Headhunting agency for SEO & Performance Marketing teams
We’ve placed search marketing talent at every scale, from founder-stage agencies to global enterprise brands like Rankings.io, SEMrush, Cadence and Sage.
Hire from our private network, vetted by people who’ve built teams like yours. Backed by the industry’s only 1-year guarantee.
We work exclusively in SEO, Paid Media, and Growth teams. Three-year hiring searches resolved in weeks.
Single hires that became full team builds. Candidates placed, then promoted. Every search is run with one standard: providing leaders who unlock business potential.
The most promising new member of our team
They reached out to me at just the right time and had a strong value proposition, so I was ready to get started. Within just over a month, we secured a new team member who is the most promising new member of our team. We’ve tried to fill this role 5 times in the past 3 years, and this is the first time we’ve felt we’ve found the right fit. Thank you!
Brennen Bliss, Founder & CEO of Propellic
Helped us find the top 1% of talent
Search for Hire checks all of our boxes for finding talent:
– great communication throughout the hiring process
– radical transparency in all phases
– thorough vetting of candidates
They have transformed our SEO hiring process, allowing us to find and recruit the top 1% of talent in the space, accelerating our company’s growth and allowing us to scale without slowing down.
Chris Dreyer, Founder of Rankings.io
Great to work with and very strong process from start to finish
Josh and the team have a very strong approach to talent attraction, which helped us to find opportunities who weren’t necessarily actively looking at job ads.
The candidates stood out and we quickly interviewed people who felt a level above, which led to a successful offer for an important role.
Kevin Gibbons, Founder of RE:signal
Search For Hire is one of the most solid Organic Search focused firms we’ve worked with
Firstly, they do NOT spray and pray. They take a super methodical approach to first aligning on what a 10/10 hire looks like, then search their vast network to find the most suitable candidates. They take feedback super well, and strategize with you things like org charts, what would set the hire up for success.
Chirag Kulkarni, Founder of TACO
Absolute Experts in Hiring!
After three failed hires, these guys found us a rockstar! Emma is a great fit both technically and culturally! She’s taken a huge load from our Founder and opened up a lot of bandwidth for us to take on more, larger, clients.
Great job filling that role for us. We love having her on the team!
Christine King, COO at StorIQ
Does this sound like you?
You’re scaling faster than your team can keep up
New clients, bigger accounts, higher expectations, and the talent capable of matching that pace is passive, not browsing job boards.
Every hour you spend on hiring is an hour not spent on growth
You shouldn’t be screening CVs or running interview processes. You built this business to lead it, not recruit for it.
You know the next hire changes everything
One elite search marketer doesn’t just fill a seat. They free you up, raise the bar, and compound everything you’ve already built.
SERVICES
Placing talent in 25 days, backed by our industry’s only 1-year guarantee
Hire for SEO
From Specialists to Heads of SEO, Growth Marketing and VPs, we place talent assessed for real business impact.
We place paid media talent at every level, from PPC Specialists to Associate Directors of Paid Search and Social, assessed for commercial performance, and talent that drives revenue.
We operate exclusively in SEO, Paid Media, and Growth. That focus means we already know the roles, the market rates, and the people, before your brief lands.
AI-Enhanced Vetting
Candidates are assessed against real-world performance standards, not just a job spec. We identify leaders who deliver in practice.
Proactive Ownership
We anticipate problems before they surface and bring solutions, not updates. You’ll never chase us for a status report.
Unreasonable Hospitality
Every interaction is personal, considered, and fast. We treat your hire like it’s the most important role we’ve ever worked, because to you, it is.
“The recruitment industry is broken. We’re fixing it with ethics and focus.”
We don’t recruit across all of marketing. We go deep in three disciplines, which means we understand the roles, know the talent pool, and can spot the difference between someone who interviews well and someone who actually delivers.
One-year guarantee on all placements
If it doesn’t work out within twelve months, based on performance, we go again. It’s the most confident guarantee in the industry, because we’re that sure of our process.
Proven success with elite digital brands
We’ve placed talent at some of the most recognised agencies and brands in the US and UK, including Rankings.io, SEMrush, and Sage. Our clients come back because the people we find actually move the needle.
Speed without compromise
The industry average to fill a role is 25 days. We aim to beat it, without cutting corners on vetting. Because a fast hire that doesn’t work out isn’t fast at all.
Confidence is built into the process
Every candidate goes through an AI-enhanced vetting process assessed against real-world performance standards, not just a job spec. By the time they reach you, the hard work is done.
2026 RESEARCH REPORT
We analysed 1,175 SEO job listings so you don’t have to
AI skills now command a 55.9% salary premium. Two people with the same title can be $60,000 apart. The SEO hiring market has fractured, affecting both SEOs and employers.
Hiring senior performance marketing talent is high risk and high pressure.
What if the new hire leaves the job?
Every placement is backed by our one-year guarantee. If it doesn’t work out within twelve months, we replace them, no debate, no fee. It’s the strongest guarantee in the industry and the reason our clients keep coming back.
How long will the process take?
Our average time from signed contract to offer accepted is 25 days. We move at pace without cutting corners. The more aligned we are on brief from day one, the faster we move.
What industries do you work with?
We work exclusively with digital marketing agencies and in-house brands that have dedicated search marketing teams. Our clients range from fast-scaling US agencies to globally recognised brands, all hiring within SEO, Paid Media, or Growth.
What level of roles do you hire for?
We specialise in mid to senior-level placements, the roles where the wrong hire costs the most. Think SEO Managers, Heads of Paid Media, Directors of Growth, and everything in between. If it’s a six-figure role in search marketing, it’s our territory.
With 95% of roles filled within 25 days, our approach is built for pace and backed by a 1 year guarantee. Get access to the systems and frameworks that power elite SFH teams.
