"With 3 such great candidates, the hardest part was choosing just one
We contacted MarketingCapacity.com because we needed to temporarily staff up for a project. The project was to redesign our website, so we needed a WEB-CMS specialist with the skills and experience to get started right away.
We did some searching around, but specialists with the exact skills you're looking for can be hard to find. So I called Carsten from MarketingCapacity and was then pleasantly surprised by how easy it was.
The interview was a short interview where we cleared our heads about what we were looking for professionally, experience-wise and in terms of fitting into our team. From there, only 1-2 weeks passed, and Carsten came up with 3 sharp candidates. We then met them in 3 quick online meetings where we could check each other out. Like a kind of speed dating.
In fact, we ended up with a bit of a luxury problem. The candidates were all competent and experienced, so it wasn't easy to choose the one to move forward with.
MarketingCapacity specializes in marketing capabilities and profiles. That's why it's easy for them to make searches that hit the mark. They know what it's all about. So as a customer, I experience it as a stamp of quality that they vouch for the profile they recommend.
I can easily see us using MarketingCapacity again. Because in certain areas, it's difficult for us to cover everything with permanent employees. We sometimes have peak loads or special projects that require extra staffing for periods of time. Here it is a great help to be able to contact MarketingCapacity."
Sanne Thomns, Head of Campaign & Channels, Topdanmark
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"MarketingCapacity helped us with a creative graphic designer. It was quick and professional
We had developed a new brand strategy with a new logo and a new Corporate Visual Identity together with the agencies &Co. and Bold. We then took the implementation task in-house to our Brand and Design team of 6 people.
We already had a list of freelancers we were using, but I thought we needed a more permanent arrangement, so I spoke to Anna from MarketingCapacity.com. She told me about the concept, which sounded great. So, after clearing it with my boss, I described our needs to Anna and she started the search process.
She came back fairly quickly with a recommendation of 3 candidates that I agreed to meet in an online interview. I could also see that Anna had had quite a long list, which she had compared to our needs. The 3 could each tell me about themselves and I told them about our project.
They all met the need I had told them about. And on top of that, they each had some extra skills, and based on that, I chose one of the candidates and met with him a second time. After he finished another assignment he was working on, he was able to dedicate the 30 hours a week to us for 3 months that we wanted.
In addition to the agreements being in place, I would also like to mention the weekly report I receive from the freelancer. It makes it easy for me to keep track of what's being done. It almost feels like a permanent employee."
Kasper Lynge, Creative Director Brand & Design, Confederation of Danish Industry
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"As a maternity replacement, we got a Content Manager who could take over from Day 1
We had two people in our team going on maternity leave at almost the same time. One for a year, the other for six months. So we approached MarketingCapacity.com and asked if they could help us find a Content Manager for a one-year temporary position. Someone with the skills to take over immediately. And preferably on a contract where we can scale back during vacation periods and ramp up when it's busy.
Based on our needs, Anna from MarketingCapacity got in touch and came up with 3 candidates that we spoke to. They were all competent, but we felt that our needs were perhaps a little broader than what they could offer. So we talked to Anna again and added copywriting as an additional requirement in the search. Anna went back to work and gave us 2 new and highly skilled candidates, one of whom we chose.
I think MarketingCapacity handled our project very professionally. It is my impression that the paperwork went smoothly and we have a temporary employee who is a Content Manager, copywriter and Social Media Manager all in one. She can develop campaigns and set them up on social media herself. We are very satisfied."
Martin Skriver, Content Manager, Danske Spil
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Beyond the briefing, MarketingCapacity did everything - and we are very satisfied
I had heard about MarketingCapacity.com and when we needed an SEO specialist, we wanted to give the platform a try. We had a pretty thorough description of what we needed: A skilled SEO specialist who, in 3 months, could analyze our performance and suggest what we could do better. At the same time, we wanted the SEO specialist to be able to train an employee on the side so that we could gain some SEO know-how in-house.
We gave Carsten from MarketingCapacity our requirements description and things went quickly. After just over a week, he had already found 3 candidates that we met online in one morning. They were really good, and after sleeping on it for a night, we chose the candidate we wanted to work with. So MarketingCapacity actually did all the work for us.
As a result, we have an excellent SEO specialist. So good, in fact, that his skills go beyond what we need on a day-to-day basis. Therefore, it's smart that we can hire him for a limited period of time when we need extra complex analysis.
