With 15+ years of experience in account management and Talent Acquisition and Development, in both brands and agencies, I have a unique understanding of what makes candidates successful. My goal is to identify a candidate’s skill set as well as their intrinsic qualities – resilience, authenticity, humanity – in order to ensure they exceed expectations and positively impact culture and the agency as a whole.
Serving as a strategic partner, I conduct successful searches for both agencies and brands across all departments and levels of the organization. With an expertise in Experiential, Event, Production and Creative Services, I’m proud to count some of the most groundbreaking, award-winning agencies and brands as my clients, including Verb, NVE Experiential, Jones Soda and Jack Morton.
Throughout my career, I’ve cultivated a vast network of the best full-time and freelance talent in the industry, high performers capable of impacting organizations in ways that extend beyond their specific roles. Reach out if you’d like to chat! karen@kcurranconsulting.com.
Industries
- Marketing Operations
- Experiential
- Brand Experience
- Creative
- Event Production
- Influencer
- Creative Agencies
- Corporate Events
Roles
- Account Management – All
- Production – Associate, Senior, Executive, Head of Production
- Event – Coordinators, Managers, Directors
- Project – Managers, Leads, Directors
- Creative – Associate, Senior, Executive, Strategist, Resource Manager, Copy
- Designers – Graphic, 3D, Art Director
- Human Resources and Talent – All
- Operations – Manager, Director
I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you for bringing Dominique and Kaysia into our company, and more specifically, onto my team. They are both incredible humans who have already made such a meaningful impact on our work and culture. Their talent and drive are unstoppable and they’re exactly the type of people we need to keep pushing us forward. I’m so grateful that you were able to make this happen.
In this industry, you come across those who view their roles as an opportunity to provide services, develop people or be mentors for those in search of better careers. Karen does all three at Gold Medal level. She is strategic, calm and has a personal network that is unmatched. She truly cares about the people, the business and the process. Trust her and you will be rewarded.
I’ve worked with Karen to fill multiple critical positions on my event marketing team and every experience has been excellent. She is a consummate professional, a pleasure to work with and is comprehensive and thorough in sourcing highly qualified candidates. She does her research and helps set the stage with the candidates to ensure both sides are aligned, and conversations are productive. Characteristics that distinguish her as an excellent partner are her personal availability throughout the entire process, her genuine desire to help us find the perfect fit (even if that means prolonging the search), and her patience and honesty with both sides as we narrow the candidate pool and work through offers and negotiation. As key positions come available, Karen is our first call to help us find and secure our biggest company asset, our talent.
Karen not only spends time getting to understand the open role and the company’s needs, but also going in depth to understand the hiring manager, their individual goals, and what they are truly looking for. She’s open to all types of feedback and truly takes it into consideration when searching for the perfect candidate.
I had already struck out with platforms, personal search and a number of other recruiters. Karen quickly brought me an exceptional selection of candidates to meet; and most importantly, all of our hires thrived in their roles.