Searchbloom

Searchbloom

Searchbloom is one of the most recognized and respected digital marketing agencies in the United States, with a strong culture of employee retention and a consistent presence on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

The agency is known for its performance-driven approach and its commitment to delivering measurable results for clients.

The brief

Searchbloom had attempted to hire an Enterprise PPC Specialist independently but found the process too time-consuming.

The role demanded a very specific skill set that is genuinely rare in the PPC talent market, enterprise-level e-commerce accounts with over one million product SKUs, deep expertise in shopping feed optimisation, and the ability to both lead client strategy and own implementation, all while managing budgets of up to $500,000 per month.

“We’ve tried to do this on our own and have had some success, but we’ve come to the conclusion that it just takes too much of our time.

We’re willing to part with your placement fee to get our time back.“

— Cody Jensen, CEO and Founder of Searchbloom

The challenge

The combination of enterprise e-commerce depth and hands-on implementation capability is rare in the PPC talent market. Searchbloom’s requirements were specific on every dimension:

• Experience managing enterprise-level e-commerce accounts with over one million product SKUs
• Deep expertise in shopping feed optimisation
• The ability to both lead client strategy and own implementation
• Comfort managing budgets of up to $500,000 per month

Candidates who could meet all four criteria simultaneously, without specialising too heavily in any one of them, represent a very small pool.

Searchbloom had already invested time trying to find them independently. The cost of continuing to do so was becoming a distraction from running the agency.

The process

Search For Hire conducted a targeted search within its specialist PPC network, focusing exclusively on candidates with a proven track record in enterprise e-commerce.

Eight qualified candidates were presented to Searchbloom, each vetted against the specific technical and strategic requirements of the role.

Additional Differentiator: Golden Recruitment Formula

Before any candidate was introduced, they were sent a link to Search For Hire’s Agency Growth Club podcast episode featuring Cody Jensen.

This gave candidates a deep understanding of Searchbloom’s culture, growth plans, and expectations, adding cultural pre-alignment to the technical vetting process as part of the Golden Recruitment Formula approach.

The approach was precision over volume. By narrowing the search to proven enterprise e-commerce PPC specialists and rigorously vetting for both strategic leadership and hands-on execution, only candidates capable of managing complex SKU environments and $500K+ monthly budgets were presented.

Searchbloom received a tightly curated shortlist of fully qualified professionals rather than a high-volume list to sift through.

The outcome

Searchbloom hired one of the eight candidates presented.

The placement has been a success, and the relationship between Search For Hire and Searchbloom has grown significantly as a result.

Search For Hire is now actively engaged on three additional senior SEO roles for the agency in Q1, reflecting the trust built through the initial placement.

Why this matters

For agencies on the Inc. 5000 list, recruitment is a growth constraint as much as a growth enabler.

The time spent sourcing, screening, and interviewing misaligned candidates is time not spent on the activities that drive revenue. Cody Jensen understood that clearly, and the decision to outsource the search was itself a high-leverage move.

The rarity of the profile Searchbloom needed is what made the search non-trivial. Enterprise e-commerce PPC specialists who can manage seven-figure accounts, optimise complex shopping feeds, and hold their own in senior client conversations are not generalist PPC managers.

Finding them requires a network built specifically for that level, not a job board, and not a generalist recruiter.

One successful hire. Three more searches opened. That is what a trusted, long-term recruitment partnership looks like, built on precision, not promises.