Recruiting a Marketing Manager For QMF

About Queensland Music Festival

The Queensland Music Festival uses the magic of music to bring people in regional and remote Queensland together. 

Since its debut, the Queensland Music Festival has delivered unforgettable musical events to more than a million Queenslanders across over 100 towns and cities. These awe-inspiring events have helped bring communities together through music, celebrating the cultural identity of Queensland and promoting local artists in the process.

Recruiting an adaptable individual with rare skills to take QMF forward

Queensland Music Festival (QMF) approached Kingston Human Capital with a unique challenge. They needed a highly-skilled marketing manager with a deep, understanding of the music and events sector in Queensland. This wasn’t all, they also needed an individual who would hit the ground running.

Due to the nature of the Queensland Music Festival, the successful candidate would need to possess the drive to deliver QMF's ambitious plan.

Right from the start, we knew we needed to search high and low to find the right person.

The Challenge

How did we overcome this challenge?

This isn’t the first time Kingston Human Capital has had to recruit an individual with a rare skill set. We kick-started the project by activating our proven referral networks to locate this unique individual. 

Due to the strong brand of the Queensland Music Festival and their ambitious plan, Kingston Human Capital were able to find a fantastic, highly qualified selection of candidates for the QMF.

The Process

Experience in delivering swift outcomes

Kingston Human Capital worked closely with the QMF team to identify the future challenges the organisation would face. Right from the start, we knew it was important to find a Marketing Manager who would be able to keep pace with QMF's growth.

How did Kingston Human Capital help QMF find the right candidate?

1. Kingston Human Capital liaised with the CEO and the executive team at QMF to take a detailed briefing and understand the nuances and the challenges of the role.
2. Our team worked with a network of Marketing and Communication referral partners to evaluate who would be the best fit, and which candidates would match the client's specific requirements.
3. After an in-depth search, Kingston Human Capital provided a shortlist of candidates to the client. 
4. We offered advice and insight into the personality of each candidate for the cient.
5. Offered support to Queensland Music Festival during the onboarding process.
6. Arranged the onboarding and commencement of the new team member to allow the candidate to hit the new team member to allow the candidate to hit the ground running upon starting the role.

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The Result

Successful recruitment campaign attracting experienced candidates

In less than four weeks our team were able to find the diamond that QMF was looking for and a fantastic hire was made. 

What did Queensland Music Festival value most about Kingston Human Capital's Recruitment Services?

QMF valued the depth and quality of the search process we deployed. The extent of Kingston Human Capital’s search process gave Queensland Music Festival the confidence that they had made the right decision. 

We were on a mission to find a candidate who was so strongly aligned with our Client that their transition into the business was seamless. 

Discover how Kingston Human Capital are different and give you a competitive advantage.

We work as an agile team across retained recruitment projects, ensuring we can commit the time and effort of our entire search team. This allows us to reach further into the market, which means we get to evaluate more candidates and get high-quality results.