Colin Telford

Colin’s career began in marketing services organisations after graduating with honours in Business, Marketing & IT from University of Manchester. After progressing through the graduate programme at MediaVest Manchester advertising agency, Colin helped develop and grow the digital advertising and media department working on some of the biggest brands in the UK. After a career break travelling, he then co-launched affiliate marketing business R.O.EYE where he worked full-time through an impressive growth phase which saw him work internationally with clients like eBay in an operational role. Colin remained on the Board of R.O.EYE through the development of its proprietary Singleview software which was acquired by Axel Springer in 2021.

Colin co-launched The Candidate in 2012 with recruitment director Brian Matthews bringing his network and knowledge of the recruitment requirements of the marketing sector. He now oversees the commercial operations, strategic planning and integration of the plan at The Candidate, working with all stakeholders to help deliver best in class recruitment services to clients. By focussing investment on our own hiring, training and software, we have developed one of the most trusted and reputable brands in digital, marketing, creative and analytics recruitment. Colin is working on integrating the best technology to assist our consultants deliver quality and effective hiring for some of the largest brands in the UK and internationally. Colin’s reputation for integrity and commercial acumen brings a fresh of breath air to the recruitment sector.

Clients who want to work with a reputable and trusted recruitment agency and want to chat about how we do things properly and professionally to get the best results.