// EMBEDDED RECRUITMENT · RPO · TALENT STRATEGY //

EMBEDDED RECRUITERS.
EXCEPTIONAL HIRES.

We embed directly into your team - giving you dedicated, senior recruitment talent without the agency fees or the overhead of hiring internally.

£250K+
Cost Savings Delivered
18 DAYS
Average Time-to-Hire
99%
Offer Acceptance Rate

// WHAT BRINGS COMPANIES TO US //

SOUND FAMILIAR?

PROBLEM_01
Agency fees eating budget

“15–25% per hire, plus retainers, plus markups. The bill adds up before you’ve even got someone through the door.”

PROBLEM_02
Internal TA too slow to build

“Hiring a Head of TA, building an ATS, onboarding them to context - by the time it’s ready, you’ve missed the growth window.”

PROBLEM_03
Managers distracted by hiring

“Your VPs are brilliant at their jobs. But they’re spending 40% of their week doing talent work. That’s expensive.”

// SIMPLE. EMBEDDED. EFFECTIVE. //

HOW IT WORKS

01
BRIEF

Tell us about your business, culture, hiring goals, and timelines. We go deep - this is not a job description handoff.

02
EMBED

Your dedicated recruiter joins the team. Direct calendar access, Slack, stand-ups. Full hiring pipeline transparency via our dedicated ATS portal.

03
HIRE

Exceptional candidates, shorter timelines, predictable cost. And a hiring process that actually scales for the next wave.

// WHAT WE DO //

SERVICES

// REAL RESULTS, REAL CLIENTS //

WHAT WE’VE DELIVERED

AdTech · London
80 hires, 12 months
  • <1% agency reliance
  • TTF 21 days (non-tech)
  • 35 days (senior)
  • 99% offer acceptance
  • 90% Y1 retention
  • £250K+ cost savings
SaaS / MedTech · Global
Series B scale-up
  • 95% agency reduction
  • TTH down to 21 days
  • 98% offer acceptance
  • 96% Y1 retention
  • £180K cost savings
SaaS Platform · US / EMEA
Product team build
  • Full EMEA + North America hiring
  • Complete TA process implementation
  • Engagement extended twice
Strategic Design Studio · US / Germany / UK
Senior product & engineering
  • Senior hiring across 3 markets
  • Product & engineering functions
  • Engagement extended once

Client names available on request. Data from Calvin Botez’s direct engagement history.

// THE FOUNDER //

CALVIN BOTEZ

10+ years embedded in talent. EMEA, APAC, North America.

Calvin has led recruitment for companies from Series A to global enterprise - building hiring functions from scratch, reducing agency reliance, cutting time-to-hire, and staying long enough to see the hires succeed.

He founded Mason Bedford in 2018. He’s a British & EU national based in East Sussex, UK. Clients have included BCG Digital Ventures, Docker Inc, Zalando, Publicis Sapient, CentralNic, and Ve Global.

READ MORE ABOUT CALVIN →
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// COMPARE THE OPTIONS //

WHY NOT JUST AN AGENCY?

Feature Traditional Agency Internal TA Mason Bedford
Fee structure 15–25% per hire Salary + benefits Fixed monthly retainer
Speed Slow brief → fast push Slow to build Fast from day one
Business knowledge None Deep (over time) Deep (immediately)
Accountability after placement None Full Full
Process left behind No Person-dependent Documented + transferred
Commitment model Transactional Permanent Contract duration

// QUESTIONS //

FREQUENTLY ASKED

We can typically start within a week of contract signing - for urgent briefs, often sooner.
A fixed monthly retainer based on hiring volume and scope. No per-hire fees, no hidden markups, no surprises.
Yes. We work with companies from seed stage through to listed businesses, provided there is genuine, committed hiring need. Most of our embedded clients are Series A–C or profitable scale-ups with 10+ hires planned per year.
Primarily tech, SaaS, fintech, and digital media. Strong track record across product, engineering, data, and commercial functions.
We are a consultancy, not a staffing agency. We embed, build your hiring process, then hand it back. If you need help hiring a permanent Head of TA at the end of an engagement, we can assist with that too.
We prefer a minimum 3-month engagement - enough time to build pipeline, make strong hires, and transfer knowledge. Shorter engagements are discussed case by case.

// GET STARTED //

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