If we look at what it costs, I also have to say that it's very reasonable. The specialist works for us 3 days a week and when we don't have to pay pension and other things that you pay for a permanent employee, the price is really ok. All in all, we are very satisfied.
Ole Lindhardt, Head of Global Communications and Marketing, Abacus Medicine A/S
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"We covered a marketing vacancy with a good, compressed process
I had heard about MarketingCapacity.com from one of my colleagues in marketing. So I had a meeting with Carsten, where he told me about the concept. It made perfect sense to me, so when one of our employees was going on parental leave, I contacted MarketingCapacity.com to find a Marketing Coordinator or Project Manager for a temporary position. I sent Carsten some information about the tasks, and then we talked about what it was all about.
A week later, Carsten came back with 4 relevant candidates who we met in a kind of speed dating via teams. They were all competent and could all do the job, so we chose based on who we felt would be the best fit for our team.
Now the candidate Charlotte fills the temporary position 3 days a week. Usually here in the office, but sometimes from home if it suits her. Our marketing manager gets her timesheets from MarketingCapacity.com every week, so we have an overview of how many hours we are billed.
It was a great process for us as a company. Not only did it save us a lot of time, but we were able to cover a temporary position with a highly competent freelancer in record time. It was a good, compressed process."
Heidi Christiansen, HR Business Partner, DCC Energy
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"Easy, simple and flexible
We needed a marketing coordinator or project manager who could step in quickly and be flexible for a period of time that we didn't know the length of
I talked to Carsten about what skills we needed. We are global market leaders in our industry with a market share of over 30%. So in addition to being a skilled project manager, the person had to be able to work with content in English and have a good grasp of international B2B marketing. The person also had to be able to move things around and generally have 'hair on their chest'.
After 2 weeks, Carsten was able to present us with 3 candidates in online meetings. It was 3 meetings of half an hour each, one right after the other. Super efficient and easy. I chose to move forward with one of the candidates, who is now with us approx. 30 hours a week.
I'm used to hiring people, so I know how time-consuming it can be to screen and go through a hiring process. We saved all that with MarketingCapacity. It was easy, simple and flexible for us."
Marie Juul-Andersen, Head of Corporate Marketing, DLF
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"By all means a great process when using freelancers"
"I used Marketingcapacity.dk for the first time in my previous job at Secomea. It was such a good experience that I have also enlisted Carsten Bjerregaard's help in my new job. I love the concept. First of all, it's an economical and flexible way to solve both short-term and long-term tasks and challenges that you can't solve optimally with your existing team. And secondly, it's an incredibly smooth process, as Carsten is quick to understand my needs and good at offering input. I am therefore completely confident that the task is understood at both a strategic and operational level.
In my previous job, I needed a graphic designer to develop a design manual. Our in-house designer was fully occupied with operations, so we needed a dedicated resource for the task. Carsten presented us with some competent candidates and the designer we chose did the job perfectly within the timeframe.
Here at e-mærket, we needed a SoMe specialist to help our SoMe manager with detailed knowledge of algorithms and functions and with skills to work with accounts, automation, lead processes and contact with other platforms. Once again, Marketingcapacity.dk solved the task super professionally, so subsequently I have also had Marketingcapacity help me with a permanent position. It's like having access to a headhunter with a finger on the pulse of both freelancers and potential employees - and at an incredibly fair price.
Carsten's network, experience and ability to drive projects through is impressive. In addition, the people he recommends are both competent and motivated - delivering creative and effective results on time and on budget. And the weekly hourly reporting makes it easy to keep an overview without having to spend time on it."
Susanne Juul Hastrup, Brand and Marketing Manager, e-mærket
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"We were able to recruit a good CRM manager for a permanent position"
"We had tried unsuccessfully to find a CRM manager. So we asked Marketingcapacity.dk if they could find a temp until we found the right person. After all, they have an exciting pool of candidates at hand. However, Carsten suggested that he should try to recruit the permanent CRM manager instead.
We said yes, and then we talked to Carsten about our needs and what role the CRM manager should have in the short and long term. Then Marketingcapacity.dk started researching, and after a couple of weeks, we had an online round with 5 candidates via Zoom. And I have to say that they were high quality candidates. Three of them were fully qualified for the position, and we decided to invite two of the candidates for interviews at our headquarters. One of them got the position.
