Our relationship with boutique agency, SOCIALLYWITHIT, formally began in 2025. Having experienced rapid growth in the 6-12 months prior, they were ready to hire their first Social Media Manager to manage their clients’ accounts.
Having worked with one of the Co-founders in the past, they knew they could rely on our social media recruiters to identify top talent. That existing trust became key as the business entered a rapid growth phase and needed specialist recruitment support.
SOCIALLYWITHIT (SWI) is a boutique social media agency that lives in the data. Looking beyond trends, their team tests, learns and creates in line with what works best for their clients.
With the client base expanding rapidly over the last 6–12 months, the day-to-day social media execution and strategic oversight could no longer sit solely with the founders. It was time to engage their first Social Media Manager.
With the existing team incredibly busy managing their portfolio of work, it was impossible to dedicate the resources required to hire. As a result, they needed to hire quickly, confidently and needed the support of a specialist marketing recruitment agency, like 3Search, to do so.
This was a pivotal moment for the business. Getting it right would unlock further growth; getting it wrong would slow everything down.
SWI were looking for a Social Media Manager who could:
Initially, the role was scoped as a 6-month FTC, allowing flexibility while the founders assessed longer-term client commitments. However, given how buoyant the permanent social market is — and how in-demand this skillset is — the interim talent pool at this level proved extremely limited.
Working with our interim recruitment consultant, Taylor Nash, we advised early in the process that making the job a permanent role would widen access to high-quality talent. Once the decision was made, perm social media recruiter, Olivia Wilde, joined the search. This allowed us to provide a clear view of both interim and permanent market realities, reinforcing confidence that SWI were seeing the very best candidates available.
Given the founders’ limited time, we adapted our communication style to suit them. Rather than relying on frequent calls, we used WhatsApp voice notes and regular check-ins every couple of days, keeping momentum high while minimising disruption to their workload.
SWI successfully appointed a Social Media Manager who now sits directly beneath the founders.
This appointment marks a major milestone for SOCIALLYWITHIT, unlocking capacity, improving consistency across client work, and allowing the founders to focus on growth and agency direction. The feedback from the business has been overwhelmingly positive, and the team is excited to see the impact delivered quickly.
Both Taylor and Liv worked incredibly hard to save us a huge amount of time and ensured we had a really strong cohort of candidates to choose from. They kept the process streamlined, kept us updated throughout, and advised us at every stage to make sure we were getting the right fit for our business. Their professionalism and ease to work with made choosing 3Search a really good decision for us.
Candidate Thought Count: 1
I worked with Taylor Nash and she was absolutely wonderful and so easy to communicate with throughout the process. She really listened to what I was looking for and helped me find a role that aligned with how I wanted to grow. She made the whole process seamless and supported me at every stage, which made what can be a stressful experience feel really positive.Social Media Manager
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