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Recruitment advertising agencies are a core part of talent acquisition. They help employers with media buying, recruitment marketing, employer branding strategy, and more.
That role has become more critical as hiring teams face tighter budgets, more fragmented candidate channels, and rising pressure to prove ROI from every job ad dollar spent. What was once a support function is now considered a key strategy for attracting qualified talent at scale.
According to research, the global market for recruitment marketing solutions, including advertising services, digital strategy, and candidate engagement channels, was estimated at $1.2 billion in 2024. This is projected to grow to $1.7 billion by 2030, reflecting sustained demand for outsourced and specialist recruitment advertising expertise. This growth signals a clear shift: employers are increasingly relying on external partners to navigate the complexity of paid media, employer brand visibility, and candidate engagement across channels.
Below is a list of 20+ U.S. recruitment advertising agencies. It includes the largest agencies we know along with smaller ones that might focus on just a region or vertical.
After all, some employers want to go with the largest recruitment advertising agency while others prefer to go with best-of-breed.
So, here’s how we ranked the recruitment advertising agencies:
Criteria & Methodology
- Size is based on the volume of employees listed on LinkedIn — this is not perfect but it’s the best we could do. So, the rankings could look different if ranked by billings or # of clients.
- U.S. Headquarters only — We list only recruitment advertising agencies headquartered in the U.S. We’re sorry to the many awesome recruitment advertising agencies headquartered overseas (Havas People, Universum, ThirtyThree et al).
- Conglomerates — If we couldn’t measure the employee count of just the recruitment ad team of a larger company, we left them out.
- Logos: We include the logos because these are agencies and how they approach their own logo represents their own creative skills and branding.
- Copy/Headline, Sub-Headline, etc. — In advertising, like most things, words matter. For each agency below, we include the headline and sub-headline from their home page (where available). Reason: the words on their home page should show you their positioning and are also an example of their own copywriting skills.
- Positioning — In addition to size and services, we considered how each agency positions itself today (for example: full-service recruitment advertising agency, programmatic advertising specialist, employer branding partner, or hybrid platform). This is not a qualitative score but an observation of how agencies define their focus and strengths in their public-facing messaging.
- Acquisitions — There’s been some consolidation of recruitment ad agencies in the last few years and we share some of those.
Our criteria is not perfect and we’re happy to consider adding anyone to this list — just send us a comment below or reach out to us via LinkedIn. (Disclaimer: Buyer Advertising and NAS Recruitment employee counts were larger in our original list due to some discrepancies in the employee counts on Linkedin. The counts were larger due to a number of false positives in Linkedin profiles and have been updated.)
Top 20+ List of Recruitment Advertising Agencies
1. Radancy
# of Employees: 1000-5000
Headline: The future of talent acquisition, powered by Agentic AI.
Sub-Headline: Transform how you hire and maximize your ROI with our leading global AI platform, data, and expertise.
Positioning: AI-Powered Talent Acquisition Cloud – Full-service platform combining SaaS technology, programmatic advertising, and end-to-end candidate engagement
CEO: Michelle Abbey
Headquarters: New York, NY
Partnership Contact: Ashley O’Connor, SVP, Accounts and Strategic Partnerships
Recent Acquisitions: Acquired CKR Interactive, an employer branding and recruitment marketing firm out of Campbell, CA. Acquired U.K.-based social media firm Carve (October 15, 2019); Maximum, a Netherlands-based recruitment marketing platform (October 3, 2019); Acquired programmatic recruitment platform Perengo (July 16, 2019); Brazen, a best-in-class solution for managing both virtual and in-person recruiting events (October 24, 2023).Acquired Ascendify (April 4, 2023) to add advanced Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) and talent pipelining capabilities. Acquired myInterview (September 9, 2025) and “Agentic AI” platform to automate screening and scheduling.
2. Symphony Talent
# of Employees: 201-500
Headline: Full-funnel TA technology meets bold brand storytelling
Sub-Headline: Delivering a modern talent acquisition software suite combined with award-winning brand and creative services to solve today’s challenges, drive innovation, and ensure seamless hiring at scale.
Positioning: Full-Funnel TA Technology with Brand Storytelling – Integrated recruitment marketing platform (CRM, career sites, programmatic) + creative brand services
CEO: Kermit Randa
Headquarters: New York, NY
Partnership Contact: Roy Wood, Chief Customer Officer
Recent Acquisitions: Acquired Smashfly Technologies, a recruitment marketing and candidate relationship management (CRM) technology (November 4, 2019); Symphony was the culmination of a number of earlier acquisitions including ad agency Bernard Hodes and recruitment tech firms Findly, SkillCheck, HRLogix, Innovantage and QUEsocial.
