Marketing Recruitment Services in Scotland

A tailored approach to find you the perfect candidate

We’re passionate about adding the right people to your business; not just for where you are, but for where you want to be.

Our recruitment results are measured by your ROI – but our solutions are far more than an equation. We become an integral part of your team; a highly experienced support wing that gets to know the nitty-gritty of your operations, challenges, and objectives. This way, we can tactically position the opportunity you offer and attract the best possible candidates to your business.

Marketing Recruitment Services

Permanent Recruitment
We cast a wide net to provide a shortlist of experienced candidates who will help shape the future success of your business.

Contract & Interim Advice
Finding you the right fit, no matter what the employment term.

Executive Search
Using our extensive database, we will connect you with highly qualified candidates who can fill your most senior positions.

Basic Advertising Consultancy
We can guide you on the right places to list your open positions, including on our website, to find the best pool of prospective employees.

Strategy Consultancy
Leverage our decades of experience to create your overall recruitment plan or seek tailored advice in key areas including industry trends, salary banding, and more.

Areas of Expertise

Digital
We help you hire for a wide range of digital skills, including SEO, Outreach, Paid Media, Paid Social, Social Media, Content, and Community Management.

Marketing
If you need to add a generalist to your team, we can help you find candidates with marketing experience at all levels of seniority.

We have a longstanding background in working with clients and agencies, and can also help you fill Executive, Manager, and Director roles across Accounts and Client Services.

Creative
Covering roles including Graphic Design, Web Design/Dev, Copywriting, UX/UI Design, Motion Graphics, Advertising, and Production.

Our Recruitment Process

We take a fully bespoke approach to every client we work with, but here is a guide to what it looks like to partner with us:

  1. Establishing search priorities
  2. Developing full and comprehensive job specifications.
  3. In-depth analysis of the company requirements to identify the cultural fit needed.
  4. Utilising our database, networks, and industry contacts to find the best Scottish talent.
  5. Attracting and engaging suitable candidates with a highly detailed briefing process.
  6. Presenting a shortlist of pre-qualified and vetted candidates that match the vacancy requirements.

For Candidates

We’re connectors of people and businesses; for candidates, an essential link to Scotland’s best creative agencies and disruptors.

From graduate positions to Managing Directors, we can help you take the next step in your career with a company that perfectly fits your aspirations.

We’re always keen to add stand-out candidates to our extensive network. If you are a problem solver, connect easily with your peers, and approach projects with passion and a unique perspective, we would love to hear from you.

The Scottish marketing, creative, and digital sectors are thriving, and we’re leading the way by helping organisations grow through the appointment of first-class talent. We are committed to working exclusively within the Scottish market and are only interested in speaking with clients who are locally based or have a firm relocation/ return date to Scotland.

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Refer a Friend Scheme

If your candidate/recruitment experience with us has been positive, we would love to be recommended to your ex-colleagues, friends, and acquaintances working within the Scottish marketing, digital, and creative agency industry.
If you refer a candidate to Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership, and they are placed into a permanent role with one of our clients, we will pay you up to £500 per referral with no limitations on how many candidates you refer to us.

Terms and Conditions:

  • You must gain express permission from the referred candidate before sending us their contact information.
  • The referral must be a new candidate to our database, or not have been in contact with Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership in the past 12 months.
  • Payment will be in the form of vouchers of your choice (as cash payments have tax implications for you).
  • Payment of these vouchers will be made around 30 days after the referral has started their new role.

Referral fees will be paid as follows:

  • Permanent placement. Salary less than £25,000 = £100 referral fee
  • Permanent placement. Salary more than £25,000 = £250 referral fee, £35,000 = £350 fee, £50,000+ = £500 fee
Steve Plummer -

Gilchrist recruitment remains a key strand of our Growth strategy as we seek to hire only the very best people for our business.

Steve Plummer

Beverley Hart -

Jill knows our industry inside out and knows the kind of people we look for at the Union. I trust her recommendations and she always delivers

Beverley Hart

Gerry McCusker -

We have worked with Jill for several years now and she has a great understanding of our business. In often trying timescales she puts in a lot of personal effort to help us get the right people.

Gerry McCusker

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