of new employees, what duties they will fulfill, and any potential challenges it may pose for them.
With these valuable insights, our team establishes search parameters that we use as guidelines while sourcing top-notch media and entertainment professionals.
Talent Acquisition
Once we have a clear understanding of our client’s requirements, we can proceed to find top talent to fill any gaps.
The next phase in our process involves carefully identifying and selecting talented professionals who seem to meet our client’s requirements. To achieve this, our team makes use of various traditional and unconventional channels, as well as advanced talent mapping systems. Keller also has access to a global talent network through our recognized membership with NPAworldwide, from which we can select the very best talent that seems to meet the client’s needs.
Our team has the expertise needed to find talent for all levels in an organization, including leadership roles and mid- or entry-level media and entertainment roles.
We subject this initial group to a rigorous vetting process, which involves conducting extensive evaluations and reference checks on each prospective employee to ensure their resumes are authentic. We also screen for things like criminal records and any inconsistencies in professional backgrounds. Additionally, this group of professionals undergo advanced psychometric testing to ensure that their personalities, leadership styles, and work ethic align well with the client’s company and its existing teams.
After our assessments are complete, we present a shortlist of the candidates who passed our vetting procedure to the client, who has the final say in who to hire.
Organization Transformation
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, hiring media executives and other professionals who meet your business’s needs can help contribute to company growth.
In addition to sourcing suitable candidates to fill vacancies in media-related jobs, our services include developing innovative staffing models to help the companies we serve attract and retain talent. We aid in the transformation of the organizations we serve by assisting in developing new strategies, updating systems, and optimizing employee workflows.
Our Approach to Media Recruitment
Our success depends on whether we are able to help you succeed. So, rather than compromise on a placement, we make it our mission to find highly qualified candidates tailored to our client organizations’ unique requirements. In other words, our services are tailored to our clients with the goal of helping their businesses thrive.
We do this by performing a thorough assessment of our clients’ needs to gain an understanding of the areas where their companies may be lacking. We then provide creative solutions designed to help our clients attract and retain the right talent. Over the years, this has helped Keller build a long track record of providing successful placements for our clientele.
Keller’s team of recruiting experts greatly values continuous learning. As part of our mission for excellence, we stay abreast of the latest developments, findings, market trends, and technological advancements in the field so that we may assist our clientele in finding top-tier professionals to the best of our abilities.
As part of our approach, we are also committed to inclusion and diversity throughout the recruitment process. We believe in treating all job seekers fairly and selecting them solely on their suitability for open positions and compatibility with the organizations we serve. At Keller, we hold no bias against race, gender, religion, age, or personal expression. Instead, we select talent based on their skills, qualifications, experience, and leadership traits.
Behind Our Media & Entertainment Executive Search Approach
Over the years, Keller’s passionate team has gained a great deal of first-hand experience headhunting for clients in the media and entertainment field. These experiences have all played a significant role in shaping our tailored recruitment method, but one experience stands out in our memories for its catalytic effect on our methodology.
Early in Keller’s history, when we had just started serving a small group of clients, we made use of a generic method that served them well. This was because all our clients were similar in size, specialty, and requirements. The more success we achieved for these companies, however, the more our agency expanded.
Soon we were approached by a much larger organization in need of a talented professional to fill a key position. Emboldened by our previous success, we applied our cookie-cutter approach to this project as well.
Unfortunately, and to our surprise, we were not able to make a successful placement. The people we recommended not only did not meet expectations, but also were not ideally suited to the company’s culture.
This failure, albeit challenging, opened our team’s eyes to the many limitations of the approach we had been using. It taught us the valuable lesson of, instead, providing our clientele with solutions tailored to their specific needs in order to yield great results.
Overcoming this challenge and adapting our approach accordingly helped our agency grow even further and achieve greater success than ever before. Our success also impacted the industry as a whole, inspiring countless other firms to begin using similar methods. This contributed to shaping a better understanding of executive search in media and entertainment worldwide, and it made Keller’s name synonymous with top-tier staffing solutions.
It also helped us build a long-lasting reputation for our reliability and high-quality outcomes.
