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Marketing & digital recruiters that give hiring companies the one thing they really need to ensure a new hire works out. Time.
Marketing & digital recruiters that give hiring companies the critical thing they need to absolutely ensure a new hire works out. Time.
We were marketers before we were recruiters. We've worked in many of the marketing roles we now help to recruit - managed them, hired for them - so we understand what good looks like before we even start looking.
We've been on the receiving end of recruitment models that shift all the risk onto the hiring company. So we built something different: a fee structure where we only get paid in full once your hire has been with you six months, and it's actually worked out.
There's also a legal reason six months matters more than ever. From January 2027, the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes the qualifying period for unfair dismissal - employer protection drops from two years to six months, which means many hiring companies will feel pressure to make the keep-or-go decision earlier than before, just to be safe.
We don't add to that pressure. Our fee isn't due until the full six months are up, whenever you need to make that call.
Here's how that compares to the way most agencies work:
Why partner with us?
We've got skin in the game.
Standard Agencies● Fee due the moment a candidate signs● If it goes wrong, you've already paid● The risk sits entirely with you
Time to Hire● Fee agreed upfront - no surprises later● 25% retainer on engagement (subject to a £5,000 min. retainer) ● 25% due when your candidate accepts● Remaining 50% - after six months
6 months. No small print.
Standard Agencies● Typical rebate periods are 12 weeks● Warranties full of exemptions● By month two you're losing cover
Time to Hire● No rebates or warranties to negotiate● If the hire doesn't stick, nor does the fee● Full six months' cover● Aligned with Employment Rights Act
We've got skin in the game.
Standard Agencies● Fee due the moment a candidate signs● If it goes wrong, you've already paid● The risk sits entirely with you
Time to Hire● Fee agreed upfront - no surprises later● 25% retainer on engagement (subject to a £5,000 min. retainer)● 25% due when your candidate accepts● Remaining 50% - after six months
6 months. No small print.
Standard Agencies● Typical rebate periods are 12 weeks● Warranties full of exemptions● By month two you're losing cover
Time to Hire● No rebates or warranties to negotiate● If the hire doesn't stick, nor does the fee● Full six months' cover● Aligned with Employment Rights Act
Our expertise
Our expertise
From Interim, Executive Search, Team Builds & Fractional In-house Recruitment, Time to Hire cover all digital roles, at all levels but with a particular specialism in senior leadership roles with a strong digital marketing, e-Commerce or digital transformation focus.
Recent searches include: Digital Marketing Manager, Head of Digital, Digital Director, Marketing Manager, Head of Marketing, Marketing Director, Head of e-Commerce, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CEO, Head of Growth & Growth Marketing Manager.
Interim & Contract
During periods of growth, transition or absence, we draw on our extensive network of experienced digital practitioners to help clients identify the safe pair of hands for their business, anywhere, at short notice - saving time, money & frustration.
Projects & Team Builds
Whether you're migrating digital services in-house, scaling, or building a new digital team from scratch - team builds can be expensive. Talk to us about how we can help with highly cost-effective team builds on a project basis.
Fractional In-house
Fractional in-house recruitment on a part-time or project-basis, offering a flexible and cost-effective alternative to full-time recruitment teams, allowing you to access specialised expertise without long-term commitments.
Executive Search
Whether you've had a team exit, or you're experiencing fast growth and need people urgently, we can move quickly to help you secure the best potential candidates in the market.
We'll work around the clock to help you shape the right brief, and identify the best people anywhere in the world, to the tightest of deadlines - often, where others have already tried, and failed.
Recruitment. Without the ransom.
Recruitment. Without the ransom.
We were marketers before we became recruiters, so we understand what it feels like to sit on your side of the desk.
The pressure. The risk. The hope that this hire works out - because if it doesn't, you're back to square one and significantly out of pocket.
We built Time to Hire around a different idea. One that puts the risk where it belongs - with us, not with you.
Our fee is 20%. The same as most agencies. But that's where the similarity ends. Most agencies will have billed their full fee before your new hire has cleared their probation period. Some before they've even started. You carry all the risk, armed with nothing more than a short warranty and a vague promise.
We do it differently.
25% is due on engagement, 25% when your candidate accepts, and the remaining half only once your hire has been with you for six months. If it doesn't work out before then, you don't pay another penny.
No difficult conversations, no chasing rebates, no small print to navigate.
It's that simple.
It means our success depends entirely on yours. We have every reason to get it right - and no incentive whatsoever to cut corners.
For growing businesses, the model makes even more sense.
Rather than absorbing a five-figure recruitment fee in one hit, you can spread the cost across the year. You get the hire you need now, without the cash extraction that usually comes with it. It's recruitment that scales with you.
We think it's a better way to work. Fairer, more transparent, and built around a relationship that doesn't end the moment an invoice is raised.
What our clients say
What our clients say
“Having Ed come into our business and spend time with both the management team, and the workforce, was a real game changer in the hiring process.”
Managing Director, IQPC Digital.
“Ed supported us on one of our key senior hires in our digital transformation journey. What really impressed us, was that Ed, true to his word, flew out to Singapore to meet all the candidates in person!"
Head of People, IDP
“Our first impression was that Ed was highly experienced and that he really cared. He spent a lot of time understanding our brief. As a matter of fact, he helped us reformulate the brief and recommended options that encapsulated all the qualities we were looking for."
Digital Director, Arco
Better process. Better outcomes.
Have a brief?
Have a brief?
Still not convinced?
Still not convinced?
"We partnered with Ed to help us secure a new CEO at Oban International. The board found it extremely refreshing to work with a recruiter who really understood the industry."
Founder, Oban International
“The experience with Ed was excellent. He looked to understand our needs as well as making sure they found someone for whom the role was exactly right. Six months in, we are really starting to feel the benefit."
CEO, MMT Digital
“Ed is extremely knowledgeable and was able to quickly grasp our requirements, translating these to candidates interested and engaged to explore the opportunity further with us."
HR Officer, England Golf
Our thoughts
Our thoughts
What if your recruiter only got paid when you were happy?
Most recruitment agencies send their final invoice before your new hire has cleared probation. Some before they've even started. You carry all the risk, armed with nothing more than a short warranty and a vague promise that they'll "sort it" if things go wrong.
Something's changing in January 2027 that most hiring managers haven't clocked yet.
Right now, an employee needs two years' service before they can bring an unfair dismissal claim. Two years is a long runway. Plenty of time to work out if someone's right for the role, plenty of time to course-correct, move them sideways...