Service · LinkedIn, Google & Meta

Paid campaigns that bring in briefs and candidates, not impressions.

Account-based LinkedIn, Google search and Meta campaigns built for recruitment firms. Targeted at named accounts, candidate roles or whole sectors, with creative that doesn't read like an ad.

Paid acquisition for recruitment firms
What this is

Paid acquisition, done properly.

Most paid spend in recruitment is wasted. Boosting posts, blanket targeting, generic creative that looks like every other ad in the feed.

We build paid programmes around named accounts and sharply defined audiences, with creative that earns attention before it earns the click.

Whether you are after client briefs, candidate applications or brand recall in a specific patch, the work starts with the audience and ends with the spend, not the other way around.

Why founders bring this to us

The brief is usually the same.

01

We have no idea what is working

Spend goes in, nothing measurable comes out. We rebuild your tracking and reporting from scratch.

02

Our creative looks like a job ad

Stock photo, gradient, CTA. Skipped in half a second. We design ads that hold up next to organic content.

03

Targeting is too broad

Casting wide is cheap and useless. We narrow to the accounts, titles or candidate cohorts that actually matter.

04

We need pipeline, not awareness

Branding-led campaigns with no conversion path waste budget. We design campaigns with a clear next step.

What you get

Deliverables, not retainers in disguise.

01

Audience build

Account lists, job title matrices, lookalike audiences and intent signals. Built around your actual sales motion.

02

Creative production

Static, motion and short-form video built for each channel, refreshed monthly to fight ad fatigue.

03

Landing pages

Dedicated landing pages for each campaign, designed to convert at 5 to 10x your site average.

04

Campaign management

Daily monitoring, weekly optimisation, monthly creative refresh.

05

Tracking and attribution

Server-side tracking, GA4 events, CRM piping. You see what is actually working.

06

Monthly reporting

Plain English report on what we spent, what it produced and what we change next.

How it runs

A clear sequence, no surprises.

Every engagement runs through the same studio process. You always know where we are, what is coming next, and what we need from you.

  1. 01

    Audit and audience

    Week one we audit your current spend, tracking and audience and build the new programme architecture.

  2. 02

    Creative sprint

    Two weeks designing and writing the first round of ads and landing pages.

  3. 03

    Soft launch and learn

    First 30 days are a controlled test across audiences and creatives to find what is working.

  4. 04

    Scale and refresh

    Once we have winners, we scale spend and refresh creative monthly to keep performance healthy.

"Paid media is leverage. Without good creative and a clear offer, it is just spend."

RecruiterStudio · Paid POV
What good looks like

The outcomes we design for.

  • Cost-per-lead you can actually defend in a board meeting
  • A repeatable pipeline of briefs from named accounts
  • Candidate applications at predictable cost per hire
  • Ads your team is proud to share, not embarrassed by
  • Clear attribution from first click to closed deal
Next step

Speak to our team.

Every engagement starts with a 20-minute call. We map the brief, the timeline and the right team, then come back with a clear proposal.

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Questions on paid acquisition

The honest answers.

What is a sensible monthly ad spend?+

For LinkedIn ABM, £4-15k per month is the sensible range. For candidate-side Meta or Google, £2-10k. We will recommend based on the goal, not the budget.

Can you work alongside our existing media buyer?+

Yes. We often own creative and strategy while an internal lead manages spend. Or we do it end to end.

What about TikTok or YouTube?+

Yes, when the audience and offer support it. We don't recommend channels for the sake of being there.

How fast can we launch?+

Three to four weeks from kickoff to first live campaign, including tracking, creative and landing pages.

Ready to ship paid acquisition that actually moves the brand?

Tell us about the firm. We will come back with a clear plan, timeline and proposal within 24 hours.