Executive Search Recruitment

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Unparalleled expertise in marketing, digital and ecommerce senior executive recruitment.

The Candidate Executive

We are proud to be specialist recruiters in C-Suite, Director, and "Heads of" levels within ecommerce, digital, and marketing for agencies and businesses. Our trusted and respected consultants have over 4 decades of combined experience and will deliver your business the best talent with a perfect cultural fit for your team.

Well Connected
One of our key strengths is the quality of our network, with over 70,000 LinkedIn connections, rich, local and nationwide partnerships, and the extensive experience we have in placing candidates in senior roles. Whether you're a high-growth technology business, an SME requiring senior talent to add organisational structure, or a corporate client, we share your demand for the leading executive-level talent in the market.

Sector Specialists
We are highly experienced in recruiting at a senior level across all sectors including ecommerce, travel, financial services, professional services, retail, property, utilities, ecommerce, and telecoms. We cover The Northwest, across the UK and beyond. Our clients include businesses like Aston Martin, Wavemaker, Social Chain, Manchester Airport Group (CAVU), Beauty Works, Easy Fundraising, eDays and top UK 50 scale-ups and private equity-backed businesses.

Confidential Recruitment
With a history of successful engagements, The Candidate delivers a confidential and unparalleled service in the upper levels of digital marketing recruitment. We work with business owners and senior Directors on sensitive and private briefs that ensure no relationships are ever compromised whilst your business continues to trade unaffected.

The Engagement

When working with a recruiter as a client or senior candidate, it's crucial that they fully understand your company, the specific role, and the challenges you're facing. This knowledge is essential for finding the right candidate who can make a significant impact.

The key factors in a successful engagement are the following;

Culture - Will you/they fit and be right to lead in the environment?

Skillset - Do you/they have tangible successes to measure up with?

Network - Does the recruiter have the network to attract the right talent?

Motivation - What is the key motivators for the person to move? Money, responsibility, location or business?

To ensure your business's time and resources are used efficiently throughout the recruitment process, we will carefully consider all these factors at every stage.

The Search and Selection

Our meticulous approach to recruitment, combined with our extensive industry experience, ensures we deliver a personalised and effective service. We carefully assess both skillset and personality to identify the ideal candidate. Through in-depth face-to-face interviews, we align executive talent with the specific requirements of your role, ensuring a long-term fit for your organisation.

For example, when recently recruiting for a Chief Marketing Officer, we have delved into specific areas such as experience in driving online brand awareness, managing digital campaigns, leveraging data analytics, building and leading teams, and developing innovative strategy. We also conducted a comprehensive assessment of both technical skills and soft competencies. This ensures that our candidates not only meet the technical prerequisites but are also culturally compatible and aligned with your organisation's long-term goals.

The Appointment

Once we've selected the ideal candidate, we'll finalise the details with them and your business.

Our services can include:

Package negotiation: We'll handle the delicate negotiations around salary, work terms, and bonuses.

Reference checks: We can conduct reference checks at any stage of the recruitment process with the candidate's permission.

Start date coordination: We'll help negotiate start dates to align with your needs, especially considering long notice periods and contract covenants common in executive-level roles.

Team introductions: We can arrange for the candidate to meet your team and participate in introductory sessions.

Our commitment is to provide a seamless, end-to-end recruitment experience that takes the hassle out of finding top-level talent.

Case Studies

Client Experiences

Beauty Works

Successful Executive Search for Sales Director in Expanding E-Commerce Beauty Business.

Case Studies

Easy Fundraising

Successful Recruitment for Head of Digital Performance at Leading Charity Cashback Platform

Case Studies

Edays

Transforming Recruitment for an HR SaaS Provider: A Case Study

Case Studies

Our Executive Search Recruitment Team

Our Wider Team

Laura Walters, Recruitment Board Director

Brian Matthews, Managing Partner

Elliot Jones, Recruitment Director

Simon Clarke, Head of Agency

Natasha Munro, Executive Search Recruitment Resourcer

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Our Expertise

The Candidate is the leading marketing recruitment agency sourcing the UK’s top talent in digital, marketing, analytics, creative and technology. We’re proud to support the future of UK businesses and beyond.

Digital

We're the best recruitment agency for digital marketing jobs in the UK, having placed thousands of candidates in digital jobs since 2012. Our extensive database and effective sourcing techniques mean that we’re the experts in digital recruitment, identifying the best candidates for our clients’ openings in quick timescales resulting in long-term placements.

Marketing

We understand how to recruit the best candidates for the marketing jobs we recruit for as many of us are from marketing backgrounds. Coupled with an outstanding recruitment service, we help candidates develop their marketing careers in some of the best job opportunities in the UK. Whether it’s a marketing agency position, or client-side opportunity, we’ll work to ensure the best recruitment experience and outcome for clients and candidates.

Analytics

Data and analytics jobs complement the marketing recruitment we undertake for many of our clients. We’ve built a large database of many top-quality candidates and have a record of working with clients to effectively place them in both permanent and contract roles. Our specialist recruiters in this area will advise you on the level of candidate you’ll need to ensure effective recruitment to complete any project or ongoing role.

Creative

We have many creative jobs available at all levels across this inspiring and ever evolving industry. We’ve worked with candidates throughout their creative careers and worked with many agencies and companies on the best creative jobs in Manchester and across the UK. Our creative consultants will work to identify the best candidates, whether they are active or passive, from our extensive creative database.

Technology

Work with the best tech recruitment agency who has placed candidates in many tech jobs, including recruitment of developers of all types, engineers, leads, designers and project managers to name a few. Our tech recruitment consultants understand emerging tech and what clients need in order to fulfil their projects. We have candidates available to immediately fill contract and permanent roles.

Contact us

Whether you're seeking your next career move or need expert recruitment advice in Marketing, Digital, eCommerce, Creative, Technology, Data, BI or Analytics, contact us for confidential, specialist advice.

Trusted Recruitment Partners

We're recruitment experts, partnering with industry leaders across all sectors to fill their talent gaps. Let us help you find the perfect fit for your business, too.

Executive Search Recruitment