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Private Equity
They want a search firm that already understands the thesis, not one that needs the thesis explained to them.
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Brand, content, LinkedIn, email and web for retained search practices placing into PE portfolios, FTSE boards and family offices. Marketing built for the rooms you actually pitch into.
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The Mandate
Three Certainties of Executive Search Marketing
Retained search sells at the senior end of B2B. The marketing playbook that works for high volume recruitment does not survive contact with the board level buyer.
- 01Tenet
Buyers research long before they reply.
PE partners, board chairs and group HRDs vet search firms across LinkedIn, the website and back-channel referrals before a single email is opened. The brand has to earn the seat before the meeting.
- 02Tenet
Cycles are measured in months, sometimes years.
A retained mandate often takes nine to eighteen months from first impression to signed engagement. Marketing has to compound across that window, not chase a single quarter.
- 03Tenet
Reputation is the entire product.
Every touchpoint, the LinkedIn post, the newsletter, the proposal deck, the website footer, signals whether you are a peer or a vendor. Inconsistency disqualifies you silently.
Who You Are Pitching To
Six Rooms Your Marketing Has to Land In
Newly installed leaders under value-creation plans
Portfolio CEOs
They are reading specialist content for proof that you have placed peers into similar mandates before.
Chairs and non-executive directors
Board Chairs
They short list quietly. Reputation, content depth and reliable referrals decide the panel before a call is booked.
Heads of talent at scale-up and FTSE leadership
Group HR Directors
They are juggling three or four search partners. The one that brings sector insight, not just CVs, keeps the next brief.
Owner-managers planning succession
Founder Owners
They take their time. They want a firm that feels like a peer and writes like one, not a recruiter chasing a fee.
Nomination committees and trustee boards
Search Committees
They expect a documented process, references and proof of confidentiality. Marketing has to back the panel pitch.
The Programme
What We Run for Executive Search Firms
The channels are the same as the rest of B2B. The cadence, calibration and tone are not. Every line below is tuned for the retained search market and links through to the underlying service.
Brand Transformation
Earn the seat before the meeting
Positioning that signals peer status to PE and the boardroom. A visual system that holds its line across deck, pitch document and website.
Content Marketing
Specialist depth that buyers cite back
Long form market analysis, hiring intelligence and sector commentary written by senior editors. The proof that the firm reads the market, not just the candidates.
LinkedIn Marketing
Authority under named partners
Personal profiles managed for each partner, weekly content in their voice, newsletter programmes and researched outreach into PE, portfolio companies and chairs.
Email Marketing
Conversations with the right inbox
Researched sequences calibrated to PE, FTSE and family office leadership. Deliverability and copy that reads like a partner wrote it, because a partner did.
Website and SEO
A site that survives the panel review
Recruitment SEO targeting the commercial searches that matter, plus service pages and case work built to convert when the chair clicks through after the referral.
PPC Advertising
Targeted reach for retained briefs
Discreet, account based paid campaigns when a new practice area or sector specialism needs visibility fast. Useful for launches, less so for steady state.
The Proof
An Executive Search Brand, Reset for PE and FTSE Rooms
Growing an executive search firm into VC and PE rooms.
A new brand, a 17 page strategy and a multi channel campaign that put Meyrick in conversation with FTSE 250 leaders, VCs and PE firms across food and ingredients.
- Sector
- Executive Search, Food and Ingredients
- Engagement
- Ongoing partnership, from 2022
- Region
- UK, Europe, North America
- 30+Conversations with leading VC and PE firms
- 100+Conversations with senior leaders in food and ingredients
- £3M+Revenue potential identified across three meetings booked
Executive Search FAQ
What Search Partners Ask Us
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