Flexible talent acquisition, on your terms

Recruiting help to find

your next main character.

For the roles you can’t afford to get wrong.

Project-based recruiting for growing companies that want thoughtful hires, without the traditional placement fee.

Talk through your hiring plan

Limited concurrent searches

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Every search gets experienced recruiter attention

01 / What I do

Recruiting capacity that flexes with the work.

Project-based searches

Take ownership of a defined search from kickoff through an agreed handoff, with a clear process and a candidate-first approach.

Project-based searches

Take ownership of a defined search from kickoff through an agreed handoff, with a clear process and a candidate-first approach.

Recruiting sprints

Bring focused recruiting momentum to a priority role, hiring push, or business-critical moment.

Recruiting sprints

Bring focused recruiting momentum to a priority role, hiring push, or business-critical moment.

Flexible recruiting support

Add recruiting bandwidth when you need it, without adding permanent headcount or committing to a traditional agency model.

Flexible recruiting support

Add recruiting bandwidth when you need it, without adding permanent headcount or committing to a traditional agency model.

02 / Where I do my best work

Professional, corporate and leadership searches where the right hire takes more than posting a job.

My background combines agency recruitment, in-house talent acquisition and marketing leadership. I’m particularly strong in searches that require a strategic, resourceful, and creative approach to sourcing and engaging the right people.

Marketing

Communications

Digital and ecommerce

Creative and brand

Project and program roles

Selected technical roles

Professional and corporate roles

Manager and Director-level leadership searches

03 / How engagements work

A simple structure. No junior hand-offs.

Scope the moment

We get clear on the role, priorities, decision-makers, and what great looks like before the search begins.

Run the search

I take ownership of the search: strategy, sourcing, outreach, screening, and honest market feedback.

Land it well

I keep the process moving, candidates informed, and the hiring team equipped to make a confident decision.

Ali Williams, Founder of Main Character Talent

Direct, hands-on, and intentionally selective.

04 / Founder profile

Ali Williams

Founder & Independent Talent Acquisition Partner

5+ years of full-cycle agency and in-house recruiting, with proactive sourcing for hard-to-fill professional searches.

A previous career in marketing leadership brings a strong instinct for positioning, messaging, and what gets the right people interested.

05 / Pricing approach

No traditional placement fee. No surprises hiding in the fine print.

Every engagement starts with a defined initial scope and review point. You’ll see the search activity, candidate response, market feedback, and pipeline as it develops, then decide whether to continue, adjust, or pause.

Let’s talk scope

06 / Contact

Need another main character on the team?

Tell me what’s moving, what’s stuck, and where your team needs more recruiting bandwidth. I’ll come back to you directly.

hello@maincharactertalent.ca