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Offshore Staffing for Marketing Agencies

Full-time media buyers, designers, SEO specialists and account coordinators who work only for your agency, in your tools, under your brand. Talentige has made 1,750+ hires worldwide.

✓ 3–5 finalists in about 14 days✓ 90-day replacement guarantee✓ Pay nothing until you hire

Agency growth breaks in one place: delivery. You win the account, then spend six weeks hiring while the client waits, or you say no. Talentige recruits full-time specialists who work only for your agency, never shared with another agency or freelancing on the side, so you can say yes and staff it.

Build a delivery pod around your account lead

Build a delivery pod around your account leadAn agency delivery pod: your account lead at the centre, supported by full-time remote hires: Account coordinator, Media buyer, Graphic designer, SEO specialist, Video editor, Web developer.Your accountleadstrategy · clientAccount coordinatorMedia buyerGraphic designerSEO specialistVideo editorWeb developer
Start with one seat or staff a whole pod. Each hire is a full-time contractor who joins your team.

Jump to a role: account coordinator · media buyer · graphic designer · SEO specialist · video editor · web developer

What two agencies did with it

Anonymised Talentige clients, with the numbers as they reported them.

Paid media agency · client result
6 new retainers

$27K/month in new retainers, without expanding the local office

A paid media agency was turning away clients because its delivery team was already stretched. Talentige hired 1 media buyer, 1 graphic designer, and 1 account coordinator. The additional capacity helped the agency onboard 6 new retainers worth $27K/month, without expanding its local office.

Boutique SEO agency · client resultGross delivery margin: 38% before, 52% after four months38%Before52%After 4 months

Gross delivery margin from 38% to 52%

A boutique SEO agency needed to scale content production and technical SEO without sacrificing profitability. We recruited 2 SEO specialists and a content manager for less than the cost of one senior local hire. Within 4 months, average project delivery cost fell 35%, and gross delivery margin improved from 38% to 52%.

What the same roles cost at US agencies

US agency roles: how many people agencies employ and what they earnBLS May 2025, advertising, public relations and related services: Marketing specialists median $36.85 an hour, 41,070 employed; Public relations specialists median $37.25 an hour, 37,610 employed; Graphic designers median $29.42 an hour, 19,600 employed; Web developers median $38.38 an hour, 4,040 employed.$25$30$35$40015,00030,00045,000People employed at advertising & PR agencies (May 2025)Median hourly wageMarketing specialists$36.85/hr · 41,070 jobsPublic relations specialists$37.25/hr · 37,610 jobsGraphic designers$29.42/hr · 19,600 jobsWeb developers$38.38/hr · 4,040 jobs
Advertising, public relations and related services (NAICS 541800), BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Bubble size shows employment.
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OccupationMedian hourly wageUS cost per month with benefitsEmployed
Marketing specialists$36.85$9,13441,070
Public relations specialists$37.25$9,23337,610
Graphic designers$29.42$7,29219,600
Web developers$38.38$9,5134,040

A US marketing specialist at an agency costs about $9,134 a month once benefits and payroll costs are in (×1.43, BLS ECEC). A Talentige marketing specialist typically earns $1,000–$1,800 a month: Egypt $1,000–$1,300, Morocco and the Philippines $1,200–$1,600, Latin America $1,000–$1,800. That gap is your delivery margin. Model it in the overseas hiring cost calculator.

Roles and typical pay

Media buyer / paid media specialist

Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn campaigns: builds, budget pacing, testing, reporting in your templates.

$1,000–$1,800/month by market

SEO specialist / content

Technical audits, on-page work, content briefs and writing, link outreach, rank and traffic reporting.

$1,000–$1,800/month by market

Account coordinator

Client comms, timelines, status reports, briefs to the team, QA before anything goes to the client.

$1,300–$1,800/month

Graphic designer

Ad creative, social assets, landing-page design, brand-consistent production in Figma or Adobe.

Confirmed on your call

Video editor

Short-form ads, UGC edits, reels, YouTube cuts and motion graphics.

Confirmed on your call

Web developer

Landing pages, WordPress, Webflow and Shopify builds, tracking set-up. Recruited in Morocco, Latin America, Egypt and Eastern Europe.

Confirmed on your call

Need someone to fill your own pipeline? See SDRs and appointment setters. Agency admin and finance: virtual assistants and bookkeepers.

