Industries Media, performance and commercial hires
Media, performance and commercial hires
for the marketing and advertising ecosystem.
Ten years inside the marketing and advertising ecosystem. We place the media, performance, programmatic, data and commercial people that agencies, brands, platforms and publishers run on, across EMEA, APAC and AMER.
What we cover
Where the work actually sits.
Most of our searches sit where media buying, data and commercial teams meet. These are the areas we know best.
- Paid media and performance
- Biddable search and paid social, performance planning, and the growth teams around them.
- Programmatic and ad tech
- Trading, ad operations, DSP and SSP specialists, and ad-tech partnerships.
- Media planning and investment
- Planning, buying and investment roles, agency side and client side.
- Data and measurement
- Analytics, attribution, marketing science and data-strategy roles.
- Sales and commercial
- Publisher and platform sales, partnerships and agency new business.
Roles we search for
Leadership hires and specialist roles.
Leadership
- Managing directors and general managers
- Heads of biddable, programmatic and performance
- Chief strategy and chief media officers
- Commercial and sales directors
Specialist
- Paid search and paid social managers
- Programmatic traders and ad operations leads
- Media planners and buyers
- Marketing analysts and measurement leads
- Account directors and client partners
Clients
Who we hire for.
- Agencies
- Independent and network media, performance and creative agencies.
- Brands
- In-house marketing, media and growth teams.
- Platforms and ad tech
- Ad-tech companies, marketplaces and the platforms advertisers buy from.
- Publishers and broadcasters
- Commercial, sales and audience teams.
How we work
A short, honest process.
i.
Brief and calibrate
Ninety minutes with the hiring lead before the search starts moving, and a push-back wherever the brief has gone stale or the job description is fighting the role.
ii.
Reference-led longlist
Around two weeks of network-driven longlisting. You see the shape of the market before any CV lands in your inbox.
iii.
Shortlist worth interviewing
Three candidates presented together, each with a one-page written read covering track record, role fit and motivation.
iv.
Process and close
Interviews, references, offer and counter-offer handled inside the engagement, with a real conversation at the ninety-day mark.