Digital Intuition

Digital marketing and social media management is a fast-moving area of business. It’s seen exciting growth over the last couple of years and is definitely the future. However, many professionals in marketing and management are merely dabbling around the edges and blagging, and to many corporate personnel it can seem unfamiliar and overwhelming.

However, most corporates do now realise that this is an area that they need to address (and fast) and are looking for skilled staff to help them make swift progress. But as many HR personnel and recruiters are out of their comfort zone in this area, it can be a tricky business finding the right people to employ and to know who is blagging and who is the real McCoy.

This is a very real problem, as we have seen companies asking for impossible people (a technical genius who is creative with good marketing and management skills), read very strange job specs (‘part-time’ online brand reputation manager anyone?) and generally a lot of confusion all round about what they actually need and what it will cost to get experienced personnel.

On the other side of the coin, there are a lot of candidates out there who are slightly deluded blagging about their ability to fulfil certain roles, while many of the really qualified people in this area work for agencies or are freelance and would need a serious salary to make them think of a change of tack.

All in all, it can be a testing time for a company looking to make a strong start to their digital presence.

Which is where we come in.

In conjunction with our recruitment partner, Sarah Callery of Intuition Global (see box, right), we will help with all your recruitment needs in the digital marketing, social media management and online brand management.

We will help you spec your job descriptions and work with you to decide what you actually need – in the first instance, for example, you may need to recruit for a certain role and get specialist training for the new recruit and at the same time use freelance and agency expertise to fill the gap until your new recruit is up to speed. Using an integrated approach means that you can get going fast, with really high level people working on the job, but without breaking the budget.

Call us now for a no-obligation and confidential chat – 0845 862 0017 – or email us on hello@themediamarketingco.com.

We look forward to helping you!

Sarah Callery: Recruitment Specialist

Sarah Callery has over 13 years recruitment experience both in the UK and internationally working for leading recruitment agencies, in-house for a major IT company and as a Senior Business Development Manager for the largest global job board. During this time she has recruited for well-known brands covering various job disciplines, and worked with corporate clients on reducing recruitment costs by consulting with them on how to attract and retain the best talent and become an ‘employer of choice’.

Sarah set up Intuition Global in 2007 when she recognised a gap in the market for a resource solutions consultancy that delivers a value added service by understanding there is no such a thing as a standard service; Sarah recognises that each clients is an individual enterprise, with individual obstacles to overcome and goals to achieve. ‘One size fits all’ simply does not apply to effective recruiting.

Sarah demonstrates a wealth of experience in contingent, retained and search recruitment assignments, which when coupled with our Media and Communications expertise makes The Media Marketing Co an ideal force if you are looking for Social Media, Online Marketing/PR or Digital Personnel.

Call us now on 0845 862 0017 for a no-obligation chat.