Manager desk
Managers who can brief the craft and still own the number.
Digital marketing managers who keep specialists moving, report commercially, and do not hide behind the team.
What this hire is for
The seat decides the questions.
Manager hiring is where title inflation is loudest. We look for people who can write a brief, unblock a specialist, and explain a miss without theatre.
We ask what they can do on Monday. Titles are a filing system.
Digital marketing managerCampaign managerAccount managerMarketing managerChannel lead
What we need to see
- Evidence they have run delivery, not only attended stand-ups.
- Writing that specialists can actually use.
- Commercial reporting: pipeline, margin, or clearly named goals.
In the room
Probes we actually use
Not a quiz. A conversation that should sound like the work.
- What did you personally decide?If every win belongs to the team and every miss belongs to ‘the client’, we stop.
- How do you brief SEO versus paid?Managers who use one script for every craft are not managers of digital work.
- What did you escalate, and why?Judgement is the job.
Cuts
What does not make the shortlist
- Coordinators dressed as managers.
- People who cannot talk to a specialist without a slide.
- Agency titles with no account they can still describe.
Start the search
Open a manager vacancy.
Role, salary, working model, must-haves. One form, one intended hire. Terms and deposit before sourcing.