Profiles Creative (staffing company)

Profiles Creative is a UK recruitment consultancy serving creative, design, digital, marketing and communications hiring needs. It sources, places and manages payroll for freelance, temporary, contract and permanent talent, connecting employers with specialists ranging from art directors, graphic designers and animators to product designers, web developers, content creators, brand managers and PR executives.

The company works across five practice areas: Design & Creative, Digital & Ecommerce, Social & Content, Marketing & Communications, and PR & Client Services. Its recruitment activity spans creative and integrated agencies, fashion and luxury businesses, retail and direct-to-consumer brands, media and broadcast, FMCG, technology, startups, and travel and leisure.

Recruitment and workforce support

Profiles Creative provides permanent recruitment, freelance and contract staffing, interim appointments, executive search, salary benchmarking and brief shaping. Its services also include digital payroll and invoicing management, alongside advisory support on UK IR35 off-payroll working requirements.

Freelance and interim work represents more than half of the agency’s placements. The business supports short-notice hiring through rapid candidate matching, with an average matching turnaround stated as 20 minutes for relevant freelance briefs. This combines specialist recruitment with practical support for employers and contractors managing flexible creative workforces.

Company background

Established in 2002, Profiles Creative began with a focus on creative and art-direction recruitment before expanding into marketing recruitment in 2003 and public relations and communications staffing in 2004. The firm has developed into a combined creative and marketing talent consultancy serving clients and candidates across the UK.

Profiles Creative is an active, independently held private company registered as PROFILES CREATIVE LTD. Its team supports creative-industry hiring at junior through executive level, including specialist roles in animation, 3D design, storyboarding, retouching, social content, e-commerce and performance creative strategy.