Hiring eats 15–20 hours of your week. A senior brand team isn't in the budget yet. We do both — owned end-to-end, hourly billed, no contingency, no lock-in.
Hiring is hard right now. A senior brand team is expensive. And most agencies disappear the moment a deliverable lands. We were built for those three problems specifically.
Recruiting eats 15–20 hours of a founder's week. We own the entire search — intake, sourcing, screening, interviews, references, offer, close, and 90-day check-in. You spend 30 minutes briefing us. We run the rest.
A real brand team costs $400K+ in headcount. Christy is one senior partner who can do all of it — strategize, ship, optimize, then hand the keys to your team. Or keep her on for ongoing leadership when you need her.
Most recruiters close and vanish. We stay through offer negotiation, signed paper, start date, and 90 days post-hire — at no charge. We're invested in your hire's success and your team's, not just the close. On the brand side, Christy stays through launch, optimization, and team handoff — not just until the deck ships.
A typical recruiting search costs a founder 15–20 hours a week. Ours costs you 30 minutes upfront — to brief us — plus light async (Slack + bi-weekly syncs) so we can refine the search as we learn. We own the next eight stages, end-to-end, until the right person is on staff and 90 days in.
Hiring eats 15–20 hours of a founder's week. We give that time back. We own the entire search end-to-end — intake, sourcing, screening, interviews, references, offer, close, and 90-day check-in. You hire when we hand you the right person. Senior marketing, growth, and revenue talent only. Built on a decade-deep network plus AI-augmented sourcing — institutional rigor at startup speed.
30-min brief. Translate the role into measurable outcomes. Define top-performer profile.
Deep search across our vetted network + LinkedIn / talent databases, scored on role-fit.
4–6 candidates with structured scorecards. You pick who advances.
Interview support, reference calls, scorecard synthesis, offer strategy.
Offer + close support. We stay through start date and 90 days post-hire — at no charge.
A real brand team — director, designer, copywriter, marketing manager — costs $400K+ a year in fully-loaded headcount. Christy is one senior partner who can do all of it. Strategize, ship, optimize, then teach your team to run it. Or keep her on as fractional leadership, on tap when you need her. B2B SaaS and consumer electronics specialty, with a track record of US market launches.
Targeted positioning, repositioning, or launch campaign. Fixed quote up front.
Christy plugs into your team for ongoing brand and marketing leadership.
Design the marketing function, hire the first 2–4 roles (with Brenn), set the operating system.
Real engagements with high-growth brands and agencies. Recruiting, brand, or both — owned end-to-end. No narrative theatre.
Recruited senior marketing leadership and growth talent across multiple roles from a single calibrated shortlist — the model working exactly as designed.
Built out senior marketing and growth roles for a B2B marketing technology consultancy operating across North America.
Shipped 30+ global brand and marketing campaigns, leading the workforce-management platform's brand expansion into the US market.
Sourced and placed senior growth operators for a DTC performance marketing agency scaling its delivery team.
Led brand and marketing strategy supporting the PC gaming hardware company's expansion into the US consumer electronics market.
We don't replace recruiters with bots. We use AI to do the things AI is genuinely good at — so our people spend more time on the things only people can do.
AI scans our vetted operator network plus public talent databases against your role-fit profile. We get a longlist in hours, not weeks.
Model surfaces the actual signal in resumes — outcomes, scope, growth trajectory — so we can spend interview time on what matters.
AI drafts the first-touch outreach against the candidate's actual background. We edit and send. Higher response rates without the spam.
Calls transcribed, summarized, and structured into scorecards within minutes. We bill less, you decide faster.
Calendar coordination, reminders, and pipeline status — automated. The boring stuff doesn't slow the search.
Brenn or her team runs every interview, every reference call, and every assessment. AI is the multiplier, not the recruiter.
No quotes, no "depends," no contingency math. Pick the engagement that fits and we send you an invoice for the hours.
