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Marketing Recruitment

Marketing Hiring, Built Around Your Growth Goals

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The right marketing hire can sharpen your brand, grow pipeline, retain customers and prove return on spend. The wrong hire can cost you budget, momentum and market share.

Hartley People partners with businesses across Ireland to recruit marketing professionals who fit your customer, your channels and your growth goals.

  • Marketing Managers
  • Digital Marketing Managers
  • Brand Managers
  • CRM & Lifecycle Managers
  • Heads of Marketing
25+
Years recruiting talent across Ireland
50+
Professionals across our team
150,000+
Strong candidate network
32
Counties covered nationwide

Marketing Recruitment Expertise

Marketing roles can share a title while requiring very different people.

Brand vs. performance

A Brand Manager building long-term preference needs a different skill set from a Performance Marketer optimising spend week to week.

B2B vs. B2C

Supporting a long B2B buying cycle requires a different approach from high-volume consumer acquisition.

Leadership & strategy

Recruiting a Marketing Director requires us to understand strategy, budget ownership, team leadership and commercial impact as much as campaign skill.

We recruit across:

Across B2B and B2C, in-house and agency, and at every level of seniority.

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Our Marketing Recruitment Team

You're hiring a service delivered by people. Meet the recruiters who could be working your search.

Recruiting for Digital and Performance Marketing Teams

As more budget moves into measurable channels, employers need marketers who can prove return, not just run campaigns. We understand the language of modern marketing — paid search and social, SEO and AI search, GA4 and attribution, marketing automation and the handover from Marketing into Sales.

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  • Paid Media Specialists

  • SEO / SEM Specialists

  • CRM & Lifecycle Managers

  • Marketing Automation Specialists

  • Marketing Analytics & Ops

  • Product Marketing Managers

  • Head of Growth / Digital

Our 3E Approach

Our marketing recruitment model is built around three principles that guide every search we run.

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Experience

For over 25 years, Hartley People has recruited for businesses across Ireland — giving us an understanding of different industries, customer models and the people behind effective marketing teams.

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Expertise

Our team of 50+ professionals is supported by 2 dedicated Strategic Sourcing Specialists, combining recruitment expertise, knowledge of the Irish marketing market and an advanced suite of sourcing technology.

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Ethics

A successful marketing hire needs to work for both sides. We represent your budget, team and expectations accurately and assess candidate motivation carefully, so candidates understand the role and business they're considering joining.

The Marketer You Need May Not Be Applying

Strong marketers are often already employed, running campaigns and delivering results for their current business. Waiting for them to apply is not enough. Our search can combine:

150,000+ Candidate network
  • Direct candidate sourcing
  • Passive candidate engagement
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Advanced sourcing technology
  • Market mapping
  • Referral networks
  • Targeted advertising & leading job boards

Our two Strategic Sourcing Specialists work alongside our recruiters to identify relevant professionals and create routes into candidate markets beyond traditional job advertising.

We Look Beyond the CV

Marketing performance needs context. When assessing a candidate, we want to understand:

Which channels are they expert in?

How do they lead and influence?

What campaigns have they owned?

Can they link activity to revenue?

How do they use analytics?

How sound is their brand judgement?

What results can they evidence?

What martech have they used?

What content have they created?

Why are they considering their next move?

This helps your hiring team spend time interviewing candidates with genuine relevance to your marketing requirement.

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Every Marketing Search Is Different

You might need someone to:

We don’t start with a standard search. We start with what you need the person to achieve — and build the recruitment approach from there.

  1. Build or reposition your brand
  2. Scale your digital channels
  3. Create content that drives demand
  4. Grow retention and lifetime value
  5. Launch into a new market
  6. Fill a hard-to-find specialist role
  7. Lead your entire marketing function

Your Marketing Team, Supported by Ours

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With offices in Dublin and Waterford, Hartley People supports businesses recruiting marketing talent across Ireland.

  • Dublin
  • Waterford

You understand your customers, your brand and your growth goals. We understand how to search, engage and qualify the people who can help you achieve them.

— The Hartley People Recruitment Team

Marketing Recruitment Questions, Answered

A few of the questions employers ask us most often about hiring marketing talent in Ireland.

What marketing roles does Hartley People recruit for?

We recruit across the full marketing function — from Marketing Executives, Brand Managers, Communications Managers and Content Managers through to Digital Marketing Managers, Marketing Managers, Heads of Marketing and Marketing Directors. We also cover specialist roles in performance marketing, SEO/SEM, CRM, marketing automation and product marketing.

Do you recruit for marketing roles outside Dublin?

Yes. With offices in Waterford and Dublin, we recruit marketing talent across Ireland, not just in the capital — including regional, hybrid and national roles.

How do you find marketing candidates who aren't actively job hunting?

Many strong marketers are already employed and delivering results, so we don't rely on job ads alone. Our two Strategic Sourcing Specialists use direct sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, market mapping and our 150,000+ candidate network to reach passive candidates who fit your specific requirement.

How do you assess a marketer's ability beyond their CV?

We look at the channels they've worked in, the campaigns they've owned, the budgets they've managed and the results they can evidence — not just job titles. This helps your hiring team spend time only with candidates who have genuine relevance to your marketing requirement.

Can you help us hire for digital and performance marketing roles specifically?

Yes. As more budget moves into measurable channels, we recruit for roles including Paid Media Specialists, SEO/SEM Specialists, Marketing Automation, CRM and Lifecycle Managers, Product Marketing and Heads of Growth — understanding GA4, attribution and B2B and B2C marketing technology.

How long does a typical marketing recruitment search take?

It depends on the seniority of the role and how niche the requirement is — a Marketing Executive search moves faster than a Marketing Director search requiring a specific sector or channel background. We'll give you a realistic timeline once we understand what you need the hire to achieve.

What does it cost to use Hartley People for marketing recruitment?

Fees depend on the seniority and complexity of the role. Get in touch and we'll talk you through pricing for your specific requirement — no obligation.

Who Does Your Marketing Team Need Next?

Tell us about the role and what you need that person to deliver. We'll talk you through the market, the search and how we can support your hiring team.

  • 25+ years recruiting for businesses across Ireland
  • Access to a 150,000+ candidate network, active and passive
  • A search built around what your hire needs to achieve

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