About Talent Atlas
Who We Are
Talent Atlas is an international studio, based in South Africa, with team members in South Korea, and the USA - leading to a global reach. We guide professionals and businesses through the art and strategy of standing out. Your experience becomes your story. Your story becomes your advantage.
Talent Atlas began as a career consulting practice, helping people rise above generic CVs and crowded job markets. Over time, our work expanded into brand identity, content, and business development support for growing companies. Today, we are a dual-discipline studio:
A career consultancy for individuals
and
A creative solutions partner for businesses.
Every client receives careful attention, thoughtful strategy, and work shaped with purpose.
Our Approach
We believe progress begins with clarity. We listen, we analyse, and we create work that is both beautiful and effective.
For Careers
- Discovery: Understanding your goals, ambitions, and the roles that match your potential.
- Keyword and market mapping: study real job descriptions and align your content with industry language.
- ATS-ready build: Clean layouts, strong verbs, consistent structure, and global standards.
- Impact-driven storytelling: Measured results, human voice, and a narrative that reflects your direction.
- LinkedIn optimisation: Search-friendly headlines, branded summaries, and professional presence.
- Refinement and coaching: Practical edits, interview guidance, and templates for reaching hiring managers.
For Businesses
- Brand clarity: Defining voice, identity, and value in a way your market understands instantly.
- Recruitment and talent support: Beautifully structured job ads, employer branding, and recruitment guidance.
- Content and presence: Cohesive digital assets, messaging, and storytelling that strengthen your name.
The result remains the same across every service: Work that is clear, confident, and designed for growth.
Mattheus Rikus Wessels, Founder & Lead Strategist (Global)
Mattheus Wessels is the Founder and Lead Strategist of Talent Atlas, a business and career studio supporting people and organisations navigating complex transitions across industries, borders, and systems.
With over fifteen years of international experience across South Africa, South Korea, the United States, and Europe, his work sits at the intersection of people, operations, and strategy. He has led large-scale people and operations functions, including international recruitment, HR governance, organisational design, and leadership support within multi-site, global organisations.
At Talent Atlas, Mattheus leads strategy across career development, employer branding, recruitment marketing, and creative business services. His approach combines structural clarity with human insight, helping individuals and organisations make confident, sustainable progress in global environments.
He believes good strategy should feel steady, not overwhelming. When systems are clear and stories are aligned, growth follows naturally.
AeYoung Park, Client Success Manager, Korea
AeYoung brings precision, cultural fluency, and quiet strategic strength to Talent Atlas’ Korean market operations. As Client Success Manager for Korea, she leads localized digital marketing across key Korean platforms including Naver and Daum, ensuring Talent Atlas content is not only visible but culturally and contextually effective.
With a strong background in English translation and cross cultural communication, AeYoung manages Korean to English translations with care and accuracy, bridging nuance rather than merely converting words. Her work ensures that Korean talent, brands, and messages are presented clearly and competitively to global audiences.
Grounded, meticulous, and people focused, AeYoung plays a pivotal role in helping Talent Atlas translate opportunity across borders, one platform and one sentence at a time. The compass stays steady when she is holding it.
Leo Lee, Client Manager, Korea
Leo brings calm precision and cultural fluency to his role as Client Manager (Korea) at Talent Atlas.
He partners closely with corporate clients, shaping brand presence and employer narratives with intention and polish.
With over a decade of experience across the Tech and Education sectors in South Korea, Leo has developed a sharp eye for design and an instinctive grasp of intercultural communication. He translates complexity into clarity, aligning global ambition with local nuance.
In short, he helps brands speak beautifully, and be understood the first time.
Mari Holt, Client Manager (North America) & Writer
Mari Holt is the Client Manager and Writer for the USA & Canada at Talent Atlas, supporting professionals and organisations across highly regulated and detail-driven sectors.
She brings experience from both Legal and Medical recruitment, where precision, discretion, and clarity are essential. Alongside her recruitment background, Mari has worked freelance as a copywriter and CV and résumé writer, giving her a strong grasp of how experience should be positioned for real decision-makers, not just algorithms.
At Talent Atlas, Mari works closely with clients to refine career narratives, manage hiring processes, and ensure communication remains clear, thoughtful, and outcome-focused. Her strength lies in translating complex professional histories into stories that are accurate, compelling, and easy to trust.
Practical, attentive, and people-centred, Mari helps clients move forward with confidence in competitive U.S. markets.