{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","id":"cmtf13est006no3nekpdcc8pl","name":"Change State","slug":"change-state","url":"https://www.dhrmap.com/companies/change-state","shortDescription":"Recruitment marketing agency and HR-technology consultancy (programmatic job advertising, candidate experience); acquired by Recruitics.","categories":[{"name":"Recruitment Marketing","slug":"recruitment-marketing"},{"name":"HR Consulting","slug":"hr-consulting"}],"verification":{"status":"unverified","sources":[{"name":"Acquirer page (Recruitics)","url":"https://www.recruitics.com","type":"verification","field":"website","verifiedAt":"2026-10-16"}]},"meta":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-16T15:24:36.993Z","canonical":"https://www.dhrmap.com/companies/change-state","license":"© DHRMap. Facts may be quoted with attribution and a link to the canonical page. Not for bulk redistribution."},"nameShort":"Change State","website":"https://www.recruitics.com","longDescription":"Change State is a full-service recruitment marketing agency and HR technology consultancy founded in 2019. It blends programmatic recruitment advertising and recruitment marketing strategy with deep HR-tech expertise, and built 'Voice by Change State,' a candidate-experience survey tool. The bootstrapped firm was acquired by recruitment-marketing and analytics company Recruitics in September 2025 to expand its AI-driven talent solutions.","hqLocation":"Seattle, Washington, USA","country":"United States","foundedYear":"2019","founder":"Graham Thornton","acquiredBy":"Recruitics","social":{"linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/changestate"},"leadership":[{"name":"Graham Thornton","role":"founder","url":"https://www.dhrmap.com/people/graham-thornton"}],"faq":[{"q":"What does Change State do?","a":"Recruitment marketing agency and HR-technology consultancy (programmatic job advertising, candidate experience); acquired by Recruitics."},{"q":"Where is Change State headquartered?","a":"Change State is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, United States."},{"q":"When was Change State founded?","a":"Change State was founded in 2019."},{"q":"Who founded Change State?","a":"Change State was founded by Graham Thornton."},{"q":"What kind of HR technology is Change State?","a":"Change State is categorized under Recruitment Marketing, HR Consulting on DHRMap."}]}