We recruit and train business development personnel for marketing agencies. What makes us so effective, compared with traditional recruitment firms, is our team's unparalleled consulting experience in the marketing services industry. As a result, since 2005, we've been helping talented individuals connect with ambitious marketing agencies so they may grow and fulfil their potential together.
Examples: recruitment, planning and training
Freedman International (2009) (Marketing Implementation) - our ongoing relationship with this marketing implementation company has resulted in the recruitment and training of two mid-level business development managers. Intensive planning, a full marketing strategy review and the implmentation of a new CRM system has created a highly effective and focused new business programme. View the case study here: Case Study
Endpoint (2009) (Brand Implementation) - for almost 3-years Blossom has been the consultative new business partner for this brand implementation agency. Not only have we provided the strategic input for Endpoint's proposition we have also sourced and trained both a new business executive (2007) and we've now placed a Head of New Business (2009). View the case study here: Case Study
Fluent Interaction (2009) (User-Experience)- we sourced a highly proficient new business manager who now champions the entire new business function for this growing user-experience agency. Blossom's planning and proposition development was integral as this was their first investment in new business. View the case study here: Case Study
ACW (2009) (Integrated & Strategy) - Blossom has completed a new business planning process with ACW, a full service agency. We've helped them develop messaging, targeting and communications strategies. Additionally, we've completed a 2-month training programme with the business development manager we placed with them. View the testimonial and case study here: Candidate Testimonial, Case Study
Itch (2009) (Experiential) - as a Rainmaker client, Blossom identified the internal need for a hybrid new business manager to champion both the prospecting and meeting programme to alleviate time pressures on the agency partners. One of Rainmaker's in-house talents, already well versed in this experiential agency's offering saw filling this gap as the next natural stage of his career. He is now working as a senior new business manager for this vibrant and exciting company.
Fieldworks (2009) (Fieldworks) - a long standing Rainmaker client, this fieldwork agency wanted to invest in the development of an in-house new business team to inject further energy into an already successful sales function. Blossom was charged with finding and training a talented new business executive to ensure the continued growth of the agency.
Wilson Miller (2008) (IT specialist marketing agency) - 3 month training programme.
5one (customer analysis and strategy) - testimonials from client and candidate demonstrate our unique effectiveness. Client Testimonial, Candidate Testimonial, Case Study
9 Impressions (design & production agency) - view the testimonial here: Client & Candidate Testimonial
Interbrand (global brand strategy company) - we completed a full recruitment and 3-month training programme
Examples: new business consultancy
Brandhouse, Itch, Stitch, Imagination, Financial Dynamics, Iris Worldwide, Tequila, Landor, DDB, Agency.Com, Jack Morton, Grey Healthcare, The Henley Centre, 141, Conran Design Group, Cohn & Wolfe, The Partners, WWAV Rapp Collins, EHS Brann, FutureBrand, Enterprise IG, PHD, Design UK, Firefly, Coley Porter Bell, Fitch Live, Lambie-Nairn, OgilvyOne, Addison, Dalziel and Pow, Siegel+Gale, The Marketing Store, Digitas, Rapp Collins Consumer Health, Wegener, Miller-Bainbridge, FutureBrand, i-Level, Pleon, De-construct, Saatchi & Saatchi Consumer Healthcare, Profero, Frukt...
...and over 150 other marketing communications agencies of all shapes, sizes and disciplines in the UK, US and Europe.