Search for Hire helps to place paid media talent at every level – through PPC and paid social roles and continues the specialist recruitment service originally known as Paid Media Jobs.
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Traditional paid media recruitment takes 60 to 90 days. Ours takes on average 22 to 25. Every placement is backed by a 1-year guarantee.
We brief against your commercial context, not a job description. A six-figure Google Ads account and a seven-figure multi-channel budget require different people. We scope accordingly, backed by our real-time salary data and hiring trends sourced from our partner, SalaryGuide.com.
We go directly to our market and tap into our constantly warm-pipeline of pre-vetted paid media talent who match your requirements and business goals. When your brief lands, we’re not starting from scratch, we’re ready to hit the ground running
We go directly to our market and tap into our constantly warm-pipeline of pre-vetted paid media talent who match your requirements and business goals. When your brief lands, we’re not starting from scratch, we’re ready to hit the ground running
You receive the top 2–3%, each with a full brief on capability and rationale. Your time is valuable. We save it so you can put it back into your business.
This is where it all comes together: the right person, in the right role, unlocking real growth. And if anything changes within 12 months, we replace them at no additional cost. The only recruitment guarantee of its kind in the headhunting industry – we back our placements that much.
Book a call and we’ll cover your brief, your timeline, and your commercial context.
Start your searchSearch For Hire was built in part from Paid Media Jobs, a specialist recruitment service focused on helping agencies and brands hire PPC, paid social and performance marketing professionals.
As the business expanded beyond paid media recruitment into SEO recruitment and broader performance marketing hiring, the brands were brought together under Search For Hire.
Search For Hire now supports agencies and brands hiring across PPC, paid social, performance marketing and SEO, while continuing the specialist paid media recruitment service originally known as Paid Media Jobs.
Today, we help agencies and brands hire paid media specialists, PPC managers, paid social specialists and performance marketing teams across the UK, US and internationally.
Multiple clients, competing budgets, and commercial accountability from day one. Agency hires need to context-switch across industries, manage client expectations, and deliver ROAS under pressure. Speed and breadth matter.
One brand, full ownership of the paid channel, and deep cross-functional collaboration. In-house hires need to navigate internal stakeholders, build long-term acquisition strategy, and connect ad spend directly to revenue and margin.
Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Shopping campaigns, Performance Max, Search Ads 360, and advanced bidding strategy. The foundation of most paid media operations.
Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Pinterest. Audience targeting, creative iteration, and full-funnel ROI alignment across platforms.
Demand-side platforms, programmatic buying, retargeting, and display network management. Reaching audiences at scale beyond search and social.
Product feed management, Google Merchant Center, retail media networks, and multi-SKU campaign architecture for large catalogues.
GA4, conversion tracking, server-side tagging, attribution modelling, and performance reporting. Turning ad spend into commercial decisions.
Smart Bidding mastery, Performance Max strategy, automation scripting, and first-party data activation. The line between manual and machine is the new competitive edge.
We headhunt actively rather than posting regionally. Candidate reach is defined by the role, not geography.
| United States | United Kingdom | Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, and remote-first businesses nationwide. | London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and fully remote positions UK-wide. | We have placed SEO talent internationally. If the role exists, we will structure the search accordingly. |
Remote, hybrid, or relocation roles: we structure the search accordingly and advise on salary benchmarking by market.
Benchmarks are directional. Live market data gives you negotiation power.
Shopping feed optimisation, Performance Max, multi-SKU management, ROAS-driven scaling, and retail media networks.
Long sales-cycle lead generation, LinkedIn Ads, account-based paid strategies, and demo-to-close attribution.
High-CPC markets, strict compliance requirements, YMYL ad policies, and conversion rate optimisation under regulatory constraints.
Lead quality over volume, LinkedIn and search-first strategies, and CRM-integrated attribution.
Regulated ad categories, policy compliance, and audience targeting within strict platform guidelines.
Multi-client campaign management, client retention through performance, rapid onboarding across verticals, and commercial delivery.
A PPC recruitment agency identifies, assesses, and places paid media professionals into businesses that need them.
Unlike generalist recruiters, we are a specialist PPC recruitment agency that evaluates candidates against discipline-specific competencies: platform proficiency, budget management, data fluency, and the ability to connect ad spend to revenue.
Search For Hire operates exclusively within SEO, Paid Media, and Growth. That specialism means every candidate we present has been evaluated by people who understand the role.
Unlike generalist recruiters, we are a specialist SEO recruitment agency that evaluates candidates against discipline-specific competencies: technical depth, content strategy, data fluency, and the ability to connect organic performance to revenue.
Search For Hire operates exclusively within SEO, Paid Media, and Growth. That specialism means every candidate we present has been evaluated by people who understand the role.
We place paid media talent at every level, from PPC Specialist through to Associate Director of Paid Search and Paid Social.
Our active roster covers over 12 distinct paid media roles, including PPC Specialists, Senior PPC Specialists, SEM Managers, Paid Media Managers, Paid Ads Managers, Enterprise PPC Specialists, Senior PPC Managers, Paid Media Leads, Senior Paid Social Specialists, and Associate Directors across both search and social.
Whether you need a hands-on campaign operator or a senior leader to own your paid media function, we recruit and vet for the specific demands of the role.
Yes. We place across both paid search and paid social, including Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Pinterest specialists.
Paid media is not one channel, and our vetting reflects that. We assess platform-specific expertise, creative strategy capability, and commercial performance, not just years of experience with a particular ad platform.
Our average placement time is 22 to 25 days from brief to accepted offer, with 95% of roles filled within 28 days.
Traditional hiring processes run 60 to 90 days because they rely on inbound applications and generic screening. We headhunt directly into the paid media talent market and maintain an active pipeline of assessed candidates.
Because SEO, Paid Media, and Growth is all we do, we do not start from scratch with every brief.
The guarantee is a commercial commitment, not a goodwill gesture. We can offer it because the vetting process is rigorous enough to make it commercially viable. The 9-area scorecard, practical assessments, and structured interviews we run are designed to surface candidates who perform in qualified real-world conditions, not just in interviews.
Every Search For Hire placement is backed by a one-year satisfaction guarantee. If the candidate leaves or fails to perform within 12 months, we replace them at no additional cost.
The guarantee is a commercial commitment, not a goodwill gesture. We can offer it because the vetting process is rigorous enough to make it commercially viable. The 9-area scorecard, practical assessments, and structured interviews we run are designed to surface candidates who perform in real-world conditions, not just in interviews.
Yes. Paid Media Jobs is now part of Search For Hire. The same specialist recruitment team now operates under the Search For Hire brand, supporting agencies and brands hiring PPC, paid social and performance marketing professionals.
Search For Hire recruits for both agencies and in-house teams, helping companies hire PPC specialists, paid media managers, paid social specialists and performance marketing professionals.
Tell us what you need. We will tell you whether we can place it and how.