3. Appcast
# of Employees: 501-1000
Headline: Smarter Spend. Quality Candidates. Faster Hires.
Sub-Headline: Our programmatic tech, industry-leading data, and world-class team deliver performance you can prove. Employers who partner with Appcast see up to a 50% reduction in cost-per-hire.
Positioning: Programmatic Recruitment Marketing Specialist – Data-driven tech platform with AppcastOne (omni-channel solution) + Brand & Creative services
CEO: Matthew Molinari
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
Partnership Contact: Courtney F., Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
Recent Acquisitions: Acquired Bayard Advertising, a pioneer in recruitment marketing (July 2023).
4. Recruitics
# of Employees: 201-500
Headline: Quality Talent. Quantifiable Results.
Sub-Headline: Recruitics is your all-in-one, AI-powered recruitment marketing platform. Whether you’re targeting specialized roles, streamlining candidate engagement, or measuring programmatic performance, our platform connects you to quality talent.
Positioning: AI-Powered End-to-End Talent Attraction Platform – Data-driven programmatic advertising with talent conversion engine
CEO: Adam Stafford
Headquarters: Norwalk, CT
Partnership Contact: Michelle Sargent, VP of New Business & Partnerships
Recent Acquisitions: Recruitics acquired recruitment marketing agency KRT Marketing out of Lafayette, CA-based on July 31, 2019; Acquired Jamyr, an innovative video recruitment platform (May 2023).(August 28, 2025): Acquired Change State talent solutions and career site agency to strengthen their “Convert” (Career Site) and “Analytics” (Predict) offerings.
5. Shaker Recruitment Marketing
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: Relationships Matter
Sub-Headline: We believe recruitment marketing excellence is only achieved through the relationships we build with our people, our clients, our partners, and our industry.
Positioning: Full-Service Recruitment Marketing Agency – Employer branding, creative services, media planning, and recruitment communications
President: Joe Shaker, Jr.
COO: Derek Briggs
Headquarters: Oak Park, IL
Partnership Contact: Kim Harrel, Vice President, Business Development
Recent Acquisitions: Shaker acquired The Arland Group, the St. Louis, MO-based recruitment marketing and communications agency.Acquired JobAdX (February 19, 2025): Shaker acquired this programmatic job distribution and exchange platform to bring advanced AdTech capabilities in-house. Acquired Exaqueo (September 9, 2025): Shaker acquired this premier employer brand consultancy to integrate high-level behavioral research and data-driven EVP strategies into its creative execution.
6. NAS Recruitment
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: Recruitment Marketing Solutions to Attract, Engage & Convert Talent
Sub-Headline: We Specialize in Recruitment Marketing and Technology
Positioning: Full-Service Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding Agency – Employment branding, career site technology, and recruitment marketing strategies
COO: Jennifer Henley
Headquarters: Independence, OH
Partnership Contact: Matt Adam, Chief Talent Strategist
Recent Acquisitions:
On March 3, 2020, NAS was acquired by M3 USA, a leader in healthcare solutions for hospitals, health systems and physicians.
Note: NAS is still on this list because it’s an agency that still operates independently (has its own web site with LinkedIn profile listing employees)
7. Conversion Interactive
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: Where AI Meets ROI in Driver Recruiting
Sub-Headline: Smart Recruiting, Smarter Savings
Positioning: Industry-Specific Recruitment Agency – Full-service ad agency for transportation industry (recruiting, retention & training)
CEO: Kelley Walkup
Headquarters: Brentwood, TN
8. Miller Advertising
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: Navigating change and growth for 100+ years.
Sub-Headline: Miller Advertising is here to help your business thrive.
Positioning: Traditional Full-Service Agency – General advertising agency serving recruitment needs for 100+ years
President: Jeffrey Miller
Headquarters: New York, NY
9. Hireclix
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: Innovating Forward
Sub-Headline: Proactive Talent Acquisition Strategies for Every Organization
Positioning: Proactive Talent Acquisition Strategies – Smart, creative, results-driven recruitment solutions
CEO: Neil Costa
Headquarters: Gloucester, MA
Partnership Contact: Steve Stepanian, Business Development Manager
10. Buyer Advertising
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Take Back Your Employer Brand with Buyer
Sub-Headline: Our Optimized Hiring Solutions Empower Recruiters with a Smarter Way to Attract, Convert and Track Candidates Through the Hiring Process.
