The top executive search firm for marketing agencies

Find the Leader Who Fits the Role, the Stage, and the Stakes.

Talentfoot is the premier executive search firm helping marketing agencies hire high-impact leaders across sales, marketing, operations, accounting and finance, AI, and technology.

Trusted by 2500+ Marketing & Advertising Agencies

Why Talentfoot

is the choice for SMB’s,
Mid-Market and Enterprise businesses

98%

fill rate

days to candidate

2,500+

happy clients

The Challenge:
Finding Leaders Who Actually Deliver

Finding executives with the right skills, industry experience, and proven track record is increasingly difficult. The leaders you need are rarely active in the market, and traditional recruiting methods surface the same recycled candidates while critical roles remain open. Talentfoot’s approach is different.

Proven Agency Leaders Who Drive Growth

Our search specialists target executives with a track record of scaling marketing services firms, winning new business, and building high-performing teams that accelerate revenue growth.

Access to Passive Leaders Others Miss

Our targeted headhunting approach engages high-performing executives who aren’t actively job searching, giving you access to the proven leaders traditional recruiting rarely reaches.

The Solution:
Talentfoot's Marketing Services Practice

Recruit faster

Receive shortlisted, vetted executive talent in as little as 5 days, helping you fill critical leadership roles before open seats slow growth.

Access hidden talent

95% of the leaders we place are not actively looking, giving your agency access to proven executives traditional recruiting and job boards rarely reach.

Flexible pricing

Flexibile pricing and service options have been designed to meet your organization’s size, stage, and specific recruitment needs.

Interview only proven leaders

Our rigorous evaluation process, including HOGAN® leadership assessments, ensures you meet leaders with a proven track record of scaling agencies and driving client growth.

Amanda

Executive Senior Partner
15+ years exp.
CMO, VP Marketing, VP Demand Generation, VP Creative

Jack

Executive Recruiter,
10+ years exp.
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Engineering

Tim

Vice President of Client Engagement
20+ years exp.
Full-Service, Digital Marketing, Advertising & Creative, Media Buying & Planning

Rich

Executive Senior Partner
15+ years exp.
CRO, CSO, CMO, VP eCommerce, VP Sales, VP Marketing

Leslie

Executive Senior Partner
25+ years exp.
CEO, President, CMO, CRO, CSO, CGO

When to Call
Talentfoot

Critical Role Open Too Long

When a critical leadership seat opens, growth can stall quickly. Talentfoot delivers vetted sales, marketing, technology, operations, and finance talent fast so your team can maintain momentum.

Scaling Your Team

Building a leadership engine from the ground up. We help you hire visionary executives with the expertise to scale teams, optimize operations, and unlock new growth.

Too Much Time Wasted Interviewing

We rigorously evaluate candidates so your team spends time only with qualified executives who can deliver results.

Hiring for Your Next Stage of Growth

Moving into a new phase of growth often requires a different type of leader with the experience to scale teams, revenue, and operations.

Not Seeing the Right Candidates

If job postings and internal recruiting are producing weak candidates, it’s time for a targeted executive search. The candidates we share aren’t just the first yes – they’re the best “yes”.

Replacing an Underperforming Leader

When a leadership hire is not delivering results, a confidential executive search helps reset the trajectory.

Your team was awesome. You thoroughly understood the role and the company he presented me to. You were always available and quick to find answers for me. It’s not easy to come by great executive recruiters and you are definitely one of the best!

Your team really listened to our needs and probed when things weren’t clear or consistent. You also suggested changes to our process which ended up working better for us.

Talentfoot has a deep understanding of the marketing needs of today's business environment, identify great candidates, assess their capabilities and follow-up to finalize the search.

Your team listened very carefully to our brief, and provided us only with candidates who are highly qualified and highly motivated. You didn’t just throw a bunch of names in our face and make us do the work. We were very satisfied with the candidates we interviewed and ultimately thrilled with the one we have hired.

