Hire designers, editors and creatives, vetted in 10 calendar days
Designers, video editors and brand staff who work to your guidelines, your file structure and your review rounds. Shortlist in 10 calendar days, US direct hire or fully managed global talent.
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From brand designers to motion editors
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Graphic Designer
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Brand Manager
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Brand Designer
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Creative Strategist
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Video Editor
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Short Form Video Editor
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YouTube Editor
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Motion Designer
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Animator
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Podcast Editor
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Website Designer
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User Interface and Experience Designer
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Product Designer
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Packaging Designer
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Technical Designer
Don't see your role? No problem. We staff 100+ roles across 10+ departments, so tell us what you need.
Contact usWhat administrative staffing takes off your plate
Two ways to hire. Transparent pricing.
Every creative role prices the same way. Both models carry the same bar: vetted candidates in 10 calendar days and 5-Stage Vetting. The guarantee differs by model: 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire, 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed.
Exceptional talent from Latin America, the Philippines, South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Canada, from $12/hr. One monthly fee, all-inclusive: sourcing, vetting, payroll, compliance, and ongoing support.
Explore global staffing →Full-time professionals across the United States, employed directly by you. One placement fee: from 12.5% of first-year salary, with the $995 retainer credited against it. Prefer nothing upfront? From 15%, paid only when you hire. Traditional agencies charge 20-30% of salary for the same search.
Explore US staffing →Not sure which desk to fill first?
Name the work that is slipping. We will recommend the seat that fixes it, the right model for it, and share expected cost and timeline.
When production eats concept time
Most teams wait too long. These are the points where the seat pays for itself immediately.
- Designers spend the week resizing.
- One campaign becomes forty file variants.
- Revision rounds create more work than they resolve.
- Brand guidelines are followed differently by everyone.
- Concept time gets eaten by production.
- Working files are named four different ways.
How our hiring process works
Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented. Every administrative candidate passes 5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening, and you see vetted candidates in 10 calendar days.
AI-assisted screening
Every application is screened against the role's real requirements before a recruiter reviews it.
Skills assessment
Candidates prove the core skills the role needs through practical, job-specific tasks.
Communication and culture
We assess English fluency, communication, and fit for how your team actually works.
Background verification
Work history, credentials, and identity are verified before any candidate advances.
Reference checks
We speak to past managers to confirm performance before a candidate reaches you.
Where your creative staff work best
- The creative lead sits in the pitch room
- Photo and video shoots happen on location
- Brand guardianship stays with your team
- Asset production is file based
- Resizing and variants are volume work
- Editing runs in shared project files
Both models carry the same vetting bar and the same guarantee. Pricing for each is above.
| Role / responsibility | Global | US direct hire | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset production and resizing | Global | File based volume work | |
| Video and motion editing | Global | Runs in shared project files | |
| Packaging and print artwork | Global | Deliverable based, staffs globally | |
| Revision rounds | Global | File work with no location benefit | |
| Creative direction in a pitch | US direct hire | Happens in the room | |
| Photo and video shoots | US direct hire | On location by definition | |
| Asset library management | Global | File work, staffs globally | |
| Presentation and pitch decks | Global | Design work, runs from anywhere |
One partner, onshore and global
A US office manager working alongside two fully managed global assistants is a Tuesday, not an exception. You pick the model per desk and we run both under one partner.
What our clients say.
"I run an ecomm business and have worked with people remote but needed new hires. HireHawk has been incredible. Great talent, great people, great onboarding, great pricing."
"It was very easy working with HireHawk, from looking for viable candidates, the interview process, all the way to implementation of your hire, they handle it all. We are also very happy with our hire. Very easy and seamless process."
"HireHawk filled two senior roles in under two weeks. The candidates were sharper than anything our in-house recruiter surfaced in months."
Growing US companies use HireHawk for vetted candidates in 10 calendar days, onboarding in 21 days, and a guarantee behind every placement: 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed, 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire.
Start Hiring →We work with growing US companies backed
by the world's best investors.
HireHawk is a staffing agency for growing US companies that staffs creative production for brands, ecommerce teams and the agencies serving them. Candidates are screened on brand guidelines, working files, export specs and how they handle revision rounds.
Beyond creative
One desk inside marketing. The channel, content and operations seats around it are listed here.
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What does a creative production desk own?
It is a queue with a brand standard attached. Designers and editors work from briefs to deliver assets across paid, social and web, moving between design tools and whatever review process the brand or agency runs. Volume plus revisions is what breaks it, because one campaign generates dozens of size and format variants.
Which creative seat should we hire first?
Usually the Graphic Designer or the Video Editor, depending on which format your channels actually consume. The test is which queue is longest, not which title sounds most senior. Once production is covered, teams add a Motion Designer or a Short Form Video Editor. We will look at your output mix before recommending.
Can creative production be staffed globally?
Yes, nearly all of it. Design, editing, motion and packaging work happen in files and in your review tool, so they staff globally from our six core talent markets. What tends to stay local is the client-facing creative lead who sits in the room during a pitch. Production is where global capacity pays for itself fastest.
Will designers work in our files and our review process?
Yes. Designers and editors work in your file structure, to your naming conventions, your brand guidelines and your review rounds. Craft is tested during vetting on a brief rather than judged from a portfolio alone, so someone presented as a Video Editor has cut something to a spec you would recognize.
How do you vet creative candidates?
5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening, plus a paid brief rather than a portfolio review, because a portfolio shows the best work someone ever made and a brief shows how they work. Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented. We also look at how they handled the revision round on that brief.
What does a designer or editor cost?
Global Fully Managed from $12/hr all-inclusive, month to month, which is where production capacity almost always makes sense. Client facing creative leads stay domestic on US Direct Hire at $995 plus 12.5% of first-year salary, or 15% with nothing upfront.
Will the work be on brand?
Designers work to your guidelines, your file structure and your review rounds, and craft is tested during vetting on a real brief rather than judged from a portfolio. The honest answer is that brand consistency is a review process problem as much as a hiring one.
Should we hire production or concept?
Production, almost always, and it is the less obvious answer. Concept capacity rarely limits a creative team; the queue of size and format variants does. Separating the two protects both, and it is why production is where global capacity pays for itself fastest.
Ready to stop resizing assets?
Tell us what is sitting in the queue. Vetted candidates reach you in 10 calendar days.