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Baltimore, MD, United States

Profiles is a national, award-winning workforce solutions provider that connects talent with leading brands across creative, marketing, analytics, design, and technology.

Profiles Placement Services, LLC, doing business as Profiles, is a national, award-winning workforce solutions provider. The company partners with leading brands to recruit and place talent across creative, marketing, analytics, design, and technology disciplines. Profiles offers comprehensive staffing and workforce solutions to help organizations build, scale, and transform their teams. With a people-first, authentic and inclusive approach, Profiles focuses on understanding client goals and connecting them with skilled professionals who fit their culture and needs. Founded more than two decades ago, Profiles emphasizes deep industry expertise, a consultative partnership model, and a commitment to delivering measurable outcomes for clients and candidates alike. The organization maintains a broad national footprint and a strong community presence across its locations.

To help organizations build future-ready teams by pairing top talent with opportunities and delivering trusted, people-centered staffing and workforce solutions.

What we offer

Direct Hire

Achieve faster, higher-quality permanent hires tailored to your business needs.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/direct-hire/

Contract Staffing

Enable rapid recruitment and flexibility in talent acquisition with tailored contract staffing solutions.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/contract/

Embedded Teams

Enhance your project delivery capacity with integrated teams of skilled professionals tailored to your needs.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/embedded-teams/

Executive Search

Service

Connects organizations with top executive leadership talent for driving growth and innovation.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/executive-search/

Fractional Leadership

Access Senior Leadership Without Full-Time Commitment.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/fractional-leadership/

Managed Services

Streamline your content needs with flexible outsourced managed services.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/managed-services/

AI Solutions

Staff and integrate AI across creative, marketing, and design functions effectively.

www.careerprofiles.com/solutions/ai-solutions/

Creative Staffing

Service

Connects top brands with specialized creative talent to drive projects forward.

www.careerprofiles.com/connect-with-talent/creative-staffing-agency/

Marketing Staffing

Service

Expert recruitment solutions for marketing roles with a focus on quality and speed.

www.careerprofiles.com/connect-with-talent/marketing-staffing-agency/

Technology Staffing

Service

Quickly connect with qualified tech professionals to fill your critical roles.

www.careerprofiles.com/connect-with-talent/tech-staffing-agency/

Market segments

Market size by segment

Growth potential (CAGR)

Contingent workforce management

10 Billion USD10% CAGR

Capabilities to source, engage, govern, and manage non-employee talent at enterprise scale, including program oversight, lifecycle management, and visibility across freelance workers.

Permanent and executive recruitment

64 Billion USD10.11% CAGR

End-to-end direct-hire and retained/contingent executive search to place permanent mid- to senior-level marketing, creative, digital, and technology leaders with emphasis on culture fit and long-term retention.

Creative, marketing, and technology recruitment

270 Billion USD8% CAGR

Function-specific talent acquisition for creative, marketing, analytics, design, and technology roles delivered via dedicated account teams, vetted shortlists, and fast time-to-fill.

AI talent enablement and readiness

2 Billion USD15.1% CAGR

AI readiness assessments, practical AI consulting, and specialized AI staffing (prompt engineering, generative design, AI-fluent roles) to operationalize AI within creative and marketing functions.

Fractional and interim leadership

12 Billion USD12% CAGR

Part-time executive leadership and specialist engagements that provide senior strategic guidance, governance, and domain expertise without a full-time hire.

More information about our offering

Direct Hire

Direct Hire Staffing Services to deliver expertly matched permanent hires across marketing, branding, creative and tech spaces, with a focus on culture fit and long-term retention. Profiles leverages deep industry knowledge and a broad talent network to identify top candidates who thrive in client environments, delivering faster, higher-quality hires that align with your business goals.

  • Enhances Fit and Retention
    Profiles ensures that candidates are thoroughly matched not just based on skills but also on cultural fit, leading to longer tenure and satisfaction.
  • Ensures Longevity with Your Team
    By prioritizing cultural alignment, Profiles enhances the likelihood of a successful and lasting employee-employer relationship.
  • Accelerates Recruitment
    Profiles expedites the recruiting process, allowing businesses to fill critical roles promptly and maintain workflow.
  • Saves Time and Reduces Costs
    By streamlining the recruitment process, companies save on both hiring time and expenses related to prolonged vacancies.
  • Streamlines the Hiring Process
    With clear communication throughout the process, hiring managers can focus more on business and less on recruitment challenges.

Contract Staffing

Contract-based staffing and workforce solutions help companies fill critical gaps with hourly, short-term and long-term talent. Clients set the terms and Profiles delivers qualified resources, handling recruiting, payroll, benefits, PTO, HR responsibilities and unemployment insurance. Contract staffing supports rapid initiatives, reduces hiring risk, and includes options for contract-to-hire, enabling a future permanent placement if the fit is right.

