About The Hired Guns

We’ve built The Hired Guns to help the digital creative class expand their potential far beyond the 9-to-5, bringing their expertise to companies in unexpected and exciting ways and guiding their careers through transitions from freelance gigs to fulltime jobs and back again.

The Hired Guns was founded in early 2000: an unsettled time for Corporate America, but for the creative class, the start of a new era of entrepreneurship and individualism. It was a scary trend for many, but for us it was just the motivation we needed. Borrowing from the only model that made sense, we started our talent agency in the mold of Hollywood-style representation, hand-picking our talent, growing with them over time and helping them to manage their evolving careers.

Since then we’ve grown The Hired Guns not just for our talent but right along with them. Through The Hired Guns Academy, Guns are helping Guns learn to work independently or start their own companies so they can work their magic on their own terms. It really doesn’t get any more rewarding than that. Our Guns are excited to have their time and expertise fully optimized, and our clients are making the most of access to amazing talent – where and when they need it. And together, we’re getting big things done.

About the Top Gun – Allison Hemming

Allison Hemming is the founder and president of The Hired Guns. A work-style visionary, creator of the dotcom-era Pink Slip Parties, and author of the no-nonsense job-hunting guide Work It!, Hemming evangelizes on career topics ranging from personal branding to utilizing flexible talent in building the companies of the future.

A recognized authority in career and personal brand management, Hemming has been regularly featured in The New York Times, The Today Show, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Newsday, CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, NPR, PBS and many other media outlets.

To book an interview or speaking engagement with Allison Hemming, email press@thehiredguns.com. To learn about bringing The Hired Guns Academy into your organization for team training and development, email academy@thehiredguns.com.

Recent Press on The Hired Guns »

Product Management, User Experience, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability Testing

Project Management, Program Management, Production, Content Production

Animation, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Corporate Identity, Flash Design/Dev, Graphic Design, Web Design

Content Strategy, Editorial, Copywriting, Copy Editing, Research, Blog Outreach

Brand Management, Business Development, Sales, Product Marketing, Event/Conference Planning, Promotions, Marcomms, Corporate Comms, Direct Marketing, E-Marketing, Public Relations, Market Research

Account Management, Account/Brand Planning, Media Strategy, Communications Planning, Media Planning/Buying, Social Media, Search (SEM, SEO), Web Metrics & Analytics

Web Development, Front End Development

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