Hire the marketer who knows what growth needs next.

Permanent recruitment for Heads of Marketing, Marketing Directors, Vice Presidents of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officers at UK startups and scaleups.

Start with the work

A broad marketing title can hide a very specific problem to solve.

Some businesses need demand. Others need positioning, product marketing, a category story or a team that can finally connect the work. The right search begins by naming the constraint. We then look for leaders who have solved that kind of problem with comparable resources, customers and commercial expectations.

Typical mandates

Titles change. The work decides the level.

Head of Marketing

Marketing Director

Vice President of Marketing

Chief Marketing Officer

Evidence we test

What needs to survive a proper conversation.

A clear diagnosis

The ability to identify whether the real problem is demand, conversion, positioning, retention or something else.

Commercial connection

Evidence that marketing choices were tied to revenue, customer behaviour and the wider company plan.

Useful range

Enough breadth to lead the function, with honest depth in the disciplines that matter most for this stage.

Resource judgement

A record of choosing what to build internally, where to use partners and what the budget can realistically achieve.

When the role is ready

Signals that the brief is worth writing.

Growth has become less predictable and the business needs a clearer diagnosis.
Sales, product and marketing are working from different versions of the customer.
The company has outgrown campaign led activity and needs a coherent function.
A new category, product or market requires sharper positioning and leadership.

Our initial target

Three to five people worth meeting.

We target an initial shortlist of three to five screened and interested candidates within seven working days of an agreed brief and signed terms.

See the full shortlist standard

Useful answers

Before you brief the search.

Which marketing leadership roles does Search Studio recruit?

We recruit permanent marketing leadership roles from Head of Marketing through to Chief Marketing Officer for UK startups and scaleups.

Do candidates need experience in our exact sector?

Not always. We test which parts of the market context are essential and where evidence from an adjacent sector may be more useful than a familiar logo.

What is the Search Studio fee?

There is no upfront charge. Our 12.5% success fee is based on base salary only and becomes payable when the chosen candidate signs their employment contract.

Other functions

Search across the leadership team.

Permanent marketing leadership search for UK startups and scaleups.

Bring us the role. Leave with a clearer brief.

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