GLOBAL RECRUITING FOR MARKETING AGENCIES
Hire Remote Staff for Marketing Agencies
An agency saved $500K across 7 hires. Zach, founder of ZHS Ecom, hired Account Managers, Copywriters, Graphic Designers and Klaviyo Technicians through HireUA, at about 20% of the cost of US hiring.
Zach · Founder, ZHS Ecom · 7 hires · Read Zach’s full story →
1,100+Placements made
40+Countries we recruit from
40+Roles we fill
Agency Client Results
Three More Agencies. Three Different Seats.
$50K a year
Saved on a Copywriter from Colombia
Kieran Dwyer, Compound Flows
Kieran runs Compound Flows. He hired a Copywriter from Colombia through HireUA. She started part-time, and within weeks her hours and pay were doubled. Kieran saves about $50K a year.
81%
Saved on a Web Designer
Visibly Marketing
Visibly Marketing hired Karina, a Web Designer from Ukraine. It saved 81% on the role and cut its website delivery time in half.
$40K a month
Where his agency grew, with Anastasia running production
Max Alexander
Max hired Anastasia as his Project Manager through HireUA. The business grew to $40K a month, and she runs production. After a year, he moved her to a direct hire for the long term.
Featured Agency Story
Creatively Disruptive: Five Hires, One Hiring Partner.
Founders Russell and Andy stopped hiring almost everyone in the US and built their delivery team through HireUA instead.
$150K a year
Saved across up to 5 full-time hires
Creatively Disruptive
Founders Russell and Andy used to hire about 90% of their team in the US. HireUA filled their first 3 roles, including a Facebook Ads Manager, in about a week, then helped them hire across media buying, design, social and email, saving at least 40–50% on salaries.
Natalie Davidson
Creatively Disruptive · 5 hires
“It was a relief to have them handling everything for us, and we ended up with an amazing team.”
The Problem
Your Agency Sells Faster Than It Can Deliver
You win the client. Then someone has to do the work.
At first, that someone is you. You write the emails, fix the designs, answer the Slack messages and still try to sell.
Then you add freelancers. Now you’re managing five people who all have other clients, and you’re still the one checking every deliverable before it goes out.
Your margin lives in delivery. Every hour you spend doing or redoing client work is an hour you’re not selling. Every freelancer who disappears mid-project is a client conversation you don’t want to have.
You don’t need more freelancers. You need people who own a seat on your team.
The right person, in the right seat, at the right cost. That’s what we recruit for.
More Agency Hires
HubSpot, Klaviyo, WordPress and Video Seats.
Fission Agency
$50/hourKept per billable hour
A HubSpot agency owner hired a premium HubSpot Specialist and keeps $50 of every billable hour.
Real Way Marketing
$24KPayroll savings
Hired a Klaviyo Email Designer. $24K in payroll savings and 45 hours a month back.
Monarch Wave Marketing
$110K–$130KComparable US salary, per year
Founder Alex hired a WordPress Developer from Serbia instead of making a US hire.
Tikscale
48 hoursTo hire a Video Editor
Ayman Arab hired a Video Editor in 48 hours. “I could tell you guys have done this hundreds of times.”
Roles We Fill for Agencies
Hire the Team That Delivers the Work
Each card opens the role page or our hiring guide for it.
Client side
Account Manager
Owns client relationships and the hard conversations, so clients stop coming to you.
See the role →
Client side
Project Manager
Keeps deliverables, deadlines and your team moving. Often an agency’s first hire.
See the role →
Client side
Client Success Manager
Onboarding, check-ins and keeping retainers renewing.
Read the hiring guide →
Performance
Media Buyer
Runs and optimizes paid campaigns across Meta, Google and TikTok.
See the role →
Performance
Email Marketing Specialist
Flows and campaigns in Klaviyo and the platforms your clients run.
Read the hiring guide →
Performance
Social Media Manager
Plans, posts and engages across your clients’ channels.
Read the hiring guide →
New business
SDR
Fills your own pipeline so new business doesn’t depend on referrals.
See the role →
More Agency Results · On Camera
Three More Agencies That Hired Their Delivery Team.
