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ELITE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT RECRUITMENT AGENCY

We recruit Assistants that other firms cannot reach. The elite Assistants choose who represent them.

TalentSmiths is a specialist executive assistant recruitment agency placing senior EAs, C-suite Executive Assistants, and Chiefs of Staff with UHNW principals, family offices, private equity firms, and high-growth founders across London, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Austin. Most mandates never reach a job board. The search begins in Elevate — our private network of 10,000+ vetted EAs. Every placement begins with a personal introduction.

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Years in Business

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For Principals

Hire an Executive Assistant. The Way It Should Be Done.

TalentSmiths is an executive assistant recruitment agency placing EAs and Chiefs of Staff with UHNW principals, family offices, Series B founders, and private equity firms across London, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Austin.

Every search begins in Elevate — our private network of 10,000+ vetted senior Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff built over 20 years. 86% of mandates are never posted publicly. When a brief comes in, we already know who to call. You receive a maximum of three candidates. Every one of them was called, not sourced.

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For EAs

TalentSmiths represents senior Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff who are not actively searching, they are selectively open. If you are an experienced EA, a C-suite Executive Assistant, or a Chief of Staff looking for your next role with a UHNW principal, family office, or high-growth founder, we are able to help you.

Our EA network, Elevate is built on over 20 years of personal relationships, not databases or job boards. Members receive first access to exclusive EA roles, confidential briefs, and career intelligence across London, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Austin. Membership is by referral and application only.

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Executive Assistant Placement Case Studies

Selected Placements

London · UHNW

EA TO A BILLIONAIRE FAMILY OFFICE

Placed a trilingual EA with 12 years of private household experience within 7 weeks of brief.

Read: EA to a Billionaire Family Office →New York · PE-Backed

CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A SERIES C FOUNDER

Identified a CoS who had previously scaled two portfolio companies.

Read: Chief of Staff for a Series C Founder →San Francisco · Tech

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO A TECH PRINCIPAL

Delivered three candidates in 10 days. Offer accepted within 48 hours of final interview.

Read: Executive Assistant to a Tech Principal →

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"TalentSmiths found an Executive Assistant I had been searching for independently for over a year. Three candidates. One hire. No noise. The level of discretion and precision was unlike anything I had experienced with other EA recruitment agencies."

UHNW Family Office

"Unlike anything else in the executive assistant job market. I was introduced to my current principal through a relationship built over years — not a job board, not a database. TalentSmiths represents the kind of EA roles that are never advertised."

Senior EA NYC

"They understood our culture and our principal's working style before we had finished the brief. The Chief of Staff they placed has been with us for three years. That kind of placement quality is only possible when the recruiter already knows the candidate."

Chief of Staff

Frequently Asked

Questions & Answers

Most mandates are filled within 4–8 weeks. Because we begin every search inside Elevate, our private network of 10,000+ vetted EAs, we are calling candidates on day one, not advertising.

Elevate is TalentSmiths' private EA network, built over 20 years. It is not a database or job board. Members are senior Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff who are selectively open to the right opportunity. Membership is by referral and application only.

Yes. We place across London, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Austin. Many of our mandates are cross-border, particularly for UHNW principals and family offices with homes in multiple cities.

You receive a maximum of three candidates per search. Every one of them was called, not sourced. We do not present volume, we present precision.

Most agencies rely on job boards and CV databases. We operate exclusively through Elevate, our private network. 86% of our mandates are never posted publicly. The elite assistants choose who represents them, and they choose us.

THE BEST SEARCH STARTS WITH A 30-MINUTE CALL.

Speak with our executive assistant recruitment specialists in London and New York. We place senior EAs, C-suite Executive Assistants, and Chiefs of Staff with UHNW principals, family offices, and high-growth founders.

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