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Areas We Specialize In as Top Media Recruiters
Keller is an executive search and recruiting agency that specializes in sourcing talented workers for various fields in the Media Industry, such as:
- Advertising and Marketing
- Journalism
- Social Media Management
- Digital Media Production
- Content Strategy
- Publishing
- Public relations
- Media Research/Analysis
- Event Planning/Promotion
- Media Law
- Media Planning
- Graphic Design
- Media Technology/Engineering
Keep in mind that we are not limited to the fields listed above, and our passionate team is capable of supplying talent for countless fields in the media and entertainment sector.
Positions We Fill in the Media Industry
Our media recruiters pair decades of combined hands-on experience with real-time market intelligence and an extensive media staffing network to help conglomerates, high-growth start-ups, and niche studios secure the leadership and creative talent they need to fuel innovation and foster long-term growth.
We conduct research and utilize our extensive network of contacts and expertise to compile a list of the most qualified candidates for every level within an organization. This means we never settle with a fixed job list. Instead, our clientele gains access to highly qualified candidates whose career goals align with your brand purpose, organizational culture, and long-term business roadmap.
This means we never settle with a fixed job list. Instead, our clientele gains access to highly qualified candidates whose career goals align with your brand purpose, organizational culture, and long-term business roadmap.
Part of what makes our hiring process stand out is our commitment to calibrating each search against measurable growth targets. This includes validating every shortlist through a multi-layered hiring process that combines behavioral analytics, portfolio reviews, and 360-degree reference checks. These are done to ensure that Keller’s media staffing team is only recommending talent that will create immediate value as well as sustainable advantage.
Our reach covers the full spectrum of media roles, from C-suite leaders who can steer corporate strategies to creative job seekers who understand the latest mobile and streaming platforms. We are also able to secure marketing staff whose backgrounds cover broadcasting, digital publishing, and advertising technology.
Some of the roles we are able to recruit talent for include leadership positions such as Chief Product Officers and Chief Technology Officers, as well as lower-level employees like Photography Animators, Camera Operators, Content Producers, and Set Designers. However, Keller’s passionate team is able to recruit for more than just the few positions mentioned here, thanks to our extensive experience in the field.
Why Choose Keller As Your Trusted Partner in Media & Entertainment Executive Recruitment?
Keller is a renowned executive search firm with a distinguished history of recruiting top-tier media professionals who possess the expertise to foster your business’s growth.
Our triumph is derived from our broad network of contacts and our cooperative approach to the executive search process. This allows us to establish enduring relationships with our clientele, built on mutual understanding and success.
Our Promise – The Right Hire
Our team is devoted to sourcing high-caliber media professionals who will exceed your executive recruitment expectations.
Keller assures absolute discretion and professionalism when working with companies. We deeply value our clients’ privacy and are committed to helping them find the most talented media professionals to suit their specific needs, without compromising on quality. We safeguard client and candidate privacy by adhering to a strict code of ethical conduct, industry standards for data protection, and only the most responsible search practices when working with sensitive information.
Our recruiting experts work hard to secure top talent for the media and entertainment companies we serve. However, despite this, Keller acknowledges that even our tailored method can never be infallible. For this reason, we offer our clientele the added assurance of a 90-day guarantee.
Should any placement fail to perform job duties, leave the company prematurely, or fail to meet expectations within their first 90 days of employment, Keller guarantees to provide a more suitable replacement.
Our passionate team is dedicated to keeping contact with our clientele as constructive and respectful as possible. We value all feedback and use it to continually improve our services, so that we may assist our clientele with all their needs.
Contact Keller to engage our professional services today and discover how we can assist your business in achieving success.
Client Testimonials
"Keller’s recruiters really impressed me with how well they understood the media industry. They found someone who brought fresh ideas and that’s already making a big difference. The whole process was smooth, and their team was great to work with. I’d recommend Keller to anyone interested in finding talent in media."
- Mason C., Chief Executive Officer
"It felt like Keller genuinely cared about our success. Their team quickly understood what we needed and helped us find a candidate who’s already contributing in ways we didn’t even expect."
- Scarlett R., Chief Content Officer
"The quality of candidates Keller provided and the time they took to understand our goals blew us away. The executive we hired is skilled and a perfect fit for our team. Great service. I’d happily work with them again."
- Jacob L., Vice President of Media Strategy
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