To sum it up, it was an efficient and fast process where we got really good candidates to choose from. Those are really the two most important parameters. We were in place from start to signed employment contract in 1 month. I can definitely recommend Marketingcapacity.dk for recruiting marketers."
Peter Møller, Head of Digital Marketing, Danske Spil A/S
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"Very efficient, at a high professional level"
"Historically, the Danish Cancer Society has not had problems attracting talented employees. We have a brand and a mission that many people can see themselves in. But when it comes to marketing specialists, competition has become fierce in recent years.
Several people in our company have therefore been helped by Marketingcapacity to find talented people. They helped me find a digital project manager with a strong communicative profile for a maternity leave position, and most recently they helped us find a UX designer for a permanent position.
I found the process to be really smooth and it took a minimum of my time. After we talked about our needs - and specified the trivial yet important details about salary and working hours - they got to work. And soon I was presented with relevant and competent candidates for a 1st interview. It saved us a lot of time and we were able to go straight to the interviews in no time.
All in all, I have to say that Marketingcapacity has made it seamless for us to find highly skilled marketers."
Henriette Edslev, Head of Digital Fundraising and Dialogue, Danish Cancer Society
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"High quality and service-minded with great understanding of our needs"
"At Novozymes, we have used Marketingcapacity.dk to find a wide range of profiles. From project managers and communication professionals to copywriters, content creators, digital specialists and others. All with the added dimension that they had to be proficient in English.
It has not been easy to find profiles, but Marketingcapacity.dk has done the job every time. Even in the first round, without us having to go back for a second round. Of course, some of the candidates we have met have been a better fit for us than others. But all of them have been on target.
I have experienced the process as very structured. Carsten asked us to describe our needs, and he was a good sparring partner in terms of the competencies we were looking for. He then found some good candidates. It has been smooth, fast and yet thorough. Yes, actually a pleasure.
After recruitment, when the freelancer is on the job, tracking hours and invoicing also works smoothly and easily for us. I have 20 years of experience working with agencies and freelancers. Marketingcapacity.dk delivers high quality, and they are pleasant and super service-minded to work with."
Charlotte Hummer Vad, Head of Backend Delivery Team, Customer Engagement, Novozymes
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"We just need to set aside some time to meet some candidates and then choose the one that suits us best"
"I used Marketingcapacity.dk to find a UX/UI employee for a web project. We wanted someone who could work onsite with us and be part of a closer collaboration than you usually experience with a larger agency.
I created a company profile on Marketingcapacity.dk and looked at various profiles before I called and got hold of Carsten Bjerregaard. After that, things went quickly. The next step was a kind of speed dating with some selected candidates. I haven't experienced this before, but it worked really well for us. After the first round, we had a few more meetings and then it fell into place.
It was easy and we have found a great freelancer who is professional, pleasant to work with and understands our business. All in all, I would say that for me the big advantage is that they take care of all the boring stuff. The administration. We can concentrate on the professional stuff."
Kim Vile, Marketing Director, Fitness World
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"Nice agility, so we didn't have to spend so much time"
"As a growing company, there have been several situations where we have needed to use freelancers because we need flexible capacity.
Marketingcapacity.dk has helped us find 3 freelancers. We have subsequently made one of them permanent, another has finished his course and the third is still with us. So we have benefited - and continue to benefit - from the freelancers we have found through this collaboration.
The big advantage for us is how quick and easy it is. We talk to Carsten and describe our needs, and he starts recruiting right away. He sends us some links to his database, where we can look through them before we find 3 candidates to interview together.
We conduct the interviews via Zoom, after which we have an evaluative chat with Carsten. If it's a long process, we talk to our favorite once more, while for shorter processes we have chosen directly after the first Zoom conversation. They are competent people, and we are a fast-paced company, so it suits us well that Marketingcapacity.dk moves so quickly."
Margit Friis, Head of Marketing & E-commerce, Apoteka
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"I'm incredibly relieved that I have this opportunity"
"At DKTV, formerly Dansk Kabel TV, we have good experience with using freelancers instead of advertising agencies. We've used freelancers extensively in the 4 years I've been here, so I also know that it can be difficult - and time-consuming - to find the right freelancer for a job.
