For candidates

Looking for your next move?
Or just quietly curious?

Good roles. Honest advice. No recruitment nonsense.

You don’t need to be desperately looking for another job to have a conversation with me.

Maybe you’re actively looking. Maybe something doesn’t feel quite right where you are. Or maybe you’re perfectly happy but you’d still listen if the right thing came along.

I recruit across marketing, digital, PR, communications and agencies, from specialist roles through to senior leadership.

I’ll give you an honest view on the opportunity, salary and market. I won’t push you into something that isn’t right, and your details don’t go anywhere without you knowing about it.

No hard sell. No CV flinging. Just a proper conversation.

Agency-side · Client-side · Permanent · Fractional · Manchester-led · UK-wide

What David recruits

Marketing, digital, PR and agency people.

That’s my world.

I recruit specialist and senior people across:

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Current opportunities

Current opportunities.

Only genuine, published live roles appear here.

Live role

Biddable Account Director

A £50,000 permanent role with a confidential global media agency in Manchester. You’ll lead Paid Social and Programmatic strategy across major consumer and eCommerce accounts, advise senior clients and develop a team. Hybrid working: at least three days a week in the Manchester office.

Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK · full-time · £50,000 per year

Salary: verified. Process: confirmed

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Live role

Client Services Director

A £70,000–£75,000 permanent Client Services Director role with a growing independent digital agency in Greater Manchester. You’ll become the founder’s senior partner across clients, digital strategy, people and commercial account growth. Hybrid working from a recently renovated Manchester workspace; I’ll talk through the office/home split and benefits when we speak.

Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK · full-time · £70,000–£75,000 per year

Salary: verified. Process: not ready

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Your next move

Actively looking. Quietly curious. Both are fine.

You don’t need to know exactly what you’re looking for.

Tell me where you’re at and what would genuinely interest you.

If I’ve got something relevant, brilliant. If I haven’t, I won’t invent one.

A LinkedIn or profile URL and a few lines is enough to start. There’s no account, no long registration and no faff.

Your details are handled under the Candidate Privacy Notice.

What happens to your details?

  1. David reviews itYour note or CV goes directly to David for manual review.
  2. It stays privateYour identifiable CV or profile is not sent to a client without a proper conversation and the appropriate permission for that introduction.
  3. No database nonsenseYou can ask for access, correction or deletion of your information, as explained in the Candidate Privacy Notice.

Private details

Send me enough to start the conversation.

A LinkedIn/profile URL, a few lines or a CV is enough. No account. No long registration. No faff.

I’ll review it personally and get in touch if there’s something worth discussing.

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