Our relationship with Imperial College London, a global top ten university, began when they needed our support with contract marketing recruitment. While they manage all permanent recruitment in-house, we have leveraged our network of interim talent to help the university engage talent on a temporary basis.
Imperial College London is a globally recognised university, known for its focus on science, engineering, medicine and business. Operating at scale, its marketing teams play a critical role in supporting student recruitment, research visibility, and institutional reputation.
At this level, maintaining consistent marketing delivery is essential – short-term gaps in resource can impact campaign execution and wider strategic objectives.
While permanent hiring is managed internally, the talent team lacked the capacity and infrastructure to deliver fast, effective temporary recruitment. Without a trusted partner, there is a risk of delays impacting critical marketing activity.
Hiring temporary talent presents two key challenges:
So far, we have supported Imperial College London with three placements.
The university chose to partner with 3Search due to our reputation for delivering specialist marketing talent quickly. We offer:
This positioned us as a dependable partner for time-sensitive hiring needs. Each process is intentionally streamlined:
This approach ensured minimal friction while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality.
Our contract recruitment team have successfully supported Imperial College London with three temporary hires within the marketing team.
Our support enabled the team to navigate short-term resource gaps while maintaining momentum during permanent hiring cycles.
Imperial College London first engaged 3Search to help us with temporary hires into the Marketing team in 2024. So far, they have helped us hire three roles a Marketing Officer – two of whom impressed us so much that they have been moved into permanent roles. Each time we have worked with 3Search we have found them knowledgeable, personable and able to turn around CVs very quickly to ensure we had candidates starting in role as soon as possible. They have kept in touch at regular intervals and we have enjoyed partnering with them. We would recommend 3Search to clients looking to hire for temporary roles across marketing and digital.
Candidate Thought Count: 1
I had the pleasure of working with Alice, who I could not recommend enough. Throughout our month working together she gave great advice, provided brilliant resources and was highly responsive. She only sent me roles she was sure I was a fit for, and was very helpful throughout the entire process. The job market is really tough right now, and finding the right recruiter can be make or break, and I'm glad to say I found the right one. I would encourage anyone looking for roles in marketing to reach out to Alice Curran, and use 3Search if they can.Marketer
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