Creative experts leading the way in Creative Recruitment.

Experienced & trusted Creative Recruiters connecting talent & industry.

The Creative Recruitment team at The Swoop Inn are dedicated Creative Industry specialists who ensure that our clients thrive, whilst securing exciting career opportunities for our talented advertising, graphic design, marketing & production candidates. We work with you, consulting strategically to help you meet & develop your business objectives with confidence.

Lead by The Swoop Inn’s founder & agency owner Matt Lobina (below), we pride ourselves on remaining reliable, efficient & transparent at all times. Placing value in the long lasting professional relationships that we’ve developed over countless successful & well-managed placements since 2014.

At The Swoop Inn, we love & understand that the Creative Industry is unique & constantly evolving - trends & technology change almost as fast as briefs & deadlines - we find that exciting and enjoy sharing our industry knowledge with our clients and talent alike. Please contact us for a chat anytime.

Matt Lobina: Director & Head of Talent

Matt Lobina is a highly regarded & experienced creative industry professional who was born & raised in Sydney, Australia.

After graduating with a Fine Arts degree (and a few months of backpacking), Matt found freelance Art Department work in commercial film & television before eventually falling in love with Graphic Design & Art Direction.

Over the years, his career progressed & evolved into multidisciplinary roles within Creative Direction & Digital Producing along with further professional experience in UI, UX, Copywriting, Retouching, Finished Art & illustration. All of which he still actively continues to work in.

Eventually Matt was head-hunted by ambitious Creatives with the to disrupt recruitment in the Design & Advertising Industry. He eventually moved on and in 2014 and founded his own specialist Creative Recruitment Agency, The Swoop Inn.

Away from Swoop, Matt can be found hanging out with his 2 awesome daughters, cheering on his beloved Parramatta Eels or clinging to a rapidly fading dream of rock & roll stardom.

Get in contact with Matt to discuss how The Swoop Inn can help you find great creative talent or with the next exciting step in your career.

Kendall Seears:
Accounts & Services Manager

An experienced Client Services professional, keeping The Swoop Inn’s Creative Recruitment on track by maintaining systems and processes for key accounts.

Monet Kasia:
Client & Talent Admin COORDINATOR

A Student working her way through University by managing Swoop’s busy admin & allowing the Creative Recruitment Team to focus on more creative things.


Swoop have time and again proved to be super efficient and cost efficient in finding quality freelance talent on demand. Always a pleasure to talk to over the phone, with a can-do attitude making the impossible, possible!
— David, Traffic Manager, Pyrmont
We’ve thrown Matt’s team at The Swoop Inn some really crazy curve balls over the years and they’ve always been amazing in delivering quality freelance design candidates and quality service!
— Belinda, Account Executive, McMahons Point
Never any dramas with Matt & The Swoop Inn, they’re strides ahead.
— Neal, Creative Studio Lead, North Sydney
We’ve sourced freelance Graphic Designers from Swoop since 2014. Not only have they found us top-quality freelancers, but also long-term permanent staff who we have come to rely on as they have added enormous value to our business. They have also been helpful in advising us on how to structure creative teams for particular projects.
— Freya, Publisher, Macquarie Park