HR Recruitment
Recruit HR Coordinators, HR Generalists, HR Business Partners, HR Managers, HR Directors, Talent Acquisition leaders, and CHRO-level professionals for corporate services, financial services, hospitality, and growth-stage environments.
Build a stronger Minneapolis HR function with Ikon Search’s tailored staffing support for contract, temp-to-hire, retained, and permanent roles. Whether your Twin Cities organization needs an HR Coordinator, HR Business Partner, Talent Acquisition leader, or CHRO, our boutique search team combines market speed, rigorous vetting, and clean candidate data to help you hire with confidence.

Flexible HR staffing solutions for contract, temp-to-hire, permanent, retained, and strategic workforce planning needs.
Recruit HR Coordinators, HR Generalists, HR Business Partners, HR Managers, HR Directors, Talent Acquisition leaders, and CHRO-level professionals for corporate services, financial services, hospitality, and growth-stage environments.
Fill long or short-term HR needs for leave coverage, project support, seasonal workload, interim leadership, or rapid scaling without committing to permanent headcount immediately.
Hire full-time HR professionals through a direct-hire process built around culture fit, technical capability, long-term goals, interviews, assessments, and reference checks.
Evaluate HR and talent acquisition professionals on the job before converting them to permanent employment, reducing hiring risk for important people-operations roles.
Conduct confidential retained searches for senior HR leadership, including CHRO, HR Director, VP-level people leaders, and strategic operations executives.
Support HR leaders with talent market mapping, competitor hiring analysis, compensation benchmarking, candidate availability insights, and geographic talent-pool intelligence for smarter workforce decisions.
Ikon Search helps Minneapolis companies build dependable HR teams without wasting time on unfocused candidate volume. Our recruiters combine 25+ years of executive search experience with specialized corporate services knowledge, targeted sourcing, and rigorous vetting. From fast-growing North Loop startups to established Twin Cities organizations, we tailor each search around culture, compensation, urgency, and long-term workforce goals.

Organizations trust Ikon Search for focused shortlists, specialized market knowledge, and quality-driven recruitment partnerships.
Ikon Search combines boutique attention with specialized networks and efficient recruitment execution.
Founders bring 25+ years of executive search insight to complex HR and leadership hiring.
Qualified candidate shortlists are typically presented within 2-3 days for urgent Minneapolis hiring needs.
Every search is built around culture, values, long-term goals, and Twin Cities workforce priorities.
Candidates are vetted through interviews, assessments, reference checks, and data-driven market insights.
Experienced recruiters focused on tailored professional staffing.
Head of Contract Services
Kristin Lutz serves as Head of Contract Services at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm she helped establish in 2021. With deep expertise in contract and contingent workforce solutions, Kristin brings a client-first approach to every engagement, investing time upfront to thoroughly understand each organization's culture, values, and long-term hiring goals. Her extensive background in executive search and staffing enables her to connect businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing with exceptional professionals efficiently and accurately. Kristin is committed to delivering clean, quality-driven candidate pipelines and building lasting partnerships that support sustainable growth for clients ranging from growing startups to established corporations and PE-backed portfolio companies.

Head of Insurance
Connor Brown is the Head of Insurance at Ikon Search, leading the firm's specialized Insurance, Risk & Compliance recruiting division. With a focused expertise in the insurance sector, Connor works closely with carriers, brokerages, MGAs, reinsurers, and TPAs to identify and place top-tier talent across a wide range of roles. He leverages deep industry knowledge, broad professional networks, and Ikon Search's cutting-edge recruitment technology to present highly qualified candidates typically within two to three days. Connor takes pride in building genuine relationships with both clients and candidates, ensuring every placement aligns with the organization's operational needs, culture, and long-term strategic objectives.

Managing Partner
Adam Levy is a key team member at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm founded in 2021 with a mission to deliver tailored talent solutions across select industries. Adam contributes to the firm's commitment to pairing rigorous candidate vetting with a deep understanding of client needs, helping businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing find exceptional professionals. He embraces Ikon Search's core values of tailored focus, market speed, and data quality, working diligently to build and maintain strong relationships with both clients and candidates. Adam's collaborative approach supports the firm's ability to handle diverse hiring engagements, from full-time permanent placements to contract and temp-to-hire arrangements.
Ikon Search supports a broad HR hiring range, from HR Coordinators, HR Administrators, HR Generalists, HR Business Partners, HR Managers, HR Directors, Talent Acquisition Specialists, TA Managers, TA Directors, and CHRO-level leaders. Searches can be structured for contract, temp-to-hire, full-time permanent, or retained executive placement depending on seniority, urgency, and hiring risk.
Connect with Ikon Search for focused HR staffing guidance.
25+ years guiding specialized hiring strategies.
Client feedback reflects responsive recruitment support.
Focused service across specialized professional markets.
Share your HR hiring goals, role requirements, timeline, and preferred engagement model. Ikon Search will respond with a tailored staffing approach and next steps.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.