3 roles
Filled for Ireland’s eCom Agency of the Year
Optima Digital
Caolan filled three critical roles through HireUA, including an Account Manager.
2 weeks
To fill a Latin America search after 4 months elsewhere
Email Engineers
Matias Pirelli has hired several people through HireUA, starting with Tanya, a Project Manager from Ukraine. When another provider spent four months on a Latin America search, HireUA filled it in about two weeks.
1,000%
Growth since his first HireUA hire
ABH Media
Adam was running ABH Media alone. His first HireUA hire took 5 days, and the business has since grown about 1,000% to a team of around 15.
Not Just Agencies
A Spanish-Speaking Writer in About 3 Days.
José Rosado used to sift through about 100 applicants himself. HireUA sent 6 qualified candidates, and he hired in about 3 days.
About 3 days
To hire a Spanish-speaking Writer
José Rosado
José needed a Spanish-speaking Writer. HireUA sent 6 qualified candidates, and he hired in about 3 days.
Why HireUA
Freelancers Fill Gaps. Hires Fill Seats.
Most agencies try three or four ways to add capacity before they find one that holds.
Alternative
- Freelancers. Quick to start, but your clients compete with their other clients, and you’re still the quality check.
- White-label vendors. Someone else’s team on your client work, with your margin paying for theirs.
- Hiring yourself. Job posts, hundreds of applications and interviews, squeezed between client calls.
- Local hiring. Sometimes the right call, but it can eat the margin that makes a retainer worth having.
HireUA
- Freelancers. A dedicated hire who works on your team and learns your clients and your process.
- White-label vendors. You keep the person and the margin, with Monthly Hire or Direct Hire.
- Hiring yourself. We define the seat, search and screen. You interview the finalists and decide.
- Local hiring. We recruit from 40+ countries and pick the market that fits the role, without lowering the bar.
What It Costs
What Does an Agency Hire Cost?
Typical monthly pay for the person you hire, plus how HireUA’s fee works.
| Role | Monthly pay | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Account Manager | $2,500 to $3,000 | Account Manager guide → |
| Project Manager | $2,500 to $3,500 | Project Manager guide → |
| Copywriter | $2,000 to $2,500 | Copywriter guide → |
| Graphic Designer | $2,000 to $3,000 | Graphic Designer guide → |
| Video Editor | $2,000 to $3,000 | Video Editor guide → |
| Media Buyer | $2,500 to $4,500, depending on seniority | Media Buyer guide → |
| Email Marketing Specialist | $3,500 to $4,500 | Pricing Guide → |
| Social Media Manager | $2,000 to $2,500 | Pricing Guide → |
| UI/UX Designer | $2,500 to $3,500 | Graphic Designer guide → |
| WordPress Developer | $3,000 to $4,000 | Developer guide → |
Get the 2026 hiring guide
Roles, typical pay ranges and the best regions to hire from, all in one free PDF.
Where We Recruit
The Right Role. The Right Market.
HireUA recruits talent from 40+ countries. We don’t sell a country. We start with the role and search the market that fits it.
EUROPE
Eastern Europe
Where HireUA started. Strong for design, development and specialist work that needs independent judgment. Visibly’s web designer is from Ukraine, and Monarch Wave Marketing’s WordPress developer is from Serbia.
LATAM
Latin America
Strong US time-zone overlap for client-facing, creative and sales roles. Compound Flows’ copywriter is from Colombia.
ASIA
The Philippines and Southeast Asia
Deep remote-work experience. Excellent value for support, admin and repeatable production work where reliability and consistency matter.
There’s no best country to hire from. There’s a best market for the job: experience, communication, working hours and pay decide where we search.
Process
From Open Seat to Qualified Candidates
01
Tell Us About the Seat
What the role owns, which clients it touches, the tools you run and the hours you need. Not sure which role? We’ll help you figure it out.
02
We Define the Search
We write the requirements from the actual work, then choose the talent markets that fit the role.
03
Meet Qualified Candidates
We source and screen candidates and present qualified professionals within 5 days of kickoff.
04
Choose Your Hire
You interview the finalists and decide who joins your team. Total hiring time depends on how fast you interview and decide.
What Agency Owners Say
In Their Own Words.
