Sustainability Communications Recruitment for a Global Trade Body
Sustainability communications recruitment rarely runs to a single template. A global trade body in the sustainability sector asked Hanson Search to build a newly formed communications team of three. The roles sat across the UK and mainland Europe, and the culture was fully remote.
The Brief for Sustainability Communications Recruitment
Our client was expanding its communications function to support its global outreach. Each role carried a different remit, covering media relations, digital content and member engagement. As a result, we needed three distinct candidate profiles rather than one repeatable brief.
Language added a further layer of complexity. One role required fluency in French, while another required fluency in English. Those requirements narrowed an already specialist pool for sustainability communications recruitment.
The remote culture mattered just as much. Candidates had to work effectively in a digital, distributed team, since nobody would share an office. Our client therefore wanted a partner who could judge working style as carefully as track record.
Our Approach to Sustainability Communications Recruitment Across Europe
We ran the assignment as a retained, targeted search. Because the roles sat in different countries, we planned region-specific outreach for each one. Our dedicated research team then mapped each market and built a diverse pool of candidates for every brief.
First-round interviews tested functional expertise alongside cultural alignment. Working closely with the hiring managers, we refined each pool against criteria written for that particular role. We also built a detailed matrix covering experience, expertise and likely contribution to the organisation’s objectives.
Remote working formed part of every assessment. We asked how candidates had operated in distributed teams and what kept them visible. That evidence proved as useful to the hiring managers as any line on a CV.
Three Communications Hires for a Global Trade Body
We completed all three searches. Each hire brought relevant regional knowledge alongside strong communications experience. We met the French and English language requirements in full, without compromising on the standard of that experience.
The new team has strengthened the trade body’s public relations work and its engagement with members. Furthermore, the structure now supports its wider ambitions across trade and sustainability. Each hire also settled quickly into the remote model the organisation runs.
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