Scaling marketing, communications and bids capability at Isio

Isio is a leading UK advisory firm providing expertise across pensions, investments, employee benefits and wealth planning. Working with some of the UK’s largest employers and trustees, individuals and families, charities and financial advisers, they are on a mission to bring clarity, confidence, and better outcomes for everyone. 

As the organisation entered a period of growth, the leadership team recognised the need to strengthen its brand, communications strategy and bid capability. Building a high-performing marketing, communications and bids function became a critical priority to support the firm’s long-term commercial ambitions. 

As part of this strategic investment, Isio needed to make several key hires across marketing, communications and bids. These roles were all part of the broader growth plan for the function and included: 

• Head of Communications 
• Communications Manager 
• Bid Managers
• Bid Designer 
• Marketing Executives

Each hire needed to combine strong technical expertise with the ability to operate within a growing and evolving organisation. 

Isio partnered with 3Search due to the firm’s specialist expertise across marketing, communications and bids recruitment. 

The business benefited from working with dedicated consultants across each discipline: 

• David Bremner supporting bids hiring 
• Matthew Stevenson leading communications recruitment 
• Jaemien managing marketing hires

This specialist approach allowed Isio to meet expert candidates across multiple functions. 

Working closely with Jacqueline and the wider leadership team, our recruitment consultants built a strong understanding of both the technical requirements and the cultural fit required. Having built a strong understanding of what success looked like within Isio, we were able to: 

• Deliver consistently high-quality candidates 
• Align closely with the business’s evolving requirements 
• Support multiple hires across different functions simultaneously

The strong understanding of the organisation helped ensure an excellent success rate across the roles assigned. 

3Search successfully delivered a number of key hires across marketing, communications and bids, helping Isio build a stronger and more structured marketing function. 

The success of these placements has contributed to the continued growth and development of the team and strengthened the partnership between Isio and 3Search.