How to hire creative talent in Romania
Romania combines a substantial technology sector with a well-developed advertising industry in Bucharest and Cluj, and has a long track record of outsourced creative production for Western European clients.
What the creative pool in Romania actually looks like.
Good depth in motion design, video post-production and graphic design, with a solid supply of technically capable people from the visual effects and animation side.
- Motion design
- Video editing
- Graphic design
- 3D and CGI
Language, hours, contracts and getting paid.
- Romanian, with strong English across the professional creative population.
- Two hours ahead of London.
- The authorised natural person scheme is widely used for freelance work. Euro transfers are routine.
- Contractor engagements are standard and need no local entity. As elsewhere in the EU, classification rules matter, so the contract should reflect genuine independence.
The boards people in Romania actually use.
Job hunting is local. The global boards you already know have almost no audience here, and the sites that do are not in English and mostly will not take a posting from a company without a local presence.
Well-established general board with good creative coverage.
The largest Romanian recruitment platform.
What catches foreign agencies out.
Bucharest and Cluj behave like different markets with different rates.
Strong English means candidates apply widely, so you are competing with Western European employers.
Or skip all of it and post once.
Everything above is doable on your own. It takes a local number, a local entity on some boards, a translated description and somebody to read applications in Romanian. Elsewhere does that part for you. You write the role once in English, pick your markets, and upload examples of the work you want. We translate it, post it to the local boards, pay the posting fees, and score every applicant’s portfolio against your references before you see them.
- One job description in English, plus examples of the work you are looking for.
- Translation into Romanian, posting to the local boards, and the fees they charge.
- Applicants ranked by how closely their portfolio matches the work you uploaded.
Do I need a local entity to hire someone in Romania?
Not to engage a contractor. Contractor engagements are standard and need no local entity. As elsewhere in the EU, classification rules matter, so the contract should reflect genuine independence. Employing someone on a local payroll is a different question and does normally require an entity or an employer of record.
What language should I write the job description in?
Romanian, with strong English across the professional creative population. Elsewhere translates your English description into the local language automatically, so you write it once.
Which job boards should I post on in Romania?
The boards that matter locally are BestJobs, eJobs. Elsewhere posts to them for you and covers the posting fees.
How much overlap will I get with my working day?
Two hours ahead of London.
How do I pay someone in Romania?
The authorised natural person scheme is widely used for freelance work. Euro transfers are routine.