Media Contacts Brochure

Contents WHO WE ARE SPECIALISMS WHAT WE DO OUR PRODUCTS WHY WORK WITH US DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OUR TESTIMONIALS A SELECTION OF OUR CLIENTS SUMMARY

Media Contacts is one of the leading global media, events and communications recruitment consultancies. Since 1993, we’ve built up an extensive network of contacts and businesses who have come to value the advice and expertise we provide. We provide our clients with solutions to all their recruitment problems, from permanent and temporary recruitment at all levels, to partnering with them on a variety of complementary projects, including specialist workshops and career clinics appropriate to relevant industries. Who We Are Many of our candidates work with us on a long-term, partnership basis throughout their career. Starting with the basics, such as CV advice and interview technique, we go on to become an individual’s go to person at any time, whether they need salary advice, or ideas on which direction to focus on to further their career aspirations. With almost three decades of experience and a reputation for providing great quality candidates, we have an extensive list of clients coupled with unrivalled market knowledge. It’s no coincidence that 94% of our candidates passed their probation in the last 12 months. Using our vast network and extensive database, along with the processes and skills to be able to find the right person to match a brief quickly, we are also highly ethical, and respect for each individual is important to our core values.

Specialisms Our consultants work across a variety of industries, with 8 focus specialisations: Editorial Events Marketing Sales PR Healthcare Communications Creative Communications Business Support

Editorial We work with a variety of B2B and consumer media businesses, content marketing and branding agencies, financial and technology services, start-up brands building editorial and content teams, and business intelligence companies. With almost three decades of experience, we are perfectly placed to help you grow your business with the best talent in the industry. Some of the jobs we are great at filling include, journalists on specialist titles, analysts, editors and content writers. Events We recruit marketing, sales, operations, content and tech talent, for a variety of events. These range from business conferences and exhibitions to trade shows, and digital and consumer events for everything from small independent organisers and mid-sized companies through to big, global organisations. PR We hire across agency and in-house teams, from entry through to board level and everything in-between. The sectors we recruit for include all aspects of consumer PR (food, drink, beauty, travel, you name it!), B2B (including tech and financial PR), corporate PR and public affairs. Clients range from boutique PR agencies and big networks to household name manufacturers and service providers.

Sales This division recruits for sales vacancies including sponsorship and delegate sales, business development, software sales (SaaS), advertising sales as well as subscription sales. We also offer additional profile testing specifically for sales recruitment as part of our MC Partner and MC Exceed packages - ask our consultants for more Marketing We recruit at all levels for roles across the industry. This includes subscription marketing for publishers and business intelligence providers, delegate and sponsorship marketing for events, any customer marketing for wider B2B/consumer organisations and specialist marketing disciplines like PPC, SEO, and affiliate marketing.

CCoremamtiuvneications We recruit creative communications staff for all kinds of advertising, branding and marketing agencies. We focus on areas including account management, copywriting, strategic planning, insights and analytics, digital specialists, and project managers. This also includes creative communications roles specific to healthcare advertising - see our Healthcare section for further details. Healthcare Our healthcare communications team recruits for specialist communications and marketing agencies (aka, healthcare advertising, healthcare PR and medical communications agencies) which service pharmaceutical clients. Specialising in recruits at all levels, we find people for the following functions: • Client services • Writing and editorial • Market access and public affairs • Strategic planning and digital Business Support We also supply the industries we cover with business support staff - office managers, PAs, traffic and project managers, HR specialists and anyone else to support your business and its growth.

What We Do Famous for telling it how it is, we recruit the best talent for media, events, and communications organisations across the world. We help people make the right connections, from the candidates we support through their entire careers to the clients we’ve partnered with for many years. We always seek to provide honest advice to those who need it. So, whether you’re wondering why you keep getting to final interview stage and then not getting the job, or can’t understand why the urgent job brief you have had live for 6 months is still unfilled, we use our market and recruitment knowledge to answer your questions and solve your business problems. Each of our consultants handles the entire 360 recruitment process: account managing clients’ vacancies, assessing candidates, interviewing, headhunting, writing adverts and providing general support where needed. We find that having our consultants fully involved in all aspects of the process puts them in the best place to respond to our clients’ exact requirements. The results speak for themselves - 94% of the candidates we have placed in the last year passed their probation. At Media Contacts, we help people make the right connections.

