head of marketing recruitment agency and headhunters
your next head of marketing, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from building your team to acquisition budget.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they build their marketing with muzzo
how do you hire a head of marketing through a recruitment agency?
A good head of marketing builds an entire function: acquisition, content, product marketing and team. Muzzo trusts your role to headhunters who place this job most: they verify the budget managed and results delivered. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, the scope. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
our data chooses the headhunters
Our AI picks those who have hired the most heads of marketing, from more than 2,500 selected headhunters.
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you meet the best profiles
Approached and qualified by marketing headhunters. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
With Muzzo, you set the fee, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire: no deposit, no fixed fees. A first head of marketing building everything alone and a marketing director leading four channel managers don't take the same search. The fee follows that difficulty, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the real scope doesn't match the brief, we restart the search at no cost. If no replacement is found within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
B2B marketing headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days, paid only when you hire.
the reality
a head of marketing is judged by the function they build, not their title
a good head of marketing isn't looking for a job
They're busy with their budget and acquisition targets. They don't respond to job ads. A marketing headhunter knows how to approach them and assess what they've really built.
the same title covers a direction or just one channel
In a startup, head of marketing sometimes means full-time growth. In a B2B SME, it's a direction with a small team and its own budget. The headhunter starts from your organization, not the job title.
a hiring mistake costs an entire budget
A bad choice loses an acquisition budget and months of strategy. The headhunter verifies the results delivered and the team actually built before introducing anyone.
the roles
the marketing leadership profiles our headhunters will search for you
From building your first team to leading an established budget, each search goes to a headhunter who has already hired that profile.
head of marketing
They build acquisition, content and product marketing strategy, and lead the team. The most requested role.
marketing director
In an established company, they lead multiple channel managers and report to the CEO.
head of growth
They focus on acquisition and experimentation, with a specific growth target rather than a full function.
VP marketing
In an international scale-up, they lead multiple regional teams and a budget split by market.
product marketing manager
They connect marketing to the product roadmap, between positioning, launch and sales messaging.
the method
a marketing headhunter who hires function leaders, not an agency for everything
Head of marketing is judged by the function they build. So the method starts from what that function must deliver.
we define where your marketing function is at
First marketing hire, team to structure or direction already in place: the brief describes the organization and budget to build, not just the title sought.
a headhunter who places marketing leaders
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place the most people in this marketing field.
budget and results verified before the interview
The headhunter asks the profile to detail a budget managed and results delivered: acquisition, pipeline generated, team built. Then they cross-check with references.
the figures
a head of marketing's salary in figures
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 87 (marketing direction) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 87 (marketing direction) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 87 (marketing direction) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 87 (marketing direction) (opens a new window), 2025 data
hiring a head of marketing: what you need to know
why use a headhunter to hire a head of marketing?
The head of marketing builds an entire function: acquisition, content, product marketing, often a small team and always a budget. Good profiles are in post, busy with their quarterly targets, and don't respond to job ads.
A marketing headhunter knows how to reach them and ask the right questions: what budget managed, what channels, what results. This page covers the leadership role; for the full range of marketing roles, see our marketing page.
head of marketing, marketing director or head of growth: who does what?
Head of growth focuses on acquisition and experimentation, with a specific growth target. Head of marketing covers a broader function: acquisition, content, product marketing and often a team. Marketing director operates in a more established organization, with multiple channel managers reporting to them.
Specify this scope in the brief: a startup looking for a first head of growth doesn't hire the same profile as a B2B SME structuring all its marketing.
how do you build the budget and offer for a head of marketing?
Head of marketing pay combines a base and variable often tied to acquisition or pipeline targets for sales. Prepare the variable split and how it's measured before the first interview: a good profile always asks how it's tracked.
The budget managed weighs as much as salary in an experienced profile's decision: how much for paid acquisition, how much for tools, how much for team. A vague budget drives away the best profiles.
what team should a head of marketing lead?
In a young startup, head of marketing often works alone or with one or two people, and does hands-on work. In an established company, they lead channel managers: acquisition, content, product marketing, sometimes comms.
Specify the target team size in the brief: a profile used to doing everything alone doesn't always thrive as head of a ten-person team, and vice versa.
what head of marketing to hire based on your company stage?
For a first marketing hire, you need an autonomous profile, able to launch the first acquisition channels with no established process. They work directly with the founder or head of sales.
When the function is running, the need changes: a director who can structure a team, defend a budget to the leadership and connect marketing to product and sales. The headhunter starts from this stage, not just the job title.
your questions about hiring a head of marketing
According to Apec, marketing directors in companies with 250+ employees earn 97 k€ gross median a year, against 74 k€ below that (2025 edition). The median reaches 99 k€ in the Paris region and 90 k€ over 45.
According to Apec, 72% of marketing directors have variable pay, at €10,000 a year median, against 50% of all managers (2025 edition). Specify how it's measured before the first interview: acquisition, pipeline generated, or team targets.
Head of growth focuses on acquisition and experimentation, with a specific growth target. Head of marketing covers a broader function: content, product marketing and often a team. If your need is acquisition alone, start with a head of growth.
Yes, significantly. According to Apec, the median rises from 74 k€ in companies with fewer than 250 employees to 97 k€ above (2025 edition). The budget managed and team size matter more than the title in this gap.
Yes. Our headhunters pick the profile for your organization: head of growth for acquisition alone, VP marketing for multiple teams and markets. For the full range of marketing roles, see our marketing page.