Create a sleek logo for Métier Talent, an embedded recruiting brand built for startups

Technology

This is a true consulting partnership, not a transactional, fill-an-order-and-move-on staffing ... Métier embeds with a client for the long term: building out their applicant tracking system and candidate pipeline, writing job descriptions, and shaping their employer brand — essentially making the client's hiring look ... Engagements can flex on and off as a client's hiring needs ebb and flow, giving lean, fast-growing companies senior-level recruiting support without the overhead of building a full internal HR/TA department

Métier Talent is a new embedded recruiting and talent consulting brand launching under HW Staffing ... Rather than operating as a traditional staffing agency, Métier acts as the in-house, white-label recruiting team for the companies it works with — representing itself under each client's own name and email domain, and functioning as an embedded extension of that company's internal HR and talent acquisition ... Métier is a standalone ... It is not co-branded with HW Staffing and should not visually read as a sub-brand — HW will not be referenced on the Métier website or in Métier's market-facing ... That said, the two brands may eventually sit together on an internal "family of companies" landing page, so a logo that can coexist comfortably near HW's identity (without directly matching it) is a ... Target Audience Smaller, high-growth companies — startups and emerging technology businesses that need to hire well and quickly but don't have the internal bandwidth or infrastructure for full-scale talent ... Brand Personality Modern, fun, catchy, and energetic — closer to the feel of a tech-startup brand than a traditional staffing/recruiting ... It should still carry a layer of quiet sophistication and trustworthiness, since Métier is often the visible, client-facing brand behind the hiring ... ● Modern and clean, not corporate or stiff ● Catchy and memorable — should feel at home next to the brands of the startups it serves ● Confident and credible, without feeling buttoned-up or old-fashioned ● Avoid generic staffing-agency clichés (briefcases, handshakes, literal "people" icons) The Name: Métier Métier is French for "an occupation, trade, or a person's true calling in ..." The acute accent over the é is intentional and should be preserved in the logo — it's a deliberate design and brand detail (not a typo), meant to add distinctiveness, a talking point, and a subtle layer of sophistication to the ... Logo Format ● Icon + wordmark preferred, ideally designed so the pieces can also be used independently (icon alone, wordmark alone, combined lockup). ● Icon may incorporate the full name or the initials "MT" — open to either; designer's judgment on which reads ... ● Open to icon above the wordmark or wordmark above the icon, whichever composition is ... ● Leave room in the lockup for a tagline to be added beneath the logo ... A tagline is still in development and will be provided separately — no need to design copy for it now, just don't crowd the ... Color Direction Deep blue or deep teal is the preferred ... This also offers a subtle, intentional nod to parent company HW Staffing's brand blue — useful if the two brands are ever shown together — without making Métier look like a literal HW ... Avoid a palette that would clash harshly if ever placed alongside HW's other family-ofcompanies ... What to Avoid ● Traditional staffing-agency visual clichés ● Overly corporate, stiff, or dated typography ● Colors or styling that clash if placed next to a deep-blue parent brand ● Anything that undercuts the "true calling / craft" meaning behind the name

Every design category has flexible pricing for all budgets. Logo design starts at $249.