Eric
Founder, LIFT Enrichment · $1.3M to $10.2M in 19 months
“I can be on the other side of the world in Dubai, and I was for three weeks, and she did absolutely everything with a huge amount of success.”
Adria Ferrier
Founder, Elayne · $578K a year saved
“I think you really take the time to understand exactly what we need, and the caliber of person that we need.”
Valentin Wallyn
Findymail · hired an Executive Assistant
“I think I saved something around more than $20K a year by choosing HireUA over finding similar talent in the US.”
“She slotted in perfectly. Within the first week, she was doing everything.”
“We used HireUA to find a marketing manager for our agency. It was hands-down the smoothest hiring process we have ever had. In a few days, we had a curated list of great-fit candidates. We’ve had zero issues with our hire. We will be using HireUA again for our future needs!”
“I run an SEO agency and in July 2023, needed to hire someone to manage client projects as we grew. I reached out to HireUA and within days had potential candidates booked on my calendar and in weeks was onboarding one of those candidates onto the team. That hire is still with us today (a year later) and has been an incredible support to the team.”
Ready when you are
Meet vetted agency hires in 5 days.
Book a call, tell us the role, and we’ll show you vetted candidates within 5 days of kickoff.
Vetted candidates · Monthly Hire or Direct Hire
Questions
Marketing Agency Hiring FAQs
Do you recruit for marketing agencies?
Yes. Agencies are one of the business types we work with most: eCommerce email agencies like ZHS Ecom, Compound Flows and Max Alexander’s team, Ireland’s eCommerce Agency of the Year, Optima Digital, plus web, HubSpot, content and video agencies. We recruit for client-facing, creative, performance and operations roles.
Which role should an agency hire first?
Usually the seat that’s eating most of the founder’s week. For many agencies that’s a Project Manager or Account Manager who takes delivery and client communication off your plate. For others it’s the production work they’re still doing themselves, like copy or design. We help you decide on the first call.
Will my hire work on client accounts under our brand?
Yes. Your hire works as part of your team, on your clients, in your tools and under your agency’s name.
How quickly can we meet candidates?
Qualified candidates are presented within 5 days of kickoff. Total time to hire depends on how quickly you interview and decide.
How much does an agency hire cost?
It depends on the role. Copywriters typically earn $2,000–$2,500 a month full-time, Graphic Designers $2,000–$3,000, Account Managers $2,500–$3,000, Project Managers $2,500–$3,500 and Media Buyers $2,500–$4,500 depending on seniority. That’s what the person earns, not HireUA’s fee.
How much can we save compared with hiring locally?
Clients save up to 82% compared with hiring locally. Real numbers vary by role and market: ZHS Ecom saved $500K across 7 hires at about 20% of the cost of US hiring, and Visibly Marketing saved 81% on a web designer.
Can a hire talk to our clients directly?
Yes, if that’s part of the seat. Tell us when we define the role. Client-facing communication, English level and working hours are hiring criteria, not something you discover after the person starts.
Can you find people who already know our tools?
Yes. Tool experience goes into the requirements: Klaviyo for email agencies, HubSpot for CRM work, Meta and Google for paid media. Fission Agency hired a premium HubSpot Specialist, and Real Way Marketing hired a Klaviyo Email Designer.
Can we grow from one hire to a team?
Yes. ZHS Ecom started with an Account Manager and came back until they had 7 hires. Optima Digital made 3 hires, and each search got more efficient as the partnership grew.
Do you work with larger agencies?
Yes. We’ve worked with companies of up to 1,000 people. For bigger teams we can run recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) for a role or a whole department, take on ongoing searches on retainer, or work alongside your in-house recruiters on the seats they can’t get to.
Do you only recruit from Ukraine?
No. HireUA began in Ukraine and now recruits talent from 40+ countries.
What’s the difference between Monthly Hire and Direct Hire?
With Monthly Hire, you pay HireUA, and we pay and administer your hire, including payroll and compliance. With Direct Hire, you employ the person directly and pay a placement fee of 15% of annual salary, $3,000 minimum.
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Build the Team Your Clients Are Paying For
Tell us which seat is slowing your agency down. We’ll recruit qualified candidates for it, from the market that fits the role.