Talentfoot and Patrick spent the time to learn about our organization, our wants, our needs, and our weaknesses, helped shape the search criteria, and gave real feedback on the candidates you produced. Other firms should be embarrassed. They are poseurs compared to our experience with Talentfoot.

We were very pleased with Talentfoot’s work on the search, with many extremely high-caliber candidates to evaluate and work through throughout the process. The team did a great job of telling our story to build and maintain candidate interest and moved the process forward efficiently. We are thrilled to have our first choice candidate come on board.

Roles We Help You Fill

CEO & President

CTO & VP Technology

CSO & VP Sales

Sales, Marketing, Technology

CMO & VP Marketing

COO & VP Operations

CFO & VP FInance

And more

The Science Behind our

98% Success Rate

Our process is meticulous, data-driven, and designed to provide an unparalleled level of predictive insight. We don’t just find candidates; we validate future leaders.

Search Consultation & Strategy

Customized Recruitment Plan

Plan Execution

Placement

Post-Hire Engagement and Support

Search Consultation and Strategy

Customized Recruitment Plan

Plan Execution

Placement

Post-hire engagement and support

FAQs

Why should we use a specialized recruiting partner instead of posting the role ourselves?

The strongest agency talent is rarely applying to job boards. Many of the leaders who can drive client growth, improve retention, strengthen delivery, or build a new practice are already employed and not actively looking. Talentfoot helps marketing services firms reach the passive candidates others miss through targeted headhunting, specialized search, and a more disciplined vetting process.

What kinds of roles can Talentfoot help our agency hire?

We support marketing services firms across a wide range of growth-critical hires, from senior individual contributors to executive leadership. That includes roles across client services, account management, sales, business development, marketing, strategy, operations, RevOps, finance, and the C-suite. Whether you need a practice leader, a revenue-driving commercial executive, or a functional leader who can scale a team, we help define the profile and find the right fit.

What makes Talentfoot different from other recruiting firms?

We are not a volume-based recruiting shop that forwards resumes and hopes one sticks. Talentfoot takes a consulting-first approach, helping clients scope the role correctly, align stakeholders, define the right success profile, and then run a focused search against that brief. For agency leaders, that means a stronger shortlist, better fit, and less wasted time interviewing candidates who look good on paper but are wrong for the business.

Can you help us if we are not fully sure what role we need yet?

Yes, and that is often where we add the most value. Many agency leaders know they need help, but are still deciding whether the answer is a Head of Growth, VP of Client Services, Managing Director, Practice Lead, or another leadership profile. We help clarify the real business need, define the mandate, and align the role to your growth goals before the search begins.

How do you evaluate candidate fit for an agency environment?

We look beyond the resume. In addition to relevant experience, we assess leadership style, client-facing capability, commercial acumen, operating style, pace, adaptability, and whether the candidate can succeed in your specific agency environment. That includes evaluating fit for factors like founder-led culture, growth stage, service model, team structure, and the expectations of the role.

Can Talentfoot help with confidential searches?

Yes. We regularly support confidential and sensitive searches, including situations where there is an incumbent in the seat or where leadership wants to explore the market discreetly. We know how to manage outreach carefully, protect confidentiality, and run a controlled search process without creating unnecessary noise in the market.

How do you help reduce the risk of a bad hire?

Everything in our process is built around reducing hiring risk. We start by helping define the role correctly, align stakeholders, and clarify what success looks like. From there, we target and vet candidates against the actual needs of the business, not just a job description. For agency leaders, this is especially important when hiring for roles that impact revenue, client retention, team performance, or service delivery.

Your next game-changing hire is closer and faster than you think – guaranteed.

Whether you’re a growth-focused start-up, scale-up, mid-market company or household brand, you’ll benefit from Talentfoot’s unmatched executive search success. With a 98% fill rate, we radically outperform traditional recruiters and staffing firms.

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