Summary
Patrick Mckitrick is a veteran executive search specialist with over 25 years placing senior leaders across Europe’s media, sales and marketing sectors, and 11 years formally recorded in recruitment-focused roles. As head of Associates International, he has built high-performing teams for major broadcasters including Discovery, MTV and RTL, earning client praise for precision targeting and rapid delivery of top-tier talent. He combines deep commercial TV sales experience—from running national sales strategies to directing airtime sales—with hands-on executive search expertise, giving him rare insight into both hiring needs and operational realities. Based in Freiburg, Germany, he is known for turning competitive market constraints into recruitment wins and for a consultative approach that minimizes wasted interview time. An understated strength is his long-standing network across German-speaking media markets, cultivated since the 1980s through senior roles at Thames, Publicis and Korn/Ferry.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Kent College, Canterbury, Kent
BEd, Sociology, Education, BEd, Sociology, Education at University of Sussex, England / Albert Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg Germany
Kent College, Canterbury
German, French