But that's where Marketingcapacity.dk comes in. They have previously helped us find a copywriter and more recently a graphic designer. Both times it has been an efficient and professional process. The hardest part was actually choosing between the three candidates they recommended we interview. They were all skilled enough to solve the tasks we had.
When we needed to find a graphic designer, I sent an email to Carsten Bjerregaard, who had helped us before. He then contacted me to ask about our needs. He's good at that, by the way, with his experience and ability to listen and make suggestions. After our conversation, he started the recruitment process.
A few weeks later, we had a Teams meeting with 3 candidates, of which we chose one. In total, it only took 2-3 weeks until we had a graphic designer in place. We could never have done it so thoroughly and quickly ourselves through our network or LinkedIn. I'm really happy with the collaboration."
Maja Aagaard, Head of Product, Marketing and Communication, DKTV
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"I would definitely use Marketingcapacity.dk again"
"We needed a freelancer with strong execution power for paid social. That is, to write and post content on platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and evaluate how the campaigns perform. As the work was not only for us but also for our customers, it was important to find someone who could communicate well with customers.
And the process was completely seamless. We told Marketingcapacity about our needs and they quickly came up with 3 qualified candidates. And when something got in the way of our first choice, our consultant, Carsten Bjerregaard, quickly found an adequate replacement. Carsten responds quickly when we contact him with questions.
Once the work started, an additional benefit became apparent. The weekly time report from the freelancer provides a good overview of which projects have been worked on. It's also a great help when we need to settle with our customers.
When it becomes relevant again, I will definitely think about approaching Marketingcapacity again."
Mette Frølich, Content Strategy Lead, Mediacom/Group M.
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"In less than 3 weeks I had a maternity replacement in place"
"I've worked with freelancers a number of times. Both some who ended up being hired and others who for a period of time have solved tasks that we didn't have the resources or skills for internally. So I know how long it can take to find the right person. But there wasn't enough time when we needed to find a Marketing Project Manager who could work with SoMe and web for a 7-month temporary position.
I researched various options - including Marketingcapacity.dk, and called Carsten Bjerregaard. This led to me briefing him directly on the phone so that he could immediately start finding suitable candidates. And I have to say that he really shortcutted the process. I might have been able to find a suitable freelancer/temporary worker myself, but not in such a short time. It was unique. Carsten has a large network, an existing base of freelancers and uses platforms like LinkedIn to promote the specific positions.
Carsten presented 3 candidates for interviews after only 14 days, and we had the temporary position filled in record time. It even meant that there was a 4-day overlap with the employee who left the company. This has been of huge value, and I must say that the collaboration with Carsten Bjerregaard has been effective. It has been easy and simple, and we have received good service and quick response all the way through".
Anita Olsen, Director, Global Marketing, INVISIO
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"We have received competent sparring throughout the process"
"We had been doing our SoMe marketing ourselves, but we wanted to do it more professionally. So I Googled 'SoMe freelancer' and found Marketingcapacity.dk. It appealed to me that they would personally help us find candidates that suited our needs.
I'm not a marketing specialist myself, so it was a great help that Carsten Bjerregaard helped us every step of the way. From the beginning, where he helped us put our needs into words, to the interviews where he was able to ask questions about the candidates we were talking to. We had 3 candidates interviewed within two hours, so we were able to compare their professionalism and the chemistry they each had with us.
We ended up choosing a very competent social media specialist. We are very happy with her and she helps us with marketing on Facebook, Instagram etc. as well as working with our press releases, newsletters and web texts. It's a broad area.
Overall, I am very positive. Their concept is easy to understand and simple to use. And there is good follow-up every step of the way."
Karen Nedergaard, CEO, Absalon Hotel Group
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"We could choose between strong candidates at senior level"
"We needed an E-com manager for a 9-12 month temporary position. It's an area that requires some special skills, and as we had experienced strong growth in this part of our business, there were some big shoes to fill. So we were looking to fill the need with a self-driving capacity at a senior level.
We had heard about Marketingcapacity, so we wrote a list of our requirements and wishes and contacted Carsten Bjerregaard. Carsten quickly understood our needs, so within a short period of time he had found 3 strong candidates, whom we met at a Zoom meeting. We then had a physical meeting with two of them, after which we chose one of them.
She quickly got off to a good start with the temporary position. She is working with us, where she will execute branding, awareness and sales through the digital channels. Overall, I think the freelancers we came into contact with through Marketingcapacity were of high quality."