  • Enhance Talent Matching
    Profiles ensures that each placement aligns with organizational needs, boosting overall team effectiveness.
  • Reduce Recruitment Overhead
    By handling all associated costs, Profiles alleviates the financial burden on companies, allowing them to focus on core business functions.
  • Facilitate Quick Fill Rates
    Gain a competitive edge by rapidly bringing in talent to meet urgent project demands.
  • Enable Permanent Placement Option
    Contract-to-hire allows organizations to assess talent suitability during a contract period before committing to permanent employment.
  • Accelerate Onboarding Process
    Quickly fill essential roles and maintain productivity with a streamlined hiring approach.
  • Adapt to Changing Needs
    Easily scale workforce up or down based on project requirements, ensuring optimal resource allocation.

Embedded Teams

Embedded Teams Solutions scale your creative capacity by providing 1 to 100 fully integrated consultants managed by Profiles. Teams can be deployed on-site or remotely and are designed to integrate with your existing workflows for seamless delivery.

  • Access Specialized Talent
    Quickly fill skill gaps with dedicated consultants who seamlessly integrate into your existing teams.
  • Adapt to Project Needs
    Quickly increase or reduce team size according to project scope and timelines without the hassle of traditional hiring.
  • Choose Flexible Delivery
    Deploy resources where you need them, whether on-site or remotely, ensuring optimal project performance.
  • Ensure Project Success
    Benefit from a structured approach with consistent oversight, ensuring all deliverables meet your strategic objectives.
  • Leverage Industry Specialists
    Engage experts with deep domain knowledge tailored to your industry, enhancing project outcomes and innovation.

Executive Search

Profiles Executive Search connects mid-size and enterprise companies with the VP, SVP, and C-suite talent required for leadership roles in Creative, Marketing, Digital, and Tech sectors. Our executive recruiters conduct a tailored search process that matches candidates with organizational culture and growth goals, ensuring lasting placements.

  • Ensure Cultural Fit
    Our retained search process emphasizes understanding your company culture, ensuring candidates align with your values.
  • Enhanced Stability
    Long-lasting placements reduce turnover and foster a sustainable leadership environment.
  • Faster Executive Placements
    Experience a streamlined recruitment process that prioritizes swift and effective placements.
  • Exclusive Candidate Access
    Gain insights into industry-leading talent that may not be visible to standard recruitment channels.
  • Quickly Fill Leadership Roles
    We provide swift access to a network of senior leaders, reducing time-to-hire for critical positions.
  • Cost-Effective Search Solution
    Optimize recruitment expenditure while maximizing the chances of finding the ideal candidate.

Fractional Leadership

Profiles Fractional Leadership places experienced VP, SVP, and C-suite leaders with companies on a part-time basis, providing the strategic direction needed for your business without the commitment of a full-time hire.

  • Utilize Senior Expertise As Needed
    Bring in the necessary senior leadership to drive initiatives forward quickly and efficiently, adapting as your business needs change.
  • Start Quickly With Experienced Leaders
    Quickly fill leadership gaps to maintain momentum on essential projects while ensuring the right fit for your organizational culture.
  • Adjust Engagements Based On Needs
    Scale your leadership resources up or down based on project demands, avoiding unnecessary costs while maintaining operational effectiveness.

Managed Services

Managed Services Solutions lets you outsource content development and related tasks on demand. Profiles builds a dedicated on-site or remote team including copywriting, editing, proofreading, design, optimization and analytics, aligned to your goals. The managed team works within your structure, with defined KPIs and SLAs, and scales with your timelines.

  • Provides Comprehensive Solutions
    Access a wide range of expertise to fulfill diverse content needs efficiently.
  • Ensures Quality and Accountability
    Maintain high standards and consistency through structured performance metrics.
  • Delivers Tailored Expertise
    Quickly mobilize a team that aligns with your project goals and timelines.
  • Streamlines Workflow and Saves Time
    Ensure seamless integration with your internal processes to maintain focus on core objectives.
  • Adapts to Changing Requirements
    Flexibly adjust resources as your project demands fluctuate.

AI Solutions

AI Solutions help you staff and integrate AI across creative, marketing and design functions. Includes AI Readiness Assessment to map current capabilities; AI Staffing to build an AI-fluent team; and AI Consulting to guide practical AI adoption grounded in decades of depth.

  • Receive Expert AI Guidance
    Leverage decades of experience to understand how to effectively adopt AI in your marketing processes.
  • Build An AI-Fluent Team
    Connect with skilled professionals such as prompt engineers and generative designers to enhance your team's AI capabilities.
  • Assess AI Integration Capabilities
    Evaluate current tools and team capabilities to build a tailored action plan for AI integration.

Creative Staffing

Creative Staffing Agency provides a dedicated team of specialized digital creative recruiters. A single account team learns your projects and goals, provides three vetted resumes for review, and guides you to a final hire without complex portals. The service supports a broad set of industries and professions including graphic design, copywriting, video, and more.