Source PAYG | CHOICE, VARIETY, SPEED • Dedicated account manager • Access to database of more than 60,000 candidates • Advertising on MC website, social media and some paid job boards • Telephone interview with all candidates • GDPR consent gained • Detailed candidate CVs provided alongside interview notes from the consultant Partner FROM £500* | QUALITY, ACCESS, CONSISTENCY • Everything included in MC Source plus: • Two dedicated account managers, including a senior member of the MC team • Candidate database supplemented with proactive headhunting and attraction of passive candidates • Client brand can be used on advertising to help boost response and client employer branding • F2F interviewing either via video or in person • Advice on recruitment and retention issues • Assistance with producing first class job descriptions • Overview and advice on the market • Review of recruitment process • Candidate success review and feedback from both candidate and client side • Sales profiling • *Price dependent on salary Exceed FROM £1000* | CONFIDENCE, ASSURANCE, PRIORITY • Everything included in MC Partner plus: • Top priority client/fastest fill time • Guaranteed success or money back • Unlimited MC resources including input from the MD • Market mapping and targeting of specific individuals agreed with the client • Bespoke video advertising • Can make the interview bespoke, including testing/questions from clients to save them time in their own interview process • Access to our interview suite for confidential hires or to boost efficiency for the client • Reference checking • *Price dependent on salary

Why work with us? • We only send our partners the highest quality candidates • We offer value to our clients, ensuring a speedy process from start to finish • We take the time to fully understand your business so that we can work to your precise requirements • Access to our extensive knowledge of the industry • We have cultivated an extensive network of trusted relationships • Our consultants are specialists and can provide you with bespoke solutions to your lengthy and/or inefficient recruitment process • We add value beyond hiring - we can help with product launches and provide specialist advice dependent on your sector • We strictly adhere to industry regulations, including GDPR, and always promote diversity and inclusion ourselves as well as to our clients.

Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Media Contacts has long championed the importance of rejecting unconscious bias. Our MD is currently a mentor under the Women in Recruitment scheme and for years we have encouraged our clients to strengthen their D&I practices. This is a relevant issue now more than ever, and we all have a part to play. As part of our pledge to encourage diversity and inclusion, we have been involved with recruitment’s governing body, the REC, in setting up a stricter code of ethics. We provide training to all of out staff on writing competency-based job advertisements and on using competency-based questions in interviews. To find out how you can change your processes to be more inclusive, please speak to any of our directors who are more than happy to advise.

Testimonials Recruiters often get a bad name and a bad reputation, Maz is everything that stereotype isn’t! By far the best I have ever come across. Her interpersonal skills are second to none and she made me feel like she genuinely cared about my career and what I wanted to do, so much so, nearly two years since we first met and she is the only recruiter I want to have anything to do with. I can’t speak highly enough of her and count yourself lucky if you get Maz as your recruiter! Jonny Ballance - Learning and Development Consultant, Flow Hospitality Training

Ben Galyas at Media Contacts has now successfully placed 4 members of our editorial team in the past 18 months, all of a very high calibre. Ben has been highly valuable in helping us to grow as an organisation, and always invests the time to really understand and meet our needs. His knowledge and contacts in the space are second to none, and his no-pressure approach to recruitment is refreshing. Highly recommended! Ben Nice – Editorial Director, TMT Finance \" I have worked with Jonathan and Media Contacts for several years now and they are my go to recruitment agency as they always source great talent across levels of seniority. Jonathan and his team always provide a varied selection of good quality candidates and do a fantastic job of supporting candidates and myself through the process so we achieve a good end result. Jonathan is efficient, honest and transparent in his approach which makes the whole process run smoothly ensuring that we can move quickly with recruiting the right people for the right job! Lydia Matthews, Group Head of Content, ITE Group

A snapshot of our clients

People are at the heart of everything we do. With almost 3 decades of expertise to build on, we are always delighted to form new relationships across key markets. Take a look at our webs ite, media- contacts.co.uk, or call our office at 020 7359 8244. To discuss your needs with our Managing Director, or further information on how Media Contacts can help you, email Rupert Wallis at [email protected].