Our specialist recruiters have partnered with SBC, a global events, media and advisory business, since early 2025. In that time, we have supported their commercial growth with new hires across their digital, marketing and sales teams.
Managed by Michael Judkins, the hiring team has partnered closely with several of our specialist recruitment consultants, ensuring they access the right networks and knowledge for each hire.
SBC is a global business connecting professionals across the gaming, betting, fintech, payments, affiliate, and entertainment sectors through events, media, and advisory services. Founded in 2009, the company’s purpose is to bring together people, ideas, and opportunities that help brands grow and innovate.
Our partnership with SBC began with an executive search for a Digital Marketing Director. Since then, Michael, our Customer Director, has worked closely with their Director of People, Jonathan Max, to hire several roles across their marketing, sales and digital teams.
Following a period of expansion, SBC needed to hire across several functions from marketing and sales to content and creative. Many of these roles were new positions created to support growth across the company.
However, across such a wide range of specialisms was proving difficult. The industry they operate in is quite niche, and the business is fairly unknown to those outside of the sector. As a result, they needed to partner with a recruitment agency who would be able to effectively represent their organisation, build interest among talent and supply strong pipelines across each specialist skill set.
SBC chose to partner with our recruitment agency thanks to our depth of expertise across the commercial industry. Our unique approach to recruitment gave the hiring manager the level of knowledge and breadth of expertise required to hire.
While each role had its own tailored solution, our approach focused on three core areas:
This allowed us to build candidate interest and brand awareness while quickly delivering shortlists that met the specific skill and culture fit each team required.
To date, 3Search has placed nine professionals into SBC across different teams, including roles in sales, marketing, design, video, and web development. Each placement has contributed to SBC’s continued growth and ability to deliver outstanding experiences across its global events, media, and content platforms.
The success of this collaboration has established 3Search as a trusted recruitment partner for SBC. Michael now acts as the first point of contact for any new requirements, ensuring the right specialist recruiter is engaged for each search.
Working with 3Search has had a real impact on our hiring, not only in helping us find high-quality candidates quickly, but also in taking the time to understand exactly what we needed. Their knowledge of marketing and sales roles meant they could identify the right skills and experience straight away, and their ability to screen candidates thoroughly saved us huge amounts of time and effort. The experience of working with Michael and the team has been excellent. Communication has always been clear, proactive, and supportive, which made the whole process smooth from start to finish. What stands out about 3Search is the combination of professionalism, market knowledge, and genuine care. It feels like they are a true partner rather than just a supplier. I would have no hesitation in recommending Michael and 3Search to anyone looking to grow their team with the right people.Jonathan Max Director of People and Organisational Development
Candidate Thought Count: 3
I have worked with Sarah Jones throughout my application process for a Junior Videographer role and it was an amazing process! Sarah supported me from the very beginning clearly explaining the role with all the information I needed to know. From organizing interviews and well engaged chats over the phone, she made the process truly efficient and stress-free. Sarah's support helped me to understand the role and was excellent in answering any questions I had. Taylor Nash was also superb as she was an excellent cover for Sarah. I couldn't recommend the team enough!Videographer
I had a fantastic experience with Tamsin from 3Search - she was attentive, listening to my requirements in detail, and incredibly generous with her time to ensure the whole process was as smooth as possible. Tamsin constantly kept me in the loop with consistent communication, I couldn’t have asked for a better recruiter to work with and highly recommend them!Sales Manager
Yasmin has been awesome!! A real legend, extremely friendly and helpful. Throughout the interview process she was on hand with great feedback and supportive. Even when Yasmin wasn’t in the office she was on point, helping me every step of the way. This gave me great confidence and provided me with the assurance of the role at hand. I was offered the job after a several interviews (after we hashed out what’s what on the table and to go back with where I was comfortable pay wise). We are now waiting for final contracts and fingers crossed, everything will be across the line soon.Lead Graphic Designer
