About

It is just me.

No account managers, no juniors sending you CVs they have not read, no handover after you sign. You deal with me from the first call to the ninety day check-in, because I am the whole firm.


Darren Watts

Darren Watts

Founder, Silky Talent
BasedSydney, AustraliaCoversAustralia and New ZealandDeskSoftware sales and marketing

I have spent my career in software companies, working in sales and marketing. I started Silky Talent because I wanted to recruit for the jobs I actually understand, rather than a bit of everything.

Plenty of recruiters can tell you where a candidate has worked. The harder question, and the one I care about, is whether they will do the job well in your team. Having done these roles myself, I have a reasonable sense of who will and who will not.

So I keep it deliberately narrow: software companies, sales and marketing, Australia and New Zealand. It is a small enough patch that I can properly know it, the companies and the people worth knowing and what roles actually pay, instead of guessing across industries I only half follow.

I would rather do a handful of searches properly than take on everything and do a mediocre job of it.

What I am good at

  • Commercial leadership searches, VP and above
  • Reading whether a number is real or inherited
  • Telling you the truth about your salary band

How I work

  • One consultant, start to finish. That is me
  • Three candidates, each with a written case
  • Check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days
11days
Median time from brief to shortlist
3
Candidates per shortlist, each one argued for
94%
Placements still in seat at 12 months
2
Functions, covered end to end: sales and marketing

Let us have a conversation.

No CV required to start. I would rather hear what you actually want next, or what you are struggling to hire.