Speaker for marketing, search and people events in Europe
How people get hired, and how to be the one who is.
I am a headhunter, a former agency founder and a business school professor. I speak about hiring across Europe, running a team with no office, and selling yourself as well as you sell your brand.
No. 1 recruiting creator and No. 11 creator overall on LinkedIn in Estonia. Favikon, September 2026.
1,500professionals hired through Euro Remote Talent
No. 1recruiting creator on LinkedIn in Estonia. Favikon, September 2026
No. 11LinkedIn creator in Estonia, all topics. Favikon, September 2026
Talks
4 talks, each rebuilt for the room
Every talk comes from work I did myself: an agency I built, searches I ran, classes I taught. Pick a talk, or tell me what your audience struggles with and I will shape a session around it.
Keynote, 20 to 40 minutes
For marketing teams, agency people and anyone who sells for a living
Marketers are bad at marketing themselves
You can position a brand in 1 sentence and still describe yourself as a list of tools. I read marketing profiles every day as a headhunter, and I hired more than 120 people as a founder. This talk applies brand thinking to the 1 product marketers neglect.
The audience leaves with
What a headhunter looks for first in a marketing profile
How to turn a list of jobs into a position backed by proof
A LinkedIn routine that builds a reputation before you need one
Keynote or workshop
For agency owners, search and marketing leaders
The agency with no office
For 6 years I ran a content agency that grew to 32 people across Europe, with no office. This talk covers the systems that kept quality steady, the hires that worked, and the ones that did not.
The audience leaves with
The screening steps that predicted a good remote hire, and the ones that did not
Where remote hires go wrong in the first 90 days
How to build workflows so quality does not depend on 1 person
Keynote or panel
For people leaders, talent acquisition teams and founders who hire
Recruiting in public
Most companies use LinkedIn as a job board. I write there every day about hiring, and Favikon ranks me number 1 among recruiting creators on LinkedIn in Estonia, and number 11 among all LinkedIn creators in the country. This talk shows what daily content does for hiring, and what it cannot do.
The audience leaves with
What to post when you want candidates and not just likes
How founders and recruiters can share the work
What to measure, and what to ignore
Keynote or workshop
For founders, people leaders and hiring managers
Hiring across Europe without the guesswork
Europe is not 1 talent market. Pay, notice periods and expectations change at every border. I headhunt across the continent, including people who are not looking for a job. This talk is a practical map.
The audience leaves with
How pay for the same senior role differs between European markets
How to vet for skill, English fluency, communication and fit
How to approach people who are not looking
Any of these can run as a keynote, a workshop of 60 to 90 minutes, or a seat on a panel.
Stages and classrooms
Where I have spoken and taught
On stageLinkedIn Local Shanghai
Events
Cloud ConnectSpeaker
LinkedIn Local ShanghaiSpeaker
Nomad SummitSpeaker
Business schools and universities
Riga Business SchoolMBA, Digital Marketing
SWISS UMEFEntrepreneurship and AI change
ESSCA, ShanghaiMBA programme director
emlyon business school, ShanghaiMarketing
Donghua University, ShanghaiDigital Marketing
Recognition
No. 1 in recruiting and No. 11 overall on LinkedIn in Estonia
Favikon ranks LinkedIn creators by country and topic. Its ranking of 16 September 2026 places me here.
No. 1Talent Acquisition and Recruiting creators on LinkedIn, Estonia
No. 11All LinkedIn creators in Estonia, in the top 200 list
15,000+followers on LinkedIn, where I write every day
About
Founder, headhunter, professor
I co-founded The Copy Broker in 2017 and grew it into a content agency of 32 people working across Europe, with no office. Over 6 years I personally hired more than 120 remote professionals. I exited in 2023.
The hiring process I built there became the vetting method of Euro Remote Talent, the headhunting firm I run today from Tallinn. I find and vet European talent for remote companies, including people who are not looking for a job. So far 1,500 professionals have been hired through Euro Remote Talent.
I started teaching in business schools in 2018, first in Shanghai and today at Riga Business School, where my MBA sessions cover LinkedIn positioning, content and search. I write on LinkedIn every day for more than 15,000 followers, and Favikon ranks me number 11 among all LinkedIn creators in Estonia.
Short bio for your programme
Julien Sicard is the founder of Euro Remote Talent, where he headhunts European talent for remote companies. He previously built a 32-person fully remote content agency and personally hired more than 120 people. He teaches digital marketing on the MBA programme at Riga Business School and lives in Tallinn.
Longer bio
Julien Sicard is a headhunter, former agency founder and business school professor based in Tallinn, Estonia. He co-founded The Copy Broker in 2017 and grew it into a 32-person fully remote content agency across Europe, personally hiring more than 120 remote professionals before exiting in 2023. He now runs Euro Remote Talent, a headhunting firm that finds European talent for remote companies and through which 1,500 professionals have been hired. He has taught at 5 business schools and universities since 2018, including ESSCA and emlyon business school in Shanghai, and today teaches digital marketing on the MBA programme at Riga Business School. In September 2026 Favikon ranked him the number 1 recruiting creator and the number 11 creator overall on LinkedIn in Estonia. He has spoken at Cloud Connect, LinkedIn Local Shanghai and Nomad Summit.
Working with organisers
What you can expect from me
Practice, not theory
Everything on stage comes from a company I built or a search I ran. When I give a number, it is mine.
A teacher's structure
Years of MBA classrooms taught me to give a session a clear arc and something people can use the next morning.
Built for your room
I adapt the examples to who is listening, whether that is search specialists, agency owners or people leaders.
Based in
Tallinn, Estonia
Speaks at
Marketing, search and people events across Europe
Language
English
Formats
Keynote, workshop, panel
Planning a programme? Let's talk about your audience.
A short call is enough to see whether a talk fits your event. You can also send me the details here.
