Publishing, Sales & Marketing
This team recruits media sales talent--traditional and nontraditional--as well as marketing and promotion professionals across all media platforms. The members of this team have sold advertising and managed a sales force in a variety of publishing environments, including business-to-business, consumer and online. In addition to the recruitment of candidates for a specific sales and marketing position, the team can be called on to put an entire sales organization in place, top to bottom, providing counsel on structure, job titles, compensation and responsibilities.

Editorial/Content, Art Direction/Creative Services, Production
This division recruits editors, writers, production and design talent for publishers of magazines, newsletters, books, and newspapers nationwide, as well as electronic information providers and multi-media products. The members of this recruiting team have worked hands-on in editorial environments. They have assigned stories, written headlines, launched magazines, worked with designers, and done press checks, so they know how to evaluate a candidate's experience and potential in this area.

Circulation, Consumer Marketing; Direct Marketing
Within the larger HSK universe, a specific recruiting team has been selected for their appreciation of the discipline and art involved in making marketing accountable. Because they know dynamics, imperatives and cost drivers involved in tasks such as building, retaining and optimizing circulation, they are able to find candidates able to both steadily improve and dramatically innovate in essential business areas.

General Business Management, Operations; Executive Management
As margins have shrunk, many companies are looking for a GM, CFO or COO who understands how to streamline and transform operations into new, more efficient models. The HSK team includes recruiters who understand the strategic challenges of doing business in a rapidly evolving economic environment. This allows us to talk to management executives on a peer level and determine if they have the experience, fortitude and diplomacy needed to execute initiatives that will improve a company's bottom line.

Licensing, Branding, Business Development
Many media organizations today are focused on reinforcing and extending their brand(s) and creating new revenue streams. HSK is experienced at identifying professionals who specialize in this role, with backgrounds from media but also from other product marketing industries, such as packaged goods. This recruiting team understands the combination of skills required to successfully assimilate into an organization in this capacity and fulfill the company's mandate.

Digital Media & Information Technology
HSK was among the first media search firms to realize the value of digital capability and has worked with many of the executives who helped transform advertising, publishing and entertainment through technology. All HSK search professionals maintain connections in the digital area and follow the ongoing impact of technology on each functional area of the media industries. When searching for candidates who can migrate seamlessly into technologically advanced client companies, emphasis is placed on individuals who have shown some success in achieving sound business models on digital platforms.

Advertising Creatives (formerly Jerry Fields Associates)
This team boasts unusual credentials in providing agencies with top creative talent, because they're led by a former award-winning principal. This experience enables them to understand the nuances of agencies' needs, then locate, evaluate and present a select slate of candidates who are precisely on target both culturally and creatively.

Advertising Account Management (formerly Jerry Fields Associates)
In the hyper-competitive advertising market, advertising agencies need to have the strongest people managing their relationships with clients. HSK's search team is built on a foundation of many years of account management at leading agencies followed by many years recruiting senior account talent nationwide. This breadth of experience offers counsel and perspective unmatched by others in this space, and enables HSK to easily initiate dialogue and quickly tap today's account leaders.

Public Relations & Corporate Communications
The members of this recruiting team understand the special talents involved in pro-active corporate communications. They know what's required for everything from investor relations to crisis management. They also understand the nuances of finding people who will be valuable additions to executive teams and suitable corporate spokespeople.