Creative Talent for Design and Advertising Agencies Worldwide
Dusty Road helps you find the right people quickly – backed by decades of hands-on industry experience, industry insight and a trusted creative network.
Freelancers – available by the day
When deadlines shift or workloads spike, we connect you with experienced freelance creatives ready to step in immediately.
Contractors – for longer-term projects
For multi-month or complex projects, we place trusted contractors who bring stability and expertise.
Full-time recruitment
Thoughtful, precise matching for permanent roles. We take the time to understand your team, the brief and the culture – and introduce people who fit.
Design
- Heads of Design
- Creative Directors
- Design Directors
- Branding Designers
- Graphic Designers
- Packaging Designers
- Motion Designers
- UX / UI Designers
- Digital Designers
- Strategists
- Project Managers
Advertising
- Executive Creative Directors
- Associate Creative Directors
- Creative Directors
- Creative Teams
- Art Directors
- Copywriters
- Motion Designers / Animators
- Strategists
- Design Directors
- Designers
- Producers
Design
Advertising
- Heads of Design
- Creative Directors
- Design Directors
- Branding Designers
- Graphic Designers
- Packaging Designers
- Motion Designers
- UX / UI Designers
- Digital Designers
- Strategists
- Project Managers
- Executive Creative Directors
- Associate Creative Directors
- Creative Directors
- Creative Teams
- Art Directors
- Copywriters
- Motion Designers / Animators
- Strategists
- Design Directors
- Designers
- Producers
Creative Talent for Design and Advertising Agencies Worldwide
We believe that creativity moves the world forward. And great ideas only happen when the right people meet at the right time. Dusty Road exists to make these meetings happen.
We listen deeply, move thoughtfully and connect honestly. We know the industry because we’ve lived it for decades and we care deeply about the people behind the work.
We bring people and possibility together – simply, honestly, humanly.
For clients, that means finding the right creative energy.
For talent, it means finding work that feels like home.
AGENTS
Lucy Everett
Senior Agent / Partner
Advertising and Design
Lucy is the Senior Agent and Co-Founder of Dusty Road. With a career spanning over two decades, she has extensive experience in various sectors including design, digital, advertising, VFX, and sound industries. As a business leader and agent in New Zealand and the UK, Lucy’s expertise and leadership drive success and innovation for Dusty Road’s clients.
Senior Agent / Partner
Advertising and Design
Lucy is the Senior Agent and Co-Founder of Dusty Road. With a career spanning over two decades, she has extensive experience in various sectors including design, digital, advertising, VFX, and sound industries. As a business leader and agent in New Zealand and the UK, Lucy’s expertise and leadership drive success and innovation for Dusty Road’s clients.
Bruce Everett
Managing Partner
Finance | Consulting
Bruce, MD and Co-Founder, has a distinguished career spanning both production and business. In the realm of production, he has collaborated with industry-leading professionals on award-winning television shows and feature films across the US, UK, France, and Australasia. His business acumen was honed during his tenure as an executive at the renowned Pinewood Studios in the UK. In 2010, he further demonstrated his entrepreneurial spirit by establishing Oktobor Animation in Auckland. Bruce is widely recognised for his technical and commercial innovation.
Managing Partner
Finance | Consulting
Bruce, MD and Co-Founder, has a distinguished career spanning both production and business. In the realm of production, he has collaborated with industry-leading professionals on award-winning television shows and feature films across the US, UK, France, and Australasia. His business acumen was honed during his tenure as an executive at the renowned Pinewood Studios in the UK. In 2010, he further demonstrated his entrepreneurial spirit by establishing Oktobor Animation in Auckland. Bruce is widely recognised for his technical and commercial innovation.