🎯 Hiring for Creative and Marketing Agencies
Running a creative or marketing agency means constantly juggling client deadlines, pitches, creative delivery, and results. Hiring the right talent is essential to keeping campaigns on track and clients happy. But recruitment can be unpredictable, time-consuming, and a serious distraction from client work.
🚩 The Hiring Challenge for Creative and Marketing Agencies
- High churn, especially at mid-levels like Account Manager and Account Director.
- Difficulty finding candidates who balance creativity with commercial thinking.
- You need people who can handle pressure, collaborate with clients, and thrive in fast-paced environments.
- Every hour spent recruiting is an hour not spent delivering for clients.
- Many agencies are not set up for proactive headhunting or targeting passive talent.
🧠 How Westminster Search Helps
- We specialise in helping creative, marketing, and digital agencies find candidates who understand agency life.
- We look for people who blend creativity, strategy, and resilience — individuals who can thrive in client-facing roles while driving campaigns forward.
- Our approach combines headhunting, digital marketing, network outreach, and traditional sourcing to uncover the best candidates — whether they are actively searching or not.
- You stay focused on clients and delivery. We handle the search, the outreach, and the screening.
💡 The Outcome
You get candidates who are client-ready, commercially sharp, creatively driven, and culturally aligned. People who can hit the ground running and contribute to your agency’s growth — without the hiring headache.
🔍 Our Process: How We Find People Who Shape the Debate
At Westminster Search, we specialise in finding candidates who deliver results, drive campaigns, influence audiences, and bring creative ideas to life. In short, we help agencies hire the people who shape narratives and deliver change.
At the very top of the recruitment funnel, we combine:
- Deep candidate networks built over 15 years in recruitment
- A sharp ability to spot and assess quality candidates
- Digital engagement techniques that reach both active job seekers and the hidden talent most agencies miss
🚀 Our Recruitment Process
1️⃣ Client Briefing and Job Analysis
We begin by asking:
“What impact will this person have for your clients, your campaigns, and your agency?”
From there, we reverse-engineer the skills, experience, and mindset needed, then build a sourcing strategy to deliver.
2️⃣ Candidate Sourcing, Attraction, and Marketing
Our method blends:
- Direct headhunting
- Targeted advertising
- Digital campaigns to raise awareness
- Engagement with our existing network
- Referrals, recommendations, and outreach
This ensures we reach both active job seekers and passive talent.
3️⃣ Screening and Shortlisting
We aim to present 3 to 5 interview-ready candidates.
Our CASE framework assesses:
- Challenges – What have they overcome?
- Attitude – Are they resilient, collaborative, and client-focused?
- Skills – Do they bring the capabilities needed?
- Experience – Does their track record align with your brief?
4️⃣ Interviews and Assessment Support
We assist with:
- Interview planning and design
- Candidate feedback loops
- Logistics and coordination
- Designing tasks or presentations if required
5️⃣ Offer Management and Onboarding
Offers can be tricky. We help manage:
- Salary negotiations
- Counteroffers
- Timelines and notice periods
- Ensuring all sides are clear, aligned, and comfortable
6️⃣ Post-Placement Support
We stay in touch to ensure a smooth transition for both you and your new hire.
💼 Your Investment
Recruitment is an investment in your agency’s growth, delivery, and future success. Our pricing is fully transparent and designed to align with how value is created in agency businesses.
🤝 The Partnership Model
- 1% of the candidate’s first-year salary per month, for every month they are employed (up to 24 months)
- Pay only while the candidate remains in post
- If the candidate leaves, payments stop
This smooths your cash flow and links costs directly to the value the hire delivers.
📄 The Project Model
- 15% of first-year salary for a standard (non-exclusive) search
- 10% for an exclusive assignment
- Includes a 3-month replacement guarantee
💡 Payment Terms
- Standard 30-day payment terms
- Flexible options can be discussed — just ask
💬 Questions?
If you would like to discuss which pricing model is right for your agency, just get in touch.
⭐️ Proven Success: What Our Clients and Candidates Say
“Westminster Search does not waste time with marginal candidates. Those who reach your attention are all people you would want to hire. The challenge becomes which one to choose.”
Gregory – Managing Director
“Joe genuinely cares about the people he is working with and knows that finding the right job and the right person for the role can be a life-changing experience. I couldn’t recommend Westminster Search highly enough.”
Haude – Senior Consultant – Public Policy
“Joseph helped me obtain my current role. He was very helpful with advice about the company, interview tips, and passed on information quickly after each stage. I would recommend his assistance when looking for a new role.”
Priya – Account Manager – PR Agency
“Westminster Search is easy to use and most importantly, Joseph is fantastic. He knows what type of jobs would suit you and provides amazing support, from the start of the process right through to the end and beyond.”
Samantha – Public Affairs Agency
📈 Track Record of Successful Placements
Recent roles we have filled include:
- Account Director – Creative Agency
- Senior Account Manager – Digital Marketing Agency
- Account Executive – PR and Communications Agency
- Strategy Director – Integrated Marketing Agency
- Head of Political Monitoring – Media and Data Provider
- Account Manager – Planning and Property Communications
- Senior Account Executive – Award-Winning Consultancy
When you partner with Westminster Search, you are working with a recruiter who understands the agency world, the demands of creative delivery, and the importance of hiring the right talent to drive success.
🚀 Ready to Hire?
If you are hiring — whether for a creative role, an account lead, or a growth-driving strategist — let’s talk.
I am always happy to offer advice, discuss the market, and help you plan for current or future hiring needs.
📅 Book a Consultation
📞 Call Me Directly
07432 628 979
📧 Send Me an Email
Let’s work together to hire the people who will shape campaigns, delight clients, and drive creative and commercial success.
How to Apply
To apply for this vacancy, please email joseph.henry@westminstersearch.com
Please attach a CV with your application.
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