The Perfect Fit

After Over 20+ Years I Still Love My Job!

I’m approaching my 22nd anniversary as a recruiter on July 1st!  That amazes me.  I’m thrilled to have lasted this long and also be able continue doing this marketing recruiting and career counseling.  It’s extremely professionally satisfying to be able to help businesses grow and/or expand or enhance their capacity or expertise.  Receiving a thank you from a business owner, senior executive or a professional marketer, who I helped take the next step in their career is enormously satisfying!  It makes me proud.  

It's also amazing to me how I frequently receive referrals or self-introductions from professionals at every level of the marketing spectrum, entry level to CEO.  I’ve worked hard to always try to add value to every interaction, whether I can directly help someone or not.  I think that effort continues to prove its worth.  I’m very proud of the trusted reputation I’ve earned, as evidenced by the scores of recommendations and testimonials on my LinkedIn Profile and website.
 
That reputation consistently results in very accomplished marketers and creatives trusting me with their resume, as they decide they’d like to discreetly investigate new steps, opportunities or challenges for their careers.  I started thinking about all this earlier this week when I received two resumes from two marketing leaders (CEO and CMO) who decided they wanted to confidentially explore career options or opportunities . . .  “what might be out there”!
This leads to Bishop Partners having built a database that now has over 10,000 marketers from all over North America.  It’s fun to talk with Sr. Clients who might have opportunities that line up with what one of these candidates is looking for or have colleagues that might.  Sometimes the timing just works out and hard work leads to dumb luck!
 
I realize how lucky I am to be able to do something I love so much for as long as I have.  I look forward to more years of doing even better at my work and helping even more brands and professionals succeed!  Please don’t ever hesitate to get in touch!  All inquiries are always held in the strictest confidence.
 
Please get in touch and let’s find out how I could be able to help you!

St. Louis Agency, Immediate Hiring: Strategic Account Director #23041

We're thrilled to be working with this well established St. Louis Agency again.  This will be the third search for them, in the past year.  This agency's leadership is more committed to their employees success, well being and professional success than most employers.  They are a great client and I love working with them! 

Overview:
We’re conducting a retained search for our well-established agency in St. Louis. Our client is poised for growth and in need of a strategic account services leader to help achieve that growth. The Strategic Account Director is an up-and-coming strategic business and marketing leader, an over-achiever who’s been successful and is looking for that career opportunity to start leading an entire Account Service team.  Operating as the strategic north star for a given client or campaign, the Account Director has an intimate understanding of both agency and client goals and knows how to bridge them for mutual success. 
 
This role will need to see the big picture, be able to get things done, with attention to detail, and ultimately wants to build for the future.  This is not an opportunity for remote work but is hybrid.
 
Primary Responsibilities:
• Strategically build client relationships and effectively negotiate & drive scopes of work
• Responsible for overall client satisfaction always hunting for solutions and innovative ideas
• Help lead cross-functional teams inclusive of strategy, creative, technology and production to deliver integrated solutions and identify new business opportunities

New STL Opportunity! PPC/SEM Specialist #22091

I'm very excited and proud that this St. Louis client, who's a national leader in their category, is partnering with me to help them build their internal marketing department.  We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” national service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity for hybrid work. 

General Description:
Our St. Louis area client is seeking a PPC Specialist with solid experience in paid search (SEM/PPC), programmatic, and/or social advertising. The right candidate will work on direct response lead generation across multiple products and services and have experience in paid advertising campaign creation, keyword/audience development, ad copy creation, persona development, tactic selection, and assisting the Director of Digital Marketing with the launch and optimization tactics necessary to meet campaign performance goals. 
We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” national service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity for hybrid work. 

Responsibilities:
·       Conducting and reviewing keyword, audience, bid research and management, monitoring budgets for all active client campaigns.
·       Thinking of tests that will ‘move the needle’, and overseeing the implementation, tracking, and reporting on those tests.
·       Text, ad copy writing and social ad creation; overseeing the development of display ads.
·       Compiling and presenting detailed, easy-to-read reports; finding insights and suggesting solutions based on those reports; working with the analytics             team to build new reports as necessary
·       Calculating bids based on potential ROI, while building ad campaigns in various user interfaces and editing tools

Manager of Marketing Automation & Analytics in Greater St. Louis

I'm excited that this client is engaging me to help them continue to grow their internal marketing team.  We've recently recruited several other marketers and helped them move their marketing to in-house.  They are an exceptional employer with the way they treat their employees, while delivering a very valuable service to improve the lives of their customers.

