Mathieu Ritter

Co-Founder

Berlin, Berlin, Germany18 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded a successful recruitment agency.
Placed hundreds of tech talents globally.
Recognized as a top mentor in talent acquisition.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruitment Expert specializing in tech talent acquisition across various industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingJob CoachingInterview Skills TrainingEvent Management

Other Skills

AtelierCareer CounselingCareer Development CoachingCareer GuidanceCommunicationConsultingContract NegotiationContract RecruitmentCreative DirectionDigital MarketingDigital MediaExecutive SearchGlobal Talent AcquisitionHeadhuntHeadhunting

About

Visit our website if you´re hiring talents or looking for a job: https://www.undiscovered-talent.com/ As Recruitment Expert, with now 32000+ followers on Linkedin, I placed hundreds of tech talents mostly in Germany and Europe but also worldwide. I love to guide talents & businesses towards success stories by scoping their expectations, studying growth perspectives & tackling recruitment challenges together. I founded my own agency hiring permanent and freelance talents for start-ups, VC’s, brands/corporations, innovation labs, consultancies & agencies across the world. My focus is finding the very best talents who concept, design, code, market & sell innovative digital products & services. From UX/UI Designer, Product Design Leader, Head of Product, Engineering Manager up to VP of Design & CEO´s, I have a a strong network of international & local candidates. My understanding of the design, product, IT & marketing industries and my reactivity are acknowledged within the industry. Please reach out if your want to talk about your hiring challenges (companies) or job search (candidates). We can grab a coffee and also speak about french food, design or anything else. I am always happy to meet new people 🙂

Experience

Hatch conference

Break out Session Host

Sep 2025 – Sep 2025 · 0 mo · Berlin, Germany · On-site

• breakout session host I interview mock session for Product Designers I together with Fernando Visockis, Design Manager @Ableton

Push ux

Break out Session Host

Nov 2024 – Nov 2024 · 0 mo · Munich, Bavaria, Germany · On-site

breakout session host "Master your UX Designer Job Application"
covered best practices on : documents (CV-Portfolio-Linkedin) I job hunt techniques I interview preps & more

Hatch conference

Break-out Session Host

Sep 2024 – Sep 2024 · 0 mo · Berlin, Germany · On-site

breakout session host I interview mock session for Senior/Lead Product Designers I together with Timo Ilola (VP of Design @Taxfix)
hosted portfolio review sessions

Interview Skills TrainingPortfolio OptimizationWorkshopping

Employed.world

Career Mentor

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

Mentoring unemployed Product/UX Designers & UX Researchers to help them mastering their Resume, Portfolio and job search techniques in order to get employed.

Adplist.org

(Design) Job Search Mentor - certified as Top 1% ADPList Mentor in Talent Acquisition

Apr 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Berlin · Remote

Mentoring Product Designers (UX/UI), Engineers & PM´s who are trying to land a (new) position.
Providing guidance in following areas :
📌 portfolio review (structure, content, look & feel, pain points, improvements tips...)
📌 job hunt strategy & career guidance
📌 market insights
📌 interview technics
🔑 Key achievement(s) :
helped dozens of candidates making it to the interview stage & securing a job
awarded as a "Top 100 Mentor" in Graphic Design (2025)

Job CoachingStaffing ServicesCareer Development CoachingCareer Counseling

Undiscovered

Founder / Recruitment Expert in Design, Product, Engineering & Marketing

Apr 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 11 mos · Berlin Area, Germany · Hybrid

Visit us : 🔗 https://www.undiscovered-talent.com/
Our mission:
✨ For companies : We hire the very best talent so that you don´t have to!
(100% success based fee or embedded in-house, also executive search)
✨ For jobseekers: We help you land you dream job, in your dream company.
Hiring for Design-, Product-, Engineering-, AI-, Marketing- & Sales Teams (both freelancers & permanent employees)
Recruiting talents for (SaaS) start-ups, scale-ups, agencies & product companies primary across Germany & Europe but also in the US & worldwide, all with a little focus in growing product & design teams 🙂
Placed talents at Babbel, Contentful, Meta, Tomorrow Bank, Daimler, Bosch e-bikes, Wolt, Neugelb (Commerzbank), holi.social, Plugsurfing, AKQA, Pliant, 7Mind, Strichpunkt, DAYONE & many more!
Areas covered : Design (Product, UX/UI, Service, Brand, Motion/3D) I Software & AI Engineering-IT-Technology I Product Management / Client Services I Marketing, Strategy & Planning I Production & Delivery I managerial & c-level roles (Directors, VP Design, VP Product, CTO, CCO, CDO, CEO, MD..)

RecruitingTechnical RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionJob CoachingStaffing ServicesCareer Development Coaching+8

Cogs agency

Principal Recruitment Consultant (1st Recruiter for the Berlin office & European Markets)

Feb 2012 – Feb 2014 · 2 yrs · Berlin Area, Germany

Recruiting digital talents in Germany & all across Europe (London, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague)
as 1st hire in Germany I was building-up from scratch but also heading up the Berlin office & operations
Mentoring new team recruits
In charge of new business, building-up a solid & diverse client portfolio in Europe
🔑 Key achievement(s) : made the business profitable from the 1st year after opening in Germany + hired 3 colleagues + built a solid European wide client portfolio

RecruitingJob CoachingStaffing ServicesContract RecruitmentTeam ManagementNew Business Development+3

Bpi group

HR Consultant

Apr 2009 – Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Strasbourg Area, France

HR Consulting, Recruiting, Career Coaching (1:1 + group sessions) in an Outplacement context (layoffs) I Clients: Continental, PSA, LAMBERET, etc..
🔑 Key achievement(s) : helped dozens of candidates find a new job after being laid-off + assisting them in their career transition

Job CoachingMarketingCareer Counseling

Crit

Recruitment Consultant

Jul 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos · Haguenau, FRANCE

Recruitment of French/German bilingual candidates for German companies (Dr. Oetker, Mercedes-Benz, Michelin, Ihle Reifen, A.T.U, Gaggenau, etc..).
🔑 Key achievement(s) : increased the yearly revenue by 35% during the 1st year & placed dozens of French talents in top jobs in Germany

Job CoachingContract RecruitmentExecutive SearchNew Business DevelopmentContract NegotiationMarketing

Sig strasbourg

Assistant to the Head of Marketing & Advertising (Patrice Harquel)

Apr 2006 – Aug 2006 · 4 mos · Strasbourg, FRANCE

Internship for my Bachelor in Sportsmarketing / PRO A (French 1st League) professional Basketball Team /
✔️ Sponsoring activities (writing partnership/sponsoring offers, presenting offers to executives from companies & institutions, sales of the VIP packages/offering)
✔️ Organisation of the sports games & all animations around it (company dinners, booking of artists, bands, dancers & other performers...)
✔️ Host & Co-Organisator (together with the League) of the Olympic preparation tournament for the French National Basketball Team (organisation of partnerships, sponsoring, hospitality for the 4 teams, logistics, food suppliers, animation of the games, communication, PR, briefing of volunteers...)

CommunicationSports MarketingEvent ManagementDigital MarketingMarketingsponsoring