Flat hourly rate, depending on role seniority. No kickoff fee. No contingency. No per-hire markup. No minimums. End anytime.
Flat $200/hr for ongoing or embedded brand work. Or pick from three fixed-scope positioning audits below — clear price, clear deliverables, no scoping back-and-forth.
Pick the scope that fits where you are. Clear deliverables, clear price, clear outcome — no scoping back-and-forth.
For early-stage startups defining their story. An expert review of your current brand foundation and actionable insights to help you stand out in your category.
For growing teams ready to sharpen differentiation. A deep-dive brand audit that reveals where your message lands and where it falls flat — perfect for brands evolving, rebranding, or preparing for funding.
For funded teams preparing to scale or raise. A collaborative brand strategy engagement that aligns leadership around your value proposition and market narrative.
Embedded fractional brand leadership at three levels of intensity. Pick the engagement that matches your stage.
Lightweight guidance to keep your messaging on track.
Strategic partnership to fuel launches and sharpen your voice.
Your outsourced head of brand — embedded at the leadership level.
We don't rely on job boards or recycled databases. We actively poach top performers from great roles and put even better opportunities in front of them — that's why the quality of our pipeline looks different. You'll see real candidates with proven track records, not just whoever happened to apply.
found.Consulting started on the premise that contingency-based recruiting practices are not only bad for business — they're bad for candidates, too.
A Fractional Brand Director doesn't replace your team — we elevate them.
Seven years helping startups and high-growth brands scale smarter. Built from operators, recruiters, and marketing leaders who know how to move fast, adapt, and deliver results without unnecessary overhead. We embed as true partners in your growth.
Part ranch hand, full-time talent wrangler. Brenn founded found.Consulting in 2019 to bring VC- and PE-grade hiring rigor to startups at hourly rates. With 15+ years recruiting senior marketing and growth operators, she leads a small senior team that's been the go-to hiring partner for B2B and B2C startups for 10+ years.
20 years leading global brand and marketing for some of the biggest names in consumer electronics and B2B SaaS — NZXT, Linksys, and Levoit / Cosori / Etekcity (VeSync), and currently at Deputy. Christy partners with found.Consulting to lead brand engagements end-to-end: strategy, positioning, launch, and hands-on execution alongside your team.
Contingency recruiters charge 20–30% of a hire's first-year salary, and only get paid if you hire someone they sourced. That model rewards filling the seat fast — not finding the right person. We charge by the hour, regardless of outcome. You see exactly what you're paying for, and we're incentivized to do the work, not push you to a hire.
Recruiting is billed flat hourly ($150–175/hr depending on role seniority) until the search closes (usually 4–8 weeks per role). No kickoff fee, no contingency. A brand engagement with Christy can be a 2-week sprint, a 90-day project, or an ongoing 1–3 day-per-week embed. Either way, you can end the engagement at any time with no notice.
When we run a senior search, we build a calibrated shortlist of qualified candidates. The first hire is the obvious one — but the second, third, and fourth hires often come from the same pipeline weeks or months later. You only pay for the hours we work to close those additional hires — no new search fees, no contingency math.
We use AI to compress the slow parts of sourcing — initial outreach drafts, role-fit screening, calendar logistics, and intake synthesis. Humans run every interview, every reference call, and every assessment. AI is the multiplier, not the recruiter.
Yes. Most clients start with one. Many add the other later. You're never required to bundle — and there's no discount or premium for doing so.
Yes. We've placed and supported teams across the US, Canada, UK, EU, and APAC. Remote-first and built for global teams.
Funded startups (pre-seed through Series B), B2B and B2C marketing agencies, and high-growth teams scaling 3–15 hires per year. We're built for founders and operators who want senior thinking, fast turnaround, and a transparent invoice — not slow work and slick decks.
Our work is mostly founder-side — but we also do paid 1:1 consulting on resumes and LinkedIn optimization for senior marketing and growth talent. Sharper positioning, better stories, more interviews.
Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll tell you whether we can help — and if not, who can.