Our St. Louis client is experiencing consistent growth resulting from their success nationally, in their category of service.  They are committed to building a world class in-house marketing team in support of their goal of making fellow Americans’ lives better.   You’ll work directly with and report to the Director of Digital Marketing. 

General Description:
The Manager of Marketing Automation and Analytics is responsible for the processes, tools, insights and reporting for our St. Louis client’s customer lead generation efforts. This individual will spearhead their multi-vertical marketing automation efforts across an array of marketing automation tactics including paid search, email, SMS, and mobile. This is a hands-on role responsible for driving measurable results by partnering with cross-functional marketing, product and analytical teams’ teammates. As the Manager of Marketing Automation and Analytics, you goal will be to optimize current marketing automation initiatives as well as explore untapped opportunities and areas of potential to grow the existing business and enter new verticals.

Responsibilities:
• Implement digital marketing campaigns to drive new leads, including SEM, email marketing, mobile, paid social media and other multimedia channels, continually evaluating these for improvements.
• Maintain Marketing Automation integration with CRM and assist in the integration of additional platforms into the marketing automation software.
• Work with management to define KPIs, create reporting, analyze campaign performance. Create recommendations to improve campaigns continuously.
• Manage marketing automation efforts and processes, proactively researching and implementing the latest best practices, strategies, and industry standards.
• Plan and perform A/B testing to define and execute enhancements to productivity, conversion rates, programs/campaign ROI, and sales growth.
• Utilize BI tools to analyze data, partnering with Marketing Analytics team, in order to drive results and improve efficiency.

Who You Are:
You’re a candidate with a degree and at least four years of experience automating marketing campaigns.  Experience with CRMs, Hubspot, SalesForce, Marketo and/or Pardot. We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity.

New St. Louis Agency Search: Senior Account Manager

I'm excited to be working with this new St. Louis client!  The owner and I originally met decades ago, when he was a creative director and I was a photographer.  It's been wonderful to re-connect and help him grow his agency.  This is a spectacular opportunity, because you'll rarely find an employer who respects and cares more for his employees than Dan does!

General Description:
The Sr. Account Manager (5-8 years’ experience) is a leader not only of the projects they work on but also of the client. An account manager is a client and industry expert--or becomes one--when they are on an account. They want to have an understanding of what the rest of our teams’ (creative and media) needs are in order to do their piece of the job. They provide helpful information in the form of a well-written) creative brief. They are curious and want to strategically understand a project--to be a part of the project and not just over see timelines.  
 
Along with various agency departments (traffic, creative, media, pr) the AM works to keep all projects on timeline and in budget in a fast-paced, respectful and collaborative setting. This role has major input in developing strategic marketing plans for their clients.  Our client is ready to hire immediately!  This a hybrid opportunity.  It is not a remote opportunity.
 
Compensation:
Our client offers a casual and flexible work environment, an excellent base salary with quarterly bonus, along with full benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability & Life insurance, maternity, paternity and bereavement leave), three weeks PTO beyond Holidays, 401K (with match), and the chance to work with talented, smart and collaborative colleagues.   Our client encourages and supports respect, diversity and continuous professional growth for their team.
 
About Our Client:
Our client is a well-established agency that’s been experiencing consistent growth over the past 15+ years.  The agency has created an inclusive and collaborative culture for the benefit of their employees and clients.  Management is interested in hiring the very best, respecting them, retaining them and helping them grow into long term, satisfying and successful careers.  It’s about being around the kind of people you like being around and genuinely liking the clients you’re working with.  The place isn’t ego driven and everyone (even a rookie) has a voice.  They have loyal clients because everyone has fun while doing superior work that gets noticed and succeeds.  EOE
 
If you’d like to know more, let’s talk.  Please start the process with sending your resume to [email protected], with a cover letter detailing your interest in and specific qualifications for the position, as you imagine it.

