Recruitment case studies

The searches behind the hires.

Seven searches across Adtech, SaaS and Emerging Media, from a first Country Manager in Japan to 23 senior hires across 15 markets. Each one shows how the search was structured, where the difficulty sat and what was delivered, across the UK & Europe, North America & Asia.

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Recruitment case studies

Sector
Service
Project & Multi-Hire · Adtech · Global

Hivestack by Perion

Building a global leadership team across 15 international markets.

Ultimate Asset's founders, Matt Bolshaw and James Lyon, worked embedded with Hivestack's leadership team through its international expansion, appointing VP Sales, Managing Directors and Country Managers across Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and North America.

UK & EuropeNorth AmericaAsia2020 to 2021
23
Senior placements
15
Markets
7
Months
Adtech · Team build

Criteo

12 Agency Sales hires across London and Barcelona.

A European Agency Sales team built in three months during Criteo's shift towards commerce and retail media, run on an exclusive basis.

Project & Multi-Hire12 hires in 3 months2021
Adtech · Market entry

Vistar Media

Finding the leader to launch Vistar Media in Japan.

A retained search for Vistar Media's first Country Manager in Japan, mapping senior leaders across the wider Japanese Adtech ecosystem.

Executive SearchAsia2025 to 2026
SaaS · Sales leadership

Kaizan

Hiring Kaizan's first VP Sales to build the next stage of its GTM engine.

An exclusive search for the experienced SaaS operator to take Kaizan from founder-led sales towards a repeatable commercial model.

Contingent SearchTwo months2026
SaaS · Marketing leadership

Log my Care

Hiring Log my Care's Head of Marketing to connect marketing more closely to revenue.

An exclusive search for a marketing leader who could strengthen an established function and tie it more closely to pipeline and revenue.

Contingent SearchSeven weeks2026
Emerging Media · Commercial leadership

High Performance

Finding the commercial leader to drive High Performance's next stage of growth.

An exclusive search that turned a departing Head of Sales role into a Head of Partnerships with broader creator, social and content experience.

Contingent SearchFive weeks2026
Emerging Media · Leadership hire

Saku Agency

Hiring Saku Agency's first Managing Director.

An exclusive search for a founder-led creator agency's first MD, mapping senior leaders across creator, influencer and adjacent agencies.

Contingent SearchSix weeks2026
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The work behind the numbers

Recruitment measured by outcomes.

23
Senior placements across 15 markets for Hivestack
12
Agency Sales hires in three months for Criteo
4
Senior hires in 2026, each closed in five weeks to two months
3
Services shown here: Executive Search, Contingent Search and Project & Multi-Hire
2005
The year Ultimate Asset started recruiting across digital advertising and technology

Figures are taken from the case studies on this page. The four 2026 hires are Kaizan, Log my Care, High Performance and Saku Agency.

How we work

The right search depends on the hire.

Executive Search

Retained, research-led search for senior, confidential and market-critical appointments, from Country Managers and Managing Directors to VP and C-suite hires.

In practice: Vistar Media

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Contingent Search

Success-based search for specialist through Head and Director-level commercial hires, run on an exclusive basis where a senior role needs it.

In practice: Kaizan, Log my Care, High Performance, Saku Agency

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Project & Multi-Hire

Several connected hires run as one coordinated search, for team builds, market launches and international expansion.

In practice: Hivestack, Criteo

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Sector expertise

Explore the markets behind the searches.

Adtech

Commercial, programmatic, client services, marketing and leadership recruitment across the wider advertising technology ecosystem.

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Martech

Sales, marketing, partnerships, customer success and leadership for marketing technology businesses.

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SaaS

Commercial and GTM recruitment for B2B software businesses, from growth-stage teams to international platforms.

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Emerging Media

Commercial and leadership talent across creator, influencer, social, gaming, retail media and new media platforms.

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Case studies

Recruitment case studies, answered.

What kinds of searches do these case studies cover?
They cover all three Ultimate Asset services. Vistar Media is a retained Executive Search for a market-entry Country Manager. Kaizan, Log my Care, High Performance and Saku Agency are senior Contingent Searches run on an exclusive basis. Hivestack and Criteo are Project & Multi-Hire programmes, building leadership teams and commercial teams across several markets.
Do you have international case studies?
Yes. Hivestack covered 15 markets across Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and North America, Criteo spanned London and Barcelona, and Vistar Media was a market-entry search in Japan. Ultimate Asset recruits across the UK & Europe, North America & Asia.
How long do senior searches take?
The four senior hires we completed in 2026 took between five weeks and two months from brief to accepted offer. Multi-hire programmes take longer: Criteo's 12 hires took three months and Hivestack's 23 took seven.
Can you run a multi-hire recruitment project?
Yes. Project & Multi-Hire covers new sales teams, international expansion and several related searches run as one coordinated programme, as with Hivestack and Criteo.
Which sectors do you recruit for?
Ultimate Asset specialises in Adtech, Martech, SaaS and Emerging Media, with searches spanning sales, revenue, marketing, customer success, partnerships, programmatic and senior leadership roles.
Who leads the searches?
Each case study names the person who led it. Every search is run by a Director or one of our Founders, and each sector has a named practice lead.