About us

We have over 50 combined years in direct marketing
(sometimes we wish it was less)

Recruit Direct always seem to come up with the right type of candidates for the various roles we worked together on over the years. They take time to understand my business and team dynamic to present candidates who are not only qualified for the position, but who will also be a good fit with our culture and approach to success.

Melanie Templeton

Marketing Manager - RaboDirect

Anyone who has run a Direct or CRM business in Australia knows how challenging it is to find great people - people who not only have the right skill-set, but the right mind-set for our business. The good news is Linda and her team at Recruit Direct always rise to the challenge. And quickly. Thats because they make it their business to know ours. Over the years I have been a client, a candidate, a colleague - but always a friend. Because they're good people, too.

Jeff Sanders

Business Development Director - Global Red

Recruit Direct always seem to come up with the right type of candidates for the various roles we worked together on over the years. They take time to understand my business and team dynamic to present candidates who are not only qualified for the position, but who will also be a good fit with our culture and approach to success.

Melanie Templeton

Marketing Manager - RaboDirect

I have worked with Linda for many years and have always enjoyed our relationship. Her level of experience and knowledge in terms the required skill set and cultural fit of candidates for OgilvyOne , has in many instances, resulted in some outstanding candidates. Not only is she highly personable and professional, Linda is always my first port of call when I’m looking for exceptional people.

Elizabeth Beatty

Head of OgilvyOne

What sets Recruit Direct apart from the rest is their ability to home in on what really drives a candidate. By doing this well, they are able to match candidates with organisations that can deliver sustained employment partnerships.

Jason Dooris

Head of Digital - Razor

I have had the pleasure of having Linda as a business partner for several years in securing scarce direct marketing talent. Her deep understanding of the direct marketing industry and the demands of the rapidly evolving roles of direct marketers in integrated agency environments , have been critical in identifying the right talent and providing them with the right growth opportunities. Linda's genuine long term focus on direct marketing and data analytics means she always adds value to a discussion about the evolution of the businesses I have managed.

Iain Good

Managing Director - Shift

Recruit Direct have been a preferred recruitment partner to MercerBell for over ten years. They stand out because they understand our culture and the type of people that fit in to the agency. This reduces our time seeing people who are not right for us. They tend to always have high quality candidates, keep well connected in the industry and overall are great fun to work with.

Julie Dormand

General Manager - MercerBell

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Linda Jones

Principal

Linda is one of direct marketing’s most experienced account service personalities, with a career spanning 18 years in London, Sydney and New Zealand, where she headed up Saatchi’s Direct division in Wellington.

Linda started her recruitment career in 1997 and has many successful direct, digital and CRM placements to her name in Australia, Asia and the UK. She is also involved with ADMA, as a member of the NSW Branch Committee for many years as well as a sponsor of ADMA Education. She is known to hit the Golf Course on a regular basis and is a keen camper. Like all Kiwis, she is an enthusiastic All Blacks supporter and is passionate about entertaining friends and family.

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Jane Lester

Senior Consultant

Jane made the switch to recruitment after 14 years as an integrated ‘suit’ with a strong focus on Direct and Digital. She began her career as an Account Executive at Ogilvy Botswana before moving to Joshua in the UK where she helped set up Club Nokia and worked on Microsoft. Jane progressed to Group Account Director level at EHS Brann working on numerous accounts before moving to Sydney in 2005.

Whilst in Australia she ran the integrated Dell team at DDB and then moved to Clemenger BBDO running Visa and MLC.

Jane spends as much time as possible at the beach or in the water and has a particular passion for scuba diving, recently becoming a PADI instructor.

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Sarah Vierod

Creative & Productions Recruitment

Sarah became Sydney’s first specialist direct marketing creative recruitment consultant in 1998 after a 13-year career as an art director with Ogilvy & Mather Direct in London, Singapore and Sydney.

She joined Recruit Direct in 2002, expanding the business with specialist recruitment of direct and digital creative, production and studio personnel.

Sarah keeps herself fit at the gym, has 3 kids and hits the beach at every opportunity.

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Frith Hucks

Senior Consultant

Frith has had an extensive international integrated marketing career spanning 12 years. She has worked at a senior management level on both the agency and client side.

Her career started at Saatchi & Saatchi Direct in Wellington. A move to London saw her spend 7 years working for some of London’s top integrated agencies and running international accounts such as MSN and Xbox. Running these accounts put her at the forefront of digital marketing as it was evolving in Europe.

Whilst in London she was headhunted by adidas for the role of Global Head of Media and Communication Planning based in Germany. The focus of the role was to evolve adidas’ traditional advertising approach to one that was more digitally focused and consumer centric.

She held this role for 4 years, before deciding it was time to head back down under and see if she could set up a base in Australia. A sliding door moment upon arrival has seen her start up her own creative concept label in the fashion and interiors industry. As a one man band, she’s getting her hands dirty building online social communities and wooing worldwide fashion bloggers.