Proud of 21 Years of Recruiting Success

July is my Anniversary month!  I can’t believe it’s been over 21 years since I started my recruiting business!  Looking back, I’ve had (and am having) lots of fun while feeling professionally fulfilled, in helping businesses identify, recruit and hire professionals to maintain or expand their businesses.  Similarly, I’m proud of how many advertising, marketing and media professionals I’ve helped identify and take the next step on their career journey, ultimately helping them move closer to reaching their career goals.  It’s very rewarding work! 
 
In reminiscing, I start to think about quantifying those 21+ years, the numbers are amazing . . . almost unbelievable!  I’ve probably interviewed over 8,500 people and completed over 260 searches for over 85 Clients from all over North America. I have over 9,700 in our database and as of this morning, over 7100 LinkedIn connections.  Those contacts provide an excellent base of referrals for top marketing and media pros.
 
The recruiting and hiring process continually evolves.  It changed radically, almost overnight as a result of Covid stoking “The Great Resignation”.  Professionals found themselves with ample opportunity (time) to think about what they were doing with their professional career and life.  Many were dissatisfied with their conclusions when they realized they weren’t happy or being professionally satisfied.  They didn’t like where they were working or their boss or their compensation and many decided they’d rather being doing something of real human value and taking care of themselves, rather than just selling some consumer a product! 
 
Employers had to change too.  They could no longer take their employees for granted or be disrespectful or dismissive of them.  Employers started listening to their employees and being more appreciative, respectful, fair and flexible, out of necessity.  Remote workers are more productive than anyone imagined and so the more “flexible”, even hybrid office attendance became (or is becoming) the new normal.
 
The most successful employees are well known by their peers and competitors.  Employers are no longer able to simply “post and pray”.  Job boards, are infrequently effective and rarely efficient or expeditious.  The resulting focus on talent acquisition has resulted in far superior, more inclusive, satisfying and fun work environments.  Company cultures have had to become more ‘attractive’ to current (and prospective) employees.

Why Partner With an Executive Search Firm?

The work of executive search firms can at times be confused with the services of contingent recruiting agencies. However, there are key, significant differences.

Have you ever been tasked with discovering the perfect candidate for an executive-level position? If so, you're aware the process of finding a candidate to fill senior-level roles is much more rigorous, time-consuming, and research-heavy than hiring an entry-level or middle management position.  The process has become even more difficult post-Covid.

When recruiting intermediate personnel, you’ll typically post on a job board or two,  run the resumes through an algorithm, and review the remaining applicants for the best possible candidates. The process can range from days to weeks. However, when it comes to an organization’s most senior-level roles – from executive leadership or the C-Suite – different strategies are necessary to find the right candidate who can lead an organization.

An executive search firm is a company that specializes in placing highly qualified candidates in executive-level positions across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Executive search consultants seek to understand a specific executive position, define the core competencies necessary for a successful hire, and target several candidates that fit a distinct profile. Such positions include President, Vice President, CEO, CFO, COO, department heads, and more. 

The work of executive search firms can at times be confused with the services of contingent recruiting agencies. However, there are key differences in scope, methodology, process, and more, which differentiate these into two entirely different professions. In short, retained executive search firms partner with organizations to provide expertise in their industry or service, ultimately leading to the hire of a successful candidate.  

RETAINED EXECUTIVE SEARCH VS CONTINGENT RECRUITING

Unfortunately, executive search consulting and contingent recruiting are often thought of interchangeably, but are completely different professions.

RETAINED EXECUTIVE SEARCH

DEFINITION

Executive search firms are specialized management consultants retained by clients in an advisory capacity. Executive search firms partner with a client to identify, assess and select the very best possible candidate.

BUSINESS MODEL

Executive search firms operate on an exclusive, client-centered basis and work on a limited number of assignments at one time. They are engaged in all aspects of the process, from defining the search through candidate integration. They often find candidates with diverse backgrounds and have access to candidates who are not actively seeking a new position.
They charge a consulting fee (retainer) for the assignment, consistent with their in-depth advisory work. Executive search firms deliver high-quality services beyond placement, a slate of highly qualified candidates, and develop long-term relationships built on trust.

St. Louis Hybrid Search: Senior Digital Strategist #22042

Are you ready to put your initial years of strategic success to work for a well known St. Louis agency, with more senior level responsibility and opportunity?  Our client has a history of growth, stability and supporting their team with respect and support for both professional and personal growth.  They understand the realities of the modern workplace and always prioritize adding value their employees.