Your brand, your clients, your work

Under your brandYou decide how your hire appears to clients: your email domain, your Slack, your project tool, your title.
Your IPThe contractor agreement assigns the work product to you, and every hire signs an NDA.
Only for youFull-time, one agency, never shared, working your hours and following your holiday calendar apart from one or two local holidays.

How we test agency talent

Every candidate takes written and oral English tests (French or Spanish if your clients need it) and a communication assessment, then a role test built for agency work:

Some roles also get AI training, so your hire uses the tools your agency already runs.

Abstract illustration of an agency delivery board: ad creative cards in different sizes, a performance chart trending up, a colour palette and a task board with cards moving to done

The first 30 days

Week 1: your SOPs, brand guidelines and tools; shadows one account. Week 2: takes production tasks on two accounts with your QA. Weeks 3–4: owns recurring deliverables (reports, creative rounds, audits) end to end. Day 30: you review output and decide what moves over next. The 90-day replacement guarantee covers you if the fit isn't right.

Behind every hire: sourcing, screening, interviews, assessments, background check, a government-stamped, locally compliant contract, onboarding, payment in your currency (USD, CAD, EUR, AUD or GBP) and Hubstaff time tracking. Pay nothing until you hire, then a one-time fixed placement fee by role, with no retainer by default (a small optional retainer applies only if you want us to manage payment and admin monthly). We recruit in Latin America (including Argentina, Brazil and Colombia), Morocco, Egypt and the Philippines. Freelancers vs an agency vs an EOR? Read the EOR vs staffing agency vs Upwork guide.

Say yes to the next retainer

Tell us the seats and the tools. You'll meet 3–5 tested finalists in about 14 days.

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Pay nothing until you hire · 3–5 vetted finalists · 90-day replacement guarantee

Hiring in more than one market? See every role and region we recruit in and how our process works.

Marketing agency staffing FAQs

What is offshore staffing for marketing agencies?
Your agency hires full-time specialists in another country, such as media buyers, designers, SEO specialists and account coordinators, who work only for you, in your tools and under your brand, as part of your delivery team.
Is this white-label?
You decide how your hire appears to your clients: your email domain, your tools, your job titles. The contractor agreement assigns the work product to your agency, and every hire signs an NDA.
How much does an offshore media buyer or SEO specialist cost?
Talentige marketing specialists typically earn $1,000–$1,800 a month depending on the market. A US marketing specialist at an agency costs about $9,134 a month with benefits (BLS). Designer and video editor pay is confirmed on your call.
How is this different from freelancers?
Freelancers split their week between clients. A Talentige hire is full-time, works only for your agency and joins your stand-ups. We source, test, check backgrounds, contract, pay and track time, with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Can I hire a whole team at once?
Yes. Many agencies start with a pod, such as an account coordinator, a media buyer and a designer. Each seat is recruited and tested for its role.
Where do your web developers come from?
For developer roles we recruit in Morocco, Latin America, Egypt and Eastern Europe.
How fast can I hire?
You'll meet 3–5 tested finalists in about 14 days, then we handle the background check, contract, payment and onboarding.
Do I pay anything upfront?
No. You pay nothing until you hire, then a one-time fixed placement fee that depends on the role. No retainer by default; a small optional retainer applies only if you want us to manage payment and admin monthly.

Sources

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, advertising, public relations and related services (NAICS 541800), median hourly wages and employment via the BLS Public Data API (employment series: OEUN000000054180013116101, OEUN000000054180027303101, OEUN000000054180027102401, OEUN000000054180015125401): marketing specialists $36.85 (series OEUN000000054180013116108); public relations specialists $37.25 (series OEUN000000054180027303108); graphic designers $29.42 (series OEUN000000054180027102408); web developers $38.38 (series OEUN000000054180015125408). bls.gov
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – June 2026 (released September 9, 2026), private industry: total compensation $46.89 per hour worked, wages and salaries $32.82. Multiplier 46.89 ÷ 32.82 = 1.43. bls.gov
  3. Client results: Talentige client engagements, anonymised at the client's request; figures as reported by the client.
  4. Talentige placement data (as of October 2026): 1,750+ hires in total, including 500+ in Morocco, 250+ in Egypt, 500+ in the Philippines and 500+ across Latin America; typical monthly pay ranges, timelines, screening process, holiday arrangements and payment currency are based on Talentige placements.