Performance Marketing Jobs & Recruitment Experts

Ikon Search recruits across the performance marketing function, including SEO Specialists, SEO Managers, SEM Specialists, Paid Search Managers, Paid Social Managers, Demand Generation Managers, Lead Generation Directors, Lifecycle Marketing Managers, Ecommerce Directors, Programmatic Account Managers, Growth Directors, VPs of Performance Marketing, Marketing Directors, and CMOs. Searches can support individual contributor, management, director, VP, and C-suite hiring needs.

For many active searches, Ikon Search typically presents qualified candidate shortlists within 2-3 days. Speed comes from specialized market networks, focused sourcing, and recruitment technology, but candidates are still vetted before presentation. The team screens for technical skills, relevant platform experience, compensation alignment, cultural fit, and long-term suitability rather than sending a high volume of unqualified resumes.

Ikon Search supports performance marketing hiring across start-ups, digital marketing agencies, SaaS, fintech, martech, ecommerce, edtech, DTC brands, omnichannel retailers, and PE-backed growth companies. The team understands how performance expectations differ by business model, such as pipeline generation in SaaS, customer acquisition in ecommerce, retention in lifecycle marketing, or paid media efficiency in agency environments.

Yes. Ikon Search offers several engagement models, including retained search, contingent search, full-time permanent recruitment, long or short-term contract staffing, and temp-to-hire. This flexibility helps employers hire for permanent growth roles, interim coverage, project-based marketing needs, seasonal demand, rapid scaling, or situations where a trial period before permanent conversion reduces hiring risk.

Candidates are evaluated through a role-specific qualification process that can include recruiter interviews, campaign and channel experience review, platform expertise assessment, compensation alignment, culture fit discussions, and reference checks where appropriate. For technical marketing roles, Ikon Search looks closely at hands-on experience with tools such as Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Braze, Klaviyo, Shopify, and programmatic platforms.

Yes. Ikon Search recruits Marketing Directors, Senior Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Creative Officers, and other senior growth leaders. Leadership searches are especially relevant for funded start-ups, Series A-C scale-ups, PE-backed SaaS companies, fintech firms, ecommerce businesses, and agencies that need strategic marketing leaders who can build teams, own revenue targets, and improve execution.

Ikon Search works with experienced marketing professionals across SEO, SEM, paid media, lifecycle, ecommerce, content, programmatic, and growth leadership. Candidates are matched to opportunities where their channel expertise, tools experience, industry background, compensation goals, and career direction align. The team focuses on quality matches rather than pushing candidates into roles that do not fit their long-term objectives.

Ikon Search is a boutique staffing firm with specialized divisions, 25+ years of executive search experience from its founders, and a focus on tailored talent solutions. Rather than taking a generic approach, the team invests time upfront to understand each client’s goals, culture, hiring challenges, and market position. The result is a focused, data-informed recruitment process built for speed and quality.