Executive Recruiter- Marketing & Creative

You've worked in an agency. You know the pace, the polish, the pressure of a client call gone sideways. Now build the teams that make agencies great- without the 11pm deck revisions.

Sky Water Search Partners is hiring a full desk Marketing & Creative Recruiter to own client relationships and candidate pipeline, placing account management, strategy, design, and creative talent into top advertising agencies across the Twin Cities and beyond. You'll step into a practice with warm, evergreen client relationships and an active pipeline ready to work from day one.

• Run a full desk- source and screen candidates while developing and managing your own agency client relationships
• Recruit for client-service, account management, strategy, design, and creative roles (Assistant Account Executive through Senior Account Manager)
• Advise clients who expect polish and fast turnaround; ask smart questions and hold your own with skeptical pushback
• Draft your own client and candidate communications - you'll get real coaching, not a script

• You've worked in agency life- account services or a similar client-facing role — and while the pace was intense, you never lost your love for the industry
• Poised, gracious, and buttoned-up under pressure- sloppy communication isn't in your vocabulary
• A self-starter who doesn't need a push to pick up the phone or chase the next lead
• Coachable and hungry to build a long-term career here

• Unlimited Earning Potential:
  One of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission — earn as much as you're driven to achieve.
• Technology & Marketing Tools:
  Every recruiter is equipped with AI tools, a Linked In Recruiter license, and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS.
• Training & Mentorship:
  Hands-on training, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
• Referred Revenue Opportunities:
  Collaboration is core to our success-earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
• Flexibility: A hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited PTO, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
• Culture:
  Authentic, collaborative, and fun-quarterly meetings, happy hours, holiday parties, and family events. We also give back through community initiatives like Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.