Overview:
As a Digital Strategist, you’ll provide day-to-day strategy for specific and/or multiple pieces of client and internal business. You’ll work with a multidisciplinary internal team to develop innovative, timely and culturally relevant strategy that inspires breakthrough and effective creative work. You’ll have a proven track record of working collaboratively with creative teams and clients. You’re highly self-motivated by a variety of problems that require analysis, insights and solutions to resolve. In addition, you are an exceptional communicator and storyteller, with an analytic mind and a passion for research and insight driven strategies.
 
Our St. Louis client is known for an unusual combination of marketing savvy, creative strategy and technical expertise that produces compelling ROI for their clients. They’re equally known for a few things they also consider sacrosanct – and perhaps even more foundational to their success:
 
Striving to be the premier agency that brings success to challenger brands and challenging client sales cycles.
Creating an internal culture of respect, loyalty, collaboration and support for both professional and personal growth, stability and happiness.

Principle Responsibilities:
• Provide digital thought leadership to both clients and colleagues.
• Own the execution, strategy and vision for all funnels and customer journeys across digital channels to driving sales and growth on all products, platforms and services.
• Analyze campaign results and recommend adjustments in strategy to meet goals.

New Search for Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances

Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances
Location: Greater St. Louis
 
Overview:
Would you rather be using your social media expertise to sell products or in support of your fellow Americans’ well-being and quality of life?  The Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances is responsible for designing and executing our client’s social media and strategic alliances communications efforts.  This includes creating compelling content that supports business growth and fosters strategic communication objectives to, ensure high brand awareness and, educate the qualified and drive referrals of the company’s services to targeted audiences with disabilities, nationwide.   In addition, this role is primary liaison for strategizing the collaboration of disability groups at local, regional and national levels.  You’ll help improve the lives of Americans with disabilities.  This is a hybrid opportunity.

This integrated communications position requires development and execution of high-quality content adapted and distributed across social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, as well as broader public relations channels. Includes managing customer reviews, blogs, e-communication (direct messages, live chat, customer posts), news summaries and web-based events. In addition, the position is responsible for creating and managing editorial calendars and social media communities; identifying and managing opportunities to engage consumers and affiliate and referral partners (i.e., disability groups), such as sponsorships, webinars, digital and social media events; and supporting efforts to grow the consumer business through organic and owned digital media. Works closely with digital marketing and agency teams to ensure content and messaging is integrated across all channels, and with human resources to support employee engagem

Experience:
Must have a degree and at least three years’ social media communications experience. Must possess solid analysis/optimization tools skills, SEO and experience with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, as well as other PR channels.  Prior experience in healthcare, insurance, or disability sectors is helpful.

A Guide to Making a Living Doing Something You Love

People shouldn’t have to choose between doing something that allows them to make a living and doing something they can feel excited about, that engages their interests. Of course, every line of work is going to have its ups and downs, but if you feel like you’ve been having nothing but downs lately, and as though your career is cutting you off from chasing your dreams, maybe it’s time for a change.

Today, The Marketing Recruiter offers some ideas for individuals who are feeling burnt out or unfulfilled at work, or simply looking for an exciting career option that aligns with their passions.

Have a clear sense of what you want out of your work.

If you’re going to make a career change or invest in training for a new line of work, you need to be fully committed to it. You can’t just be attracted to the work because you feel like it might be easy, glamorous, or lucrative. You can’t be thinking like an escapist or basing your ideas on fictionalized versions of careers that you’ve seen in the movies or television. Rather, you should have concrete knowledge about what is entailed in the career you have in mind. And you need to be realistic about your own gifts, aptitudes, skills, and interests.

Find out what you’ll need to do to get into this new field or industry.

You may already have the qualifications you need to make a change. Or you may need a little extra training, or simply to brush up on things you learned about years ago. On the other hand, some career leaps may require quite a bit of new education or preparation. If you need to take a lot of classes, or even go back to school for a new degree, make sure this is something that is practicable and affordable. You may be able to do online classes that won’t interfere with your existing work schedule or family obligations.

Don’t forget to look into licensing.