Executive search for communications and marketing leaders.

Hawthorne Recruitment finds senior and executive marketing and communications leaders for organizations across Halifax and Atlantic Canada. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the firm searches for vice-presidents of marketing, directors of communications, chief marketing officers, public affairs leaders and senior practitioners in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Communications and marketing talent in Atlantic Canada

Much of Atlantic Canada's senior marketing and communications talent works in and around Halifax. Many of the strongest people have built careers that span the private sector, government and nonprofits, which gives them a breadth that purely corporate backgrounds often lack.

That breadth, combined with a tight professional community, means the best candidates are well known and well connected. They are not applying to postings. They are reachable through long-standing relationships in the market.

Roles in scope

• Chief Marketing Officer and Vice-President of Marketing
• Vice-President and Director of Communications
• Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations
• Digital marketing leadership and senior specialists
• Brand and creative leadership
• Communications managers and senior practitioners

Communications leadership for this market

Communications and marketing leaders in Atlantic Canada work in a specific environment: smaller teams with broader mandates, budgets that demand creativity, and a public sphere where personal and organizational reputation are hard to separate. Hawthorne looks for the profile that fits, not just the resume that matches.

Representative searches include a Director, Marketing & Communications and a Manager, Internal Communications.

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