  • Facilitates Quick Hiring
    This streamlined hiring process reduces delays and simplifies decision-making by avoiding bureaucratic hurdles.
  • Provides Customized Support
    The dedicated team understands specific client needs, ensuring tailored recruitment for maximum impact.
  • Enhances Stability
    High retention rates reflect successful placements, fostering long-term collaboration and reduced hiring churn.
  • Expedites Decision Making
    Clients receive quick access to quality candidates, facilitating faster and informed hiring decisions.
  • Caters to Diverse Needs
    Profiles connects businesses to a wide spectrum of creative talent tailored to their unique industry requirements.

Marketing Staffing

Marketing Staffing Agency delivers dedicated marketing recruiters with access to a vetted talent pool. A dedicated account team, three vetted resumes, and a streamlined review ensure quick, high-quality marketing hires across brand marketing, communications, digital marketing, analytics, and related roles.

  • Provides Expert Guidance
    Ensure that marketing strategies align with your business goals through specialized consultants.
  • Reduces Time-to-Hire
    Our efficient process minimizes hiring delays, ensuring you get the right candidate quickly.
  • Promotes Long-Term Success
    Our talent care program cultivates strong relationships, leading to better employee longevity.
  • Versatile Talent Pool
    Access candidates from diverse sectors with tailored skills for your specific needs.
  • Streamlined Selection
    Receive tailored resumes of top candidates to simplify your hiring process.

Technology Staffing

Technology Staffing Agency connects top tech talent with leading brands. A dedicated account team, three vetted resumes, and a streamlined review speed hires for development, data science, product management, QA, and related tech roles across industries.

  • Ensure Personalized Support
    Receive tailored expertise and support throughout the hiring process.
  • Meet Diverse Hiring Needs
    Access a wide range of tech talent for various critical roles in your organization.
  • Accelerate Hiring Process
    Speed up your recruitment timeline while maintaining quality in candidate selection.
  • Receive Top Talent Options
    Get matched with three pre-screened candidates tailored to your requirements, enhancing your hiring efficiency.
  • Adapt to Changing Requirements
    Utilize contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire options to meet fluctuating project demands.

References

Methodology and sourcing behind the figures shown above.

Contingent workforce management

Search results show divergent definitions: (1) software/services-focused reports (MarketsandMarkets workforce management and a metastatinsight contingent workforce management report) indicate a multi‑billion-dollar software/solutions market with ~9–11% CAGR; (2) broader totals that include staffing spend (Allied Market Research cited by CAI) report much larger figures. For the specified segment (enterprise capabilities to source, engage, govern, manage non‑employee talent — VMS/MSP/WFM software and services), I estimate ~$10B market size and ~10% CAGR, aligning with the workforce-management/software-focused sources.

Permanent and executive recruitment

Primary estimate based on Mordor Intelligence’s Executive Search market sizing (2026 market value USD 63.99B; 10.11% CAGR). Broader recruitment/staffing reports (BusinessResearchInsights, Zion) and regional data (N2Growth, Business Research Company/EIN press) were used for context to position permanent and executive direct‑hire as a subset of the larger recruitment market.

Creative, marketing, and technology recruitment

Estimated by anchoring to Mordor Intelligence’s global recruiting market (USD 690.3B in 2026) and its 29.15% IT/telecom share, then adding a conservative allocation for creative and marketing roles to derive ~39% of total recruiting spend (~USD 269B, rounded to USD 270B). Growth CAGR is based on the recruiting market’s 7.47% (Mordor) with a modest uplift to 8.0% to reflect faster growth in technology-led and online recruitment channels (Fortune Business Insights reports online recruitment technology growing at ~12.9%).

AI talent enablement and readiness

Estimated global market for AI talent enablement and readiness (assessments, practical AI consulting, and specialized staffing for creative/marketing) is ~ $2.0B in current scale, with growth aligned to AI-in-talent-acquisition forecasts (~15% CAGR). Rationale: Market.us reports a 15.1% CAGR for the related AI-in-talent-acquisition market; labor-market sources (Gloat, JFF) show multi-year, rapid increases in AI-related job counts and AI mentions in postings (supporting strong demand for enablement, assessment, and specialized staffing). The estimate treats this segment as a focused subset of broader AI HR/talent-acquisition spend (services, consulting, staffing, and readiness assessments) and scales that by market demand signals and typical services pricing for consulting and staffing.

Fractional and interim leadership

Estimated global market size derived from reported supply (≈120,000+ fractional/interim executives) and typical billing rates. Using 120,000 practitioners (sources) and a conservative average annual billing of roughly $100k per practitioner (inferred from published day rates of $1,000–$2,100 and typical fractional utilization), yields an approximate $12B market. Growth potential (CAGR ≈12%) is based on observed interim/fractional assignment increases in Europe (11–13%) and accelerating adoption trends cited in industry commentaries and market reports.

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