API Partners

API Partners is a specialized recruitment firm that has been shaping careers for decades in the built environment professions. Based in New York's Midtown Manhattan, the company focuses exclusively on connecting top-tier talent with leading architecture, engineering, and design firms. API Partners combines deep industry expertise with strategic career development services to serve both candidates and clients in the AEC sector.

API Partners operates as a boutique recruitment consultancy with a laser focus on the built environment professions. The firm specializes in executive-level placements within architecture, interior design, engineering, and construction firms, leveraging decades of industry experience to understand the unique challenges and opportunities within these sectors.

The company's approach centers on building long-term relationships with both candidates and clients, offering strategic career development services alongside traditional recruitment. Their Active Talent service provides a discreet platform for industry leaders to explore new career opportunities, while their portfolio development services help built environment professionals strategically advance their careers.

Led by seasoned principals Tim Furzer and Victoria Mininni, who bring a combined 28+ years of AEC industry recruitment experience, API Partners has established itself as a trusted advisor to some of the world's most prominent architecture, interior design, and engineering firms. The team's deep understanding of industry dynamics, from licensure pathways to demographic trends, enables them to provide informed guidance to all stakeholders.

Beyond recruitment, API Partners also serves as an M&A advisor to A/E firms, offering strategic consulting services that complement their talent acquisition expertise. This holistic approach allows them to support firms not just with their immediate hiring needs, but also with broader strategic growth initiatives.