Recruiting talent for Marketing & Communication role
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The sector
This sector faces some challenges with shortage, especially in the area of data-driven Marketing. Emerging hybrid roles like Marketing AI Specialist or Marketing Engineer, where professionals blend marketing, data analytics, and tech skills are in high demand.
Our expertise
Marketing & Communications roles require creativity, data fluency, and brand storytelling. Also, as the sector becomes more and more technical, we have to adapt our approach.
We understand the full marketing & comms spectrum so we can engage with hiring managers and candidates credibly:
- Core marketing disciplines: brand management, product marketing, content marketing, digital marketing, growth marketing, events.
- Communications functions: corporate comms, PR, crisis comms, internal comms, investor relations.
- Digital & performance marketing: SEO/SEM, PPC, social media, email automation, web analytics, conversion optimization.
- Creative & production skills: copywriting, graphic design basics, video production, campaign concepting.
We are also familiar with the key Tools & Platforms:
- Marketing tech stack: HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Pardot
- Analytics & SEO tools: Google Analytics 4, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Moz.
- Social & content tools: Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite.
- Project management: Asana, Trello, Monday.com (especially in campaign coordination).
We understand the Marketing Metrics & KPIs
- Familiarity with brand metrics: awareness, sentiment, share of voice.
- Digital KPIs: CTR, CPC, CPA, ROAS, conversion rates.
- Content KPIs: engagement rate, dwell time, lead quality.
- For communications roles: media coverage reach, internal engagement scores, crisis resolution times.
Beyond the technical and data aspects, we pay attention to the candidate’s cultural & brand sensitivity:
- Understanding tone of voice and brand positioning—the wrong cultural fit in marketing/comms can dilute brand identity.
- Awareness of DEI in messaging and campaigns—representation matters internally and externally.
- Respecting creative process timelines while still ensuring recruitment speed.
We are able to source the best talent as we:
- Leverage creative and marketing communities: LinkedIn groups, Behance, Dribbble, marketing Slack channels.
- Hunt in non-obvious spaces: competitor campaign credits, bylines on industry blogs, social media influencers with brand experience…
- Focus on creative freedom and innovation culture—marketers want to know they can experiment.
- Highlight budget authority and leadership support for campaigns.
- Showcase brand vision & values—these professionals are passionate about working for brands they believe in.
If needed, we are able to set up specific assessments centres covering:
- Evaluating creativity & storytelling ability (via portfolio review, campaign results, writing samples).
- Identifying data-driven decision-making—can they back creative ideas with ROI metrics?
- Spotting soft skills: adaptability, stakeholder influence, brand advocacy, cross-functional collaboration.
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