The best candidates are invested in their industry, passionate about their craft, and drawn to organisations that support their ambition beyond their current role. We help you find them, and keep them.
Recruitment
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We start our recruitment process by understanding your business, team culture, and what success looks like in the role.
We tap into our database, networks and research team to identify exceptional candidates, including those not actively looking.
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You’ll receive a curated shortlist of top candidates with detailed profiles. We support you through interviews and reference checks.
Every candidate we put forward is carefully selected for their experience, values, cultural alignment, and potential for growth in your organisation. We’re focused on placing a candidate who fits your needs now, and who can adapt to the future.
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We help negotiate offers and set up your new hire for success, staying involved post-placement for a seamless transition.
Our goal is always long-term success, so we stay in touch with your team to ensure everything is aligned.
Meet your executive search & recruitment partner
Patricia Powell-Hughes
Patricia Powell-Hughes is the founder and Managing Director of EP Australia. With over 30 years’ experience she connects organisations with exceptional talent while championing diversity, inclusion, and women’s empowerment.
A respected industry leader and advocate, Patricia has driven systemic change through board roles, judging panels, and initiatives, shaping opportunities for creatives and nurturing thriving careers across the sector.
Case Study
Navigating a $344M development project with a new Head of Creative
Recent placements
Our candidate database
Our proprietary candidate database is the result of 25 years of careful curation and specialist expertise in the creative industries. Constantly evolving, it gives your business access to a secure, highly specialised network of talent that has been hand-selected and assessed by our team.
Unlike generic databases, every candidate we represent has been evaluated by our experienced recruitment team, ensuring they are matched to the right roles and organisations. We never sell or share data. Our network is exclusive to our partners, giving you confidence that the people we put forward are exceptional, values-aligned, and ready to make an impact.
Note - Candidate image & details are examples only.
Why the best leaders are in our network
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Holistic approach to recruitment
Skills and experience go a long way, but we analyse a candidates potential by their values, cultural fit, alignment to your mission, and opportunities for growth in your organisation. This approach strengthens existing skills and experience that you’re already looking for.
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Deep industry understanding
We understand the nuances of the sectors we serve, bringing specialist insight to every hire. We recruit across screen, music, arts, media, gaming, events, tech, sport and government, with deep industry insight at every level.
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Proven track record & candidate trust
Thousands of successful placements. Hundreds of repeat clients. Over 25 years of earned credibility. Candidates choose us to represent their careers. Clients return because we consistently deliver exceptional people.
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End to end partnership
EP Australia acts as your recruitment partner, placing candidates across permanent, contract and project-based roles. We handle the entire recruitment process from briefing to placement so you and your team can focus on what they do best: running your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We recruit across the entire creative and media industries for specialist, c-suite and executive roles including permanent, contract, interim and project-based positions.
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We tap into our proprietary database of over 15,000 pre-assessed and skilled professionals, combined with targeted outreach and advertising to attract both active and passive talent.
Our database is constantly updated with new candidates as they submit their resumes and skills online, every candidate submission is reviewed by one of our recruiters before being added to the network.
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We approach recruitment with a holistic, organisation-wide view. Our recruitment team takes time to thoroughly understand your business, existing team & culture, and your strategic goals.
Our priority is to match you with candidates who have all the right skills and experience, but who also fundamentally align in values, mission and potential for growth.
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We manage every step of the recruitment process so you can focus on running your business.
Our team communicate openly at every stage, from briefing and sourcing to shortlisting, interviewing, and offer negotiation. You’ll be involved in some interviews and ultimately have the final say on who you hire - so you’re always in the know and in control of your growing team.
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We’re more than happy to help you to navigate scaling up and growing your team rapidly.
Our recruiters can examine your growth opportunities and identify skill gaps. Working alongside you to build completely new teams or restructure existing teams without hiring in-house recruiters.
From Our Clients
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"What sets EP Australia apart is their deep understanding of the unique needs of the Australian creative industry, and their rigorous recruitment processes and dedication to fostering strong relationships with both clients and candidates have established them as the recruiters of choice within our industry."
— Tracey Vieira, Chief Content Officer, Hoodlum
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"EP Australia fostered a collaborative setting to explore those matters most critical to me. It meant I could consider options and facts of the matter in a frank and practical way, which meant making a decision with the lights on. The process was engaged, responsive, informative and welcoming of a chuckle along the way. "
— Cieron Cody, Senior Comissioning Editor, SBS
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"EP Australia stand apart through their passion for, and deep connections in creative industries. At Bazmark Inq, they sourced excellent staff quickly and with complete discretion. At NITV, they recruited an entire new television network while meeting our commitment to a predominantly Indigenous workforce. That team laid the foundation for the company NITV is today.”
— Jane Rybarz, CFO, Australian Women in Music Awards
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"Patricia Powell-Hughes and the team at EP Australia gave me my start in film and television. I had only finance and banking experience, but they saw how it suited an acquisitions role at NITV. Almost fifteen years on, with several documentary series and two feature films behind me as a producer, I'm very thankful for that first role."
— Mitch Stanley, Producer, No Coincidence Media
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