The right hire.
Done properly.
Paige and Purpose finds and places the right people for founder-led creative agencies. Flat fee. Full process. Brief to signed offer. And when you need to build the structure behind the team, we do that too.
Most hiring problems are not talent problems. They are structural ones.
Founders hire in panic. Recruiters send CVs and invoice 15 to 18% of annual salary. You do the screening, coordination, and negotiation yourself. And even then, the wrong person still lands in the seat.
We do things differently. We place the right people, start to finish, for a flat fee. And when the problem is deeper than a single hire, we build the structure behind the team too.
"The right hire without the right structure is a short-term fix. We offer both."
The Purpose-Led Placement Framework™
How we find, assess, and place the right person. Every time. Start to finish.
Two ways we work with founders.
Talent placement when you need to hire. Strategic advisory when you need to build. Both led personally. Both scoped with precision.
Single Hire
Junior to Manager Level · 1 Role
One role, handled from brief to signed offer. We source, screen, coordinate, and negotiate. You make the final call.
Senior Hire
Head to Director Level · 1 Role
Senior talent placed with more care, a deeper search, and a more considered close. Start to finish.
Growth Partner
Junior to Manager Level · 3 Roles
Three roles running simultaneously. One process, one point of contact. For agencies in a growth phase who cannot afford to run three searches separately.
The Advisory Retainer™
Ongoing Strategic Partnership
For founders who want a strategic partner in their corner, month to month. We advise, we build, we hold the structure together while you focus on growth.
Evidence,
not promises.
Three businesses where the work has already been done. Different industries, the same underlying discipline.
Structuring a Creative Agency for Scale
Designed the team architecture, hiring frameworks, and performance systems that let a fast-growing Gulf media group scale without breaking.
Building the Team Behind a Luxury Salon Brand
Built the people infrastructure for a premium salon brand, from hiring systems to team development frameworks that matched the quality of the customer experience.
Building the Team Behind a Regional Media Brand
Developed the people and team operations behind one of the region's most-watched digital media brands, building from grassroots to structured scale.
See the full picture across each engagement. Browse all case studies →
Thinking on teams,
hiring & growth.
Short, considered pieces on how growing companies should be thinking about workforce strategy.
The #1 Mistake Growing Companies Make With People
Most companies think their problem is talent. It's not. It's structure, and fixing it changes everything.
3 Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Its HR
When your HR can't keep pace with growth, it's not a resource problem. It's a strategy problem.
CEOs Who Ignore Workforce Strategy Pay 3x More Later
The cost of not investing in people strategy is invisible until it becomes the most expensive line item on your P&L.
Strategy First. Always.
Before the job post goes live, before the interviews begin, the real work is structural.
Hiring Fast ≠ Hiring Right
Speed without structure creates expensive mistakes. Here's how to move fast without breaking your team.
Your Best Employees Are Leaving. Here's Why.
It's rarely about money. The real reasons your top performers walk out, and what to do about it.
Explore more on workforce strategy, hiring, and team design. Browse all articles →
Paige and Purpose
Lainey Marindo
Lainey spent seven years as Director of People and Culture at Bukhash Brothers, the company behind #ABtalks, scaling the team from 10 to 95 people across three entities. In that time, she managed over 200 hires end-to-end, built the people infrastructure from scratch, and delivered zero compliance penalties across the full period.
She knows what good creative talent looks like. She knows what a bad hire costs a founder. And she knows that most recruitment agencies send you CVs and leave you to do the hard part yourself.
Paige and Purpose was founded to do things differently. Flat fee talent placement for founder-led creative agencies, handled start to finish. And for founders who need to build the structure behind the team, strategic advisory that is led personally, scoped with precision, and built to last.