Positioning: Recruitment Technology Solutions Provider – Optimized hiring solutions with technology to attract, convert, and track candidates
CEO: Chuck Buyer
Headquarters: Boston, MA
11. JobElephant
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Elevate Your Recruitment Advertising With JobElephant
Sub-Headline: Elevate Your Hiring: Precise Targeting, Maximized ROI!
Positioning: Recruitment Advertising Distribution Specialist – Job board distribution with expertise in higher education and diversity
CEO: Michael Ang
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Partnership Contact: Andy Boom, Director of Business Development
12. SmartDreamers
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: The AI Recruitment Marketing Platform
Sub-Headline: Deliver exceptional candidate experiences. Power high-performing talent acquisition.
Positioning: AI Recruitment Marketing Platform – Next-gen talent acquisition with AI-driven marketing automation
CEO: Adrian Daniel Cernat
Headquarters: New York
13. Stories Incorporated
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Activate your brand with Stories, your global partner for uncovering real stories and delivering video & photo libraries
Sub-Headline: Get high-quality content, fast. Stories Inc. is your global content partner for uncovering authentic stories that connect with employees, candidates, and customers.
Positioning: Visual Storytelling Specialist – Employer brand content creation through video, blog, and photo libraries
Co-Founders: Lauryn Sargent & Scott Thompson
Headquarters: Washington, DC
14. Red Dot Media
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Solutions for Hiring Challenges
Sub-Headline: RedDot partners with companies to transform hiring. Our custom approach combines strategy, technology, and industry expertise to deliver the high-quality applications you need.
Positioning: Programmatic Media Specialist – Media solutions and job marketing with automation-driven approach
CEO: Kelly Robinson
Headquarters: Newport Beach, CA
Partnership Contact: Maverick Robinson, Business Development
15. Employera
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Employer Branding, Internal Communications and Design for the Modern Workplace
Sub-Headline: We help you find clarity and alignment to improve business outcomes, solving communications and people challenges.
Positioning: Employer Branding & Communications Boutique – Employer brand development, candidate experience design, and communications
CEO: Andy Getsey
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
16. Popmix Media
# of Employees: 2-10
Headline: Creating a 10X Candidate Recruiting Experience
Sub headline: We help companies sustain their business growth by increasing Employer Brand Engagement, and Winning over Top Talent.
Positioning: Digital Marketing for Recruitment – Employer brand engagement through digital marketing to attract top talent
Leadership: Dax Swarm
Headquarters: Wake Forest, NC
Partnership Contact: Sean Arden, Business Development Manager
17. Hope Leigh Marketing Group
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: The Talent Attraction Agency
Sub-Headline: As a technology-agnostic agency, we create bespoke talent attraction and recruitment marketing strategies for our clients that tell the best story to their target audience on the most effective channels.
Positioning: Talent Attraction Agency – Full-funnel recruitment marketing from attraction to hire
Managing Partners: Carrie Corbin & Amanda Thompson Buffington
Headquarters: Dallas, TX
Partnership Contact: Amanda Thompson Buffington, Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Hope Leigh was founded in 2020 by Amanda Thompson (previously Vice President of Client Strategy of recruitment ad agency Bayard) and Carrie Corbin (an employer branding/talent acquisition leader with experience at Dell, American Airlines, and AT&T).
18. Brandemix
# of Employees: 2-10
Headline: Talent. Branding.
Sub-Headline:We uncover the heart of your culture and bring it to life in real and engaging ways.
Positioning: Employer Brand Specialist – Culture-focused employer branding and talent branding
Chief Brand Officer: Jody Orioni
Headquarters: New York, NY
Partnership Contact: Ajay Sajju, Director of Business Development
19. Hirekey
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Talent Acquisition Advisory and Consultancy
Positioning: The HireKey is a full-service talent acquisition consultancy and recruitment marketing agency, with domain expertise in designing and implementing an effective Talent Tech Stack
Tagline: Talent Acquisition Advisory & Consultancy
CEO: Andrew Gardiner
Headquarters: San Jose, CA
20. McFrank & Williams Recruitment Advertising Agency
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Every one of your jobs has a special something that ideal candidates are craving for.
Sub-Headline: Do you know what it is?
Positioning: Traditional Recruitment Advertising Agency – Business intelligence and media placement specialization with HirePower methodology
CEO: Michael Bruce
Headquarters: New York, NY
21. Spin Recruitment Advertising
# of Employees: 2
Headline: Recruitment Solutions with a Spin
Sub-Headline: Spin Recruitment Advertising is a full-service agency with a broad-based background in employee recruitment, retention, and communications industry.
