Creating the Future with People + Vision

Are you ready to set yourself apart, solve your toughest challenges, and succeed on your own terms?

TALENTSTAR is a strategic talent advisory firm serving the design industry. For more than 35 years, we’ve helped the world’s leading architecture + design organizations become future-ready. We work with leadership teams to align who they are with where they want to go — building strategy, structure and visibility without losing the creative essence that defines them.

The future at work —

A design firm’s future success depends on whether their creative and cultural authorship is visibly and credibly rooted in their studios — not as silos, but as sources of innovation. This calls for a cohesive framework that strengthens alignment, influences growth, and ensures success across all current and future locations and generations.

But it depends on talent —

The Creative Force:

Next-generation leaders who are shaping a firm’s evolving aesthetic, methodology, and vision.

The Practice Dynamics:

Directors and other practice leaders who are responsible for design excellence by building client relationships, winning commissions, guiding projects, advancing the studios, and cultivating teams.

Strategic talent connections to grow, evolve, and lead —

We connect talented people with firms where they can thrive — aligning values, culture, and ambition to fuel growth and impact. From early career to executive leadership, we help people navigate their path and empower firms to unlock their potential.

• We mentor rising talent
• We guide mid-career talent through development and transition
• We advise senior leaders on legacy, ownership, and evolution

Our work supports future-forward cultures that are entrepreneurial, collaborative, and designed to reward value-creation, enable shared leadership, and engage the next generation in ownership and purpose.

 A focus on vision and growth —

We go beyond recruitment to help creative leaders align talent with vision — guiding firms through growth, leadership evolution, and ownership transition. With long-standing relationships and deep understanding of both design practice and business strategy, we identify not just qualified individuals, but transformative ones.

With integrity, insight, and discretion, we connect people and purpose — enabling firms to thrive and individuals to grow in roles that matter.

Extending our impact.

We’re ready when you are! @ TOKONEXT