TalentBurst, Inc. Announces Strategic Investment in Marketing Talent Platform, Publicist, Inc.

BOSTON, Mass., Sep. 10, 2024 -- TalentBurst, Inc., a leading talent workforce solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it has made a strategic investment in Publicist, Inc., a freelance management system and premium marketplace that provides global enterprises with solutions to build, manage and retain their external marketing workforce. Founded in 2020 by Lara Vandenberg to enable companies to modernize the hiring and payment process for external marketing talent, Publicist has significantly grown its network of pre-vetted premium marketing and creative workers, spanning 60 industries and over 350 skill sets. Publicist seamlessly integrates sourcing, hiring, management and payment processes into a single platform, compatible with its customers’ existing vendor management and applicant tracking workflows, which drastically reduces time and cost spent by businesses on hiring and talent management processes.

TalentBurst’s CEO and Founder, Brad Talwar, shared his excitement about the strategic investment: “We are extremely impressed with the enterprise platform and community of top-notch marketing and communications talent that Lara and her team have created. As we learned more about Publicist’s foundation and growth over the past several years, it became clear that Lara’s vision and mission closely align with TalentBurst’s longstanding passion for developing people-centric solutions for acquiring critical talent in times of unprecedented change and innovation. We are confident that our partnership with Publicist will enhance our exemplary service delivery and commitment to excellence. We look forward to supporting Lara and the Publicist team as they continue to grow.”

About TalentBurst, Inc.

TalentBurst is a leading provider of workforce management solutions including staffing, global employer of record, agent of record as well as managed provider services (through its TalentProcure division) to customers in a variety of industries, including health care, clinical, scientific, IT and engineering. TalentBurst was ranked by Inc. magazine for over nine years as one of the United States' fastest growing companies. TalentBurst is recognized as a Top 50 Diversity Owned Business and Privately Held Business in Massachusetts and is proudly certified by the Joint Commission for its healthcare staffing services.

For more information about TalentBurst and its services, please visit www.talentburst.com.

For more information about Publicist and its services, please visit www.publicist.co.