S2 Recruitment
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// S2 Recruitment
Your first growth hire.
Done right.
We work with post-PMF founders who need growth execution, not more advisors. We take equity, build the system, win when you win.
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Flat placement fee
CHF 10k
fixed
Industry standard
20%+
base salary
Exclusivity lock-in
None
required
Our network
Active
operators
// The problem
Recruitment is painful for growth roles.
01
Recruiters charge 18–25% of base salary — before your hire has shipped a single campaign
You have customers, they're staying, and some are referring others. The signal exists — it just needs a system behind it.
02
They don't understand growth — they keyword-match CVs
Most recruitment agencies send you anyone with "growth" in their title. They can't differentiate between someone who scaled paid acquisition versus someone who managed a blog.
03
Exclusivity contracts lock you into a single pipeline
Standard contracts require you to work exclusively with one recruiter for 30–90 days. If their network doesn't have the right person, you wait. The clock runs. The role stays open.
04
Nobody tells you when you're not ready to hire
A growth marketer hired without a clear ICP, tracking infrastructure, or channel strategy will fail within six months. Recruiters don't tell you this — they need the fee. We do.
// Fee comparison
Senior growth hire salary (est.)
CHF 90k/yr
Traditional recruiter fee (20%+)
CHF 18,000
S2 Recruitment flat fee
CHF 10k
Exclusivity contract
None
The candidate is a true fit
Always
What you save
CHF 8,000+ & months of opportunity cost
// The model
We're not recruiters.
We're growth marketers with a network.
We built growth systems for the companies that hired these people. We know which profiles compound and which ones stall. That data is not available to a standard recruiter.
// 01
Flat fee, no surprises
CHF 10,000. Fixed at brief sign-off, no salary negotiation. We have no incentive to push your candidate to take a higher offer.
// 02
No exclusivity required
Work with us alongside your own network and other search channels. We earn the placement by finding the right person — fast, not by holding you captive.
// 03
Brief-driven, not CV-driven
We spend time understanding what your growth motion actually needs — not just the job title. The brief we write becomes the benchmark the candidate is assessed against.
// 04
Active operator network
We refer growth marketers who are currently shipping work — not passive candidates coasting between roles. Our network is hot because we work with them.
// 05
Readiness assessment included
Before we start placement, we check your infrastructure: analytics, ICP definitions, channel mix. If foundations aren't in place, we tell you. Honesty before invoices.
// 06
30-day onboarding support
After placement, we stay available to the hire and the founder for 30 days. If something isn't working, we surface it early — not six months later.
// Why we recruit last
Most founders don't need a full-time hire.
They need a growth system first.
S2 Recruitment is the endpoint of our successful engagement — the moment growth is engineered into a repeatable, scalable motion and a hire finally makes sense.
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ICP & positioning
We define and narrow down the exact customer, channel, and message that makes your pipeline convert, retain, and expand.
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Acquisition architecture
Demand creation and capture, SEO-GEO, outbound, content, organic, paid, and referral mechanics. Built, launched, iterated.
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Pipeline & CRM
Your CRM configured, enriched, and mapped to your sales motion. Taxonomy applied. Every lead tracked. Every stage defined. No data rot.