Talent is the lifeblood of every company. It’s the creative, innovative, and forward-thinking employees who push a company forward, pioneering new solutions and positioning your business as a market-leader, not a follower.
The problem? Well, anyone who’s tried to recruit marketing professionals in the UK knows great talent is like gold dust. For every impressive candidate, there’s a blizzard of CVs and submissions you’ve got to wade through.
Even worse, you may spend weeks filtering CVs only to realise none of the candidates meet your expectations. The solution? Simple – hire a specialist marketing recruitment agency to handle every stage of the search. Here’s why.
Recruitment for Marketing Jobs in 2025
Marketing is one of the biggest sectors in the UK. As of 2021, approximately 225,000 individuals were employed in the UK’s advertising and marketing sub-sector, up from 148,000 a decade prior.
Current Market Challenges
Competition for talent. UK marketing firms are always looking for fresh talent. Unfortunately, at present, there’s a major skills shortage with only 1 qualified person available for every 7 digital vacancies. [Amazon]
Salary increases. Competition for workers forces companies to raise salaries to compete. The average salary for a marketing professional rose by 2.6% in 2024. As wages rise, companies want a guarantee that each employee will deliver a solid ROI. [Prospect]
Sector growth. Everyone wants more marketers, especially with the dominance of digital marketing. The sector is predicted to grow by more than 8% from 2024 to 2033, further exacerbating the skills shortage and competition. [Prospect]
Unless companies can counter these challenges, they risk settling for lower-quality staff. That has a ripple effect on marketing campaign success, company reputation, and future growth. After all, marketing is the seed from which all profits grow.
Why Trust a Specialised Marketing Recruitment Agency
Not Enough Time and Resources
You don’t have the time or resources to invest in finding the best candidates. If you did, you wouldn’t need to hire anyone in the first place – you’d have excess capacity.
Try to do things in-house, and you’ll inevitably rush the process. Your existing team, from the managers to HR, has to add recruitment to their existing priorities. That either squeezes your productive capacity or lowers the quality of your hires.
It’s a fundamental mistake – and one you can’t afford.
Most companies don’t just hire in-house; they fail to track whether their practices result in satisfactory hires. It’s about bums on seats, not productivity and success.
A specialist marketing recruitment agency has the time and resources to see things differently. They focus on outcomes, experiences, and hunting through the candidates to find that golden needle in a haystack. The difference is night and day.
Avoid Poor Quality Candidates
The experience of a candidate matters. According to Oxford Economics, it takes a staff member from another firm 15 weeks to reach optimal productivity, 32 weeks for a worker from another sector, and 40 weeks for a new graduate.
The slower this process, the more money you lose.
That assumes the candidates are of a reasonable calibre. If you make a mistake, the costs aren’t just a wasted salary – the REC notes that a poor hire at mid-manager level with a salary of £42,000 can have a knock-on cost of more than £132,000 (in 2017).
Specialist marketing recruitment agencies mitigate these risks by:
Screening candidates for experience, qualifications, and portfolio.
Testing their technical skills and industry know-how via in-depth interviews.
Identifying red flags based on a candidate's past performance.
Determining if they’re a good fit for your company culture and ethos.
You can’t trust a generic recruiting agency either. They lack the deep industry knowledge and connections that filter for the best talent.
Find Candidates in a Specific Niche
Looking for a candidate in a specific niche? Maybe you’re a marketing firm tailored to the health sector. Or maybe you want an SEO technical specialist. Whatever your criteria, filling these roles isn’t just finding a needle in a haystack – you’re hunting for Wonka’s golden ticket.
The Do-It-Yourself approach to marketing jobs isn’t going to cut it. You’ll spend weeks or months screening hundreds of candidates with little to no luck.
Why? You lack the networking skills to attract these kinds of niche candidates.
Think about it – you wouldn’t handle a broken toilet in-house, or ask your IT team to rewire the electrics. These are difficult jobs suited to an outside specialist. So, why gamble with your hiring?
Trusting a specialist marketing recruitment agency that knows where to find hidden talent lets you sit back, relax, and pick from the cream of the crop. No stress. No mistakes. Just exceptional candidates that meet your requirements.
High Cost of Internal Hiring
Internal hiring costs a small fortune. That’s a fact.
Not only do you have to divert your team’s time and attention away from more important tasks, but you’re likely to spend longer searching than an external agency.
Every week without a hire means lost productivity, slower growth, and added pressure on existing staff. In fact, UK firms take around 40 days to fill a vacant role.
Then there’s the cost of advertising roles, applicant tracking software, screening tools, and onboarding delays. Those costs add up – fast! And if you make the wrong hire? The expense can spiral (as we’ve seen).
Working with a marketing recruitment agency can reduce these costs by speeding up hiring and guaranteeing that you get the right candidate from the start.
A Marketing Recruitment Agency You Can Trust
We’re not just a marketing recruitment agency – we’re the marketing recruitment agency.
Get Recruited has over 30 years of combined experience finding exceptional candidates who can transform your business. We’ve placed 8,000+ candidates and maintained a client satisfaction rate of 98%. (Yeah, you read that right!)
We listen to your requirements and develop a unique screening tool that separates the top talent. So, you get to choose from the absolute best.