Positioning: Boutique Full-Service Agency – Recruitment solutions with focus on impeccable service and value
President: Traci Dondaville
Headquarters: Walnut Creek, CA
Partnership Contact: Stephanie Fong, Vice President
22. GBS Worldwide
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Fix What’s Broken. Build What Works
Sub-Headline: Award-winning. I/O-enhanced. The Employer Brand Engine™ Driving Results for Your Business.
Positioning: Digital Advertising for Talent Attraction – Social media, talent attraction & workforce marketing with employer brand focus
CEO: Crystal Lay
Headquarters: Frisco, TX
Broader Agencies that do Recruitment Advertising
Here are some other leading players in the recruitment advertising space. They don’t focus purely on recruitment ads, but they do offer it as a key part of their solutions.
23. JobTarget
# of Employees: 51-200
Headline: JobTarget Helps Make Hiring Happen.
Sub-Headline: JobTarget is a customizable, configurable platform of recruitment tools.
Positioning: Recruitment Platform Provider – Customizable recruitment tools platform with data-driven approach
CEO: Andrew Banever
Headquarters: Stamford, CT
Partnership Contact: Michael Dummeyer, Head of Strategic Partnerships
24. SCG Advertising and Public Relations
# of Employees: 44
Headline: To Out Do, You have to Out Perform
Sub-Headline: We OUT SEEK. We OUT SHINE. We OUT CONNECT.
Positioning: Multi-Service Agency – Recruitment advertising, consumer marketing, PR, and association management (50+ years)
Presidents: Valerie Doyle, 100 S. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981
Headquarters: Whippany, NJ
Partnership Contact: Michael J. Gatta, Vice President at SCG Advertising & Public Relations. 856-795-7391 ext: 149
25. Graystone Group Advertising
# of Employees: 21
Headline: No matter what your need. No matter how you want to reach the market. Graystone Group is the “One Source Solution”
Positioning: Since 1987 Graystone Group has specialized in recruitment advertising for Academia, Healthcare and Public sectors.
President: George Bailey
Headquarters: Bridgeport, CT
26. Harger Howe Advertising
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Recruitment Marketing
Sub-Headline: Employ, Hire, Retain
Positioning: Traditional Agency offering Recruitment Marketing – Digital, traditional, and social solutions
CEO: Michael Walsh
Headquarters: Houston, TX & Burlington, MA
Partnership Contact: Jennifer Sopczak, Managing Partner
27. Allied Insight
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: We provide All in Marketing the Staffing Industry Deserves
Sub-Headline: Support the entire marketing infrastructure to help staffing firms elevate their brands, scale their businesses, and learn the benefits of leveraging marketing best practices
Positioning: Staffing-specific full-stack agency—brand optimization, lead generation, marketing strategy execution
CEO: Jeff Pelliccio
Headquarters: New York, NY
28. Joveo
Number of employees: 201-500
Headline: High-Performance Recruitment Marketing Powered by Agentic AI
Subheadline: Make your job advertising, candidate experience, and recruiting workflows the best they can be, with our autonomous AI agents. Eliminate inefficiencies and data silos across your talent funnel forever.
Positioning: AI-Powered Recruitment Marketing Platform – End-to-end talent sourcing platform with programmatic buying
Recent Acquisitions: Acquired Ripple Labs, a digital media buyer which provides programmatic buying expertise to recruitment ad agencies and job boards (February, 2018)
CEO: Kshitij Jain
Partnership role: Cindy Songné, Agency Partnerships
Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA
29. Ramsey MediaWorks
# of Employees: 11-50
Headline: Recruitment Strategies That Stand The Test Of Time
Sub-Headline: You deserve an agency that works for your success as hard as you do.
Positioning: Regional Recruitment Marketing – Recruitment strategies and media solutions
CEO/President: Garrett Ramsey
Headquarters: Joplin, Missouri
Partnership Contact: Jeremy May, Vice President, Client Services & Strategy
Other Resources for Selecting a Recruitment Advertising Agency
- John Sullivan: Most Don’t Get it: How to Assess a Recruitment Ad Agency
- Recruitment Ad Agency Association (RAA) (includes a list of 17 members on their home page)
Whichever recruitment ad agency route you take, we recommend you look at each agency and a handful of their competitors. Never make a decision on an agency with a pool of just one.
Which recruitment advertising agencies did I miss?
I’m sure I missed some great recruitment advertising agencies. So, please use the comment below or reach me via LinkedIn. I’m glad to consider adding them to this list.
Also, please include their name and link to their home page. Thanks!
Why I Wrote This
Recruitment advertising agencies help employers attract quality and diverse candidates. Ongig works closely with many of the recruitment advertising agencies above as part of their clients’ recruiting tech stack. So, if you want to find out more about what we do, please visit Ongig.
