Specialist Marketing Executive Search & Headhunter for Growing Businesses in the South of England.

A proactive headhunting approach to reach marketing talent traditional recruitment methods can’t.

Exceptional Marketing Headhunter in Hampshire

Talent Seeker is a specialist headhunting firm that expertly matches candidates to your business and culture. We source the best Marketing talent for a diverse range of companies throughout Hampshire and the South of England. With over 20 years of recruitment and headhunting experience, we are committed to building long-term partnerships with the clients and candidates we work with.

Whether your company is a start-up, scale-up, SME, or global business, you’ll love our unique resourcing model that combines the headhunting expertise of an executive search firm, with the personalised, friendly and collaborative approach of an in-house recruitment team.  Our aim is to become a collaborative, value-adding partner to your business.

We are particularly passionate about supporting organisations that make a positive impact on their community, such as charities, NPOs, schools, B-Corps and companies with a strong CSR strategy.

 

HIRE CANDIDATES THAT JOB ADVERTS & HIGH STREET RECRUITERS WON’T FIND

Job adverts are no longer an effective way of finding the best talent for your business. By partnering with Talent Seeker, we headhunt candidates for you who aren’t on job boards or seeing job adverts, but will have a genuine interest in your opportunity and business. This means you receive specifically matched, high calibre candidates, and don’t waste any time reviewing and communicating with unsuitable applicants.

We appreciate that every company is unique, so we start by getting to know you, your business and culture.  We’ll then gain an in-depth understanding of your job vacancy, team set-up and employee value proposition (EVP) – i.e. what makes your business a great place to work at.

Once we’ve established your ideal candidate profile, we’ll commence a multi-pronged, highly targeted candidate search, using the latest headhunting software, CV databases and most relevant social media platforms.  In addition; we’ll leverage our own candidate portal and comprehensive network of relevant sector contacts.

By combining all these headhunting tactics, we’re able to ensure you receive the strongest possible shortlist of suitable candidates, whilst also benefiting from an enjoyable, stress-free, friendly and collaborative recruitment process and hiring experience.

Proven Recruitment Partnerships with Leading Organisations

A.F.C Bournemouth

Talent seeker has been headhunting the best off-pitch talent for Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth since 2022.

We have been responsible for recruiting multiple roles from a wider variety of disciplines, from HR & Marketing through to medical.

“Matt is friendly, knowledgeable and has gone above and beyond to help us in a very difficult and challenging recruitment climate…” – Holly Roberts, HR Manager

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Winchester College

For nearly 18 months now, we have partnered with the dynamic and change-driven HR Director at Winchester College.

The aim has been to support her in creating a highly effective and progressive HR function, in what has traditionally been a sector that can be resistant to change – highly prestigious and traditional private schooling.

“I wanted to thank you again for all your support in helping me build my HR team. I would not have got this far with the quality of team members without you…” – Karen Pearce, HR Director

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Void Acoustics

We have been recruiting for VOID Acoustics since May 2023 when we were tasked with hiring a stand-alone Marketing Manager for the company.

This was a new position for them, as they had no internal marketing function at the time, and were relying on using external marketing agencies.

“I have dealt with many recruiters previously and Talent Seeker are amongst the best, so would highly recommend…” – Dan Moors, Head of Sales & Marketing

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RNIB

The charity, RNIB, was going through a significant period of change and re-organisation and needed a number of senior-level HR interims to ensure the quality of delivery from their HR team was maintained through this challenging period of transition.

“Very efficient and professional from both the candidate and employer perspective, he has placed multiple people at my current organisation. Highly recommended…”- Anna Stead, Head of Planning & Performance

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The Doctors Clinic Group

Since partnering with The Doctors Clinic Group, Talent Seeker has supported both individual career progression and the organisation’s ongoing recruitment needs, delivering trusted, professional service across a range of roles and departments.

“I could not recommend Matt enough from both the candidate and the employer perspective. He has helped me to find my next role and he continues to support my current organisation with fulfilling our recruitment needs…” – Zaneta Kowalczyk, HR Manager

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How talent seeker stands out from the crowd.

Additional recruitment services

In addition to helping you make great hires, we can also help improve your recruitment processes; including onboarding, staff retention, succession planning and employee engagement.

Passive is positive

Our talent pools are brimming with those hard to find ‘unicorn’ candidates; people who are potentially open to looking at the ‘right’ opportunity, but aren’t active on job boards, or visible to regular recruiters.

Going the extra mile

Your business is unique, so we will take the time needed to develop a deep understanding of your team, value and culture to achieve the perfect match.

Serious about csr

Partnering with companies who are committed to making a positive difference to people and the communities they support

Quality over quantity

Your time is valuable so we will only send you candidates we believe have a great chance of being offered a job with you.

Trusted long-term partnerships

Making a quick buck is not for us. Our focus is on developing long-term, mutually beneficial relationships and ensuring our clients and candidates can always reach us when needed.