Our Result

In 2 weeks, we placed a Creative Strategist Roly Poly Digital didn't even know they were looking for, sourced from a relationship we'd quietly been keeping warm long before the role existed.

The Starting Point

When Roly Poly Digital briefed us on the Creative Strategist role, we already had someone in mind. We'd been checking in with this candidate for months: talking about the work, what they were looking for, what they weren't. The most recent project was with a fast-moving DTC home brand where they'd owned creative testing end-to-end, and the results spoke for themselves. The brief from Roly Poly read like it was written for them.

Our Solution

To attract applicants with the desired qualities, we at Prosana worked closely with our client to come up with selling points, requirements, and skills necessary for this position.

Selling Points

Growing performance creative agency, real client ownership
Multiple DTC brands across categories
Remote, EU-aligned hours
A team that treats strategy as the job, not the prep work

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Requirements

2+ years in performance creative for DTC
Hands-on with Meta and TikTok testing
Comfortable writing briefs and managing editors
Portfolio with real numbers attached

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Skills We Looked For

Brief writing that gives editors something to make
Testing rigor and analytical instinct
DTC growth thinking, not brand-comm thinking

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Our Winning Approach

Kept a real relationship warm

A talent pool is only useful if you actually stay in touch. We'd been checking in with this candidate for months, well before any role existed. So when Roly Poly briefed the brief, we picked up the phone the same day. They were ready. The brief matched. There was nothing to chase.

Still ran a parallel pipeline to keep ourselves honest

We didn't want to anchor on the obvious answer. We sourced and presented six other candidates alongside our talent pool option. They were strong. The candidate from our network was the right fit for this specific brief, and the client agreed.

Key Insights That Helped Us Hire The Perfect Candidate

The fastest placements aren't the most sourced. They're the most relational.
Staying in touch with great candidates costs nothing and pays off for years.
When a client needs to move quickly, having a recruiter who already knows the right people is the speed advantage.

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