Looking to hire or scale your marketing team? Here’s why outsourcing might be smarter

Looking to hire a marketing team, or scale the one you’ve got?

Brace yourself for CV fatigue, budget black holes, and enough paperwork to make your printer weep.

Or… skip the drama and plug in Spinks Creative instead.

We’re the anti-recruitment solution. Your outsourced marketing team in the UK that’s built to scale without the stress. No pensions paperwork, no onboarding lag – just high-impact creative support, fast.

Before you post that job ad, let’s look at what hiring actually involves.

What Your Marketing Team Really Costs

Let’s unpack what building an in-house marketing team actually sets you back (and call out the stuff most people ignore):

Senior marketer: average base salary sits around £54k – and that’s before NI, pension, benefits, and the “please don’t leave” perks.
Marketing manager: roughly £47k a year.
Executives: anywhere between £28k–£38k each.

And that’s just the core marketing team.

Now add the creative crew: designers, writers, strategists, social media and digital specialists. Then throw in the rest: software licences, sick days, holiday cover, HR overhead – and the joy of managing it all.

It adds up. Quickly.

Scaling Your Marketing Sounds Great. Hiring? Not Always.

When targets grow, and pressure builds, hiring feels like the logical next step.

You draft the job spec. Speak to recruiters. Review CVs. Wait out notice periods. Plan onboarding. Even when you find the right person, real traction is months away.

And while all that’s happening?

Campaigns still need launching.
The website still needs fixing.
Sales still wants more leads.

Hiring isn’t necessarily the wrong move, but it is slow. And if you’re scaling quickly, slow can hurt.

Because when you’re growing, what you really need is progress.

The Smarter Way to Scale Your Marketing

Why build a team role by role when you can plug in the whole squad immediately?

Instead of adding headcount one position at a time, with agency support you gain immediate access to strategy, creative and delivery, already working as a unit.

We’re talking commercial brains, creative spark, digital know-how and people who actually deliver, all wrapped into one flexible monthly retainer.

Just a team that understands B2B and gets things done – properly.

Marketing That Actually Moves

Building a team from scratch? Let’s be honest, it can be a painful process. And hiring freelancers and managing five different to-do lists? That can be just as chaotic.

With a marketing agency like Spinks Creative, everything sits under one roof – so campaigns don’t stall halfway through because someone’s waiting on someone else.

What you actually get:

Strategy that makes sense (and aligns with your goals)

Clear thinking built around commercial outcomes.

Creative that cuts through crowded B2B markets

Because leads matter more than likes.

Delivery without drama

On-brand. On-brief. On time. No chasing. No babysitting.

One team.

One point of contact. Zero faff.

Why Choose Spinks Creative For Your Marketing?

We’re not a lone freelancer juggling ten clients, and we’re definitely not a bloated agency hiding behind jargon. We’re a plug-and-play creative partner for businesses that need to scale fast – without the overhead, delays or compromise.

Based in Milton Keynes and working with ambitious B2B businesses across the UK, we combine local partnership with national impact. Whether your internal marketing team is stretched thin or you don’t have one yet, we slot in seamlessly – bringing bold ideas, sharp execution and marketing that actually drives results.

We must be doing something right. Spinks Creative was named Creative Brand Agency of the Year 2025 – and now we’ve landed two finalist spots at the Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards 2026 for Micro Business of the Year and Creativity & Design. Turns out bold ideas and great clients make a pretty good combination.