Scaling An Agency But Can't Find People Who've Done It Before?

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The Agency Hiring Problem

YOU'VE HIRED ON YOUR OWN BEFORE
Maybe you’ve had success for some roles, but most of the candidates you find promise the world, but just can’t perform once they’re in the role.
AGENCIES
You pay for the name on the pitch deck. Your account gets run by someone junior you've never met.
YOU END UP TRAINING TALENT
Hiring someone means you have to teach them everything. So the thing you hired them for is still your job for months.
THE GOOD ONES AREN'T LOOKING
The operators who can run things without you are employed at better agencies. They're not applying anywhere.
You don't want someone you have to train.
You need someone better than you at the thing you're handing over.

We Know What Good Looks Like

Manages spend and scales winners profitably
Reads the data and tells creative what to make next
Owns account structure, tracking and platform compliance
Turns performance data and customer research into ad concepts
Leads creative direction across editors and designers
Writes scripts, hooks and ad copy
Owns Klaviyo: flows, campaigns and segmentation
Measures against revenue, not open rates
Turns first orders into repeat customers
Cuts footage and UGC into high-converting ads
Delivers briefs at volume without quality dropping
Builds hook and format variations for testing
Designs static ads built around direct response
Produces variations fast enough to keep testing fed
Keeps up with what's converting in your category
Owns delivery from brief to client handoff
Catches problems before the client does
Builds the systems and SOPs the team runs on

We've Built The In-House Teams Behind The Fastest Growing Agencies In The World

What Changes When You Have The Right People In Your Agency

WITHOUT ZABOTA

MEDIA BUYING
You or a junior is on every account, so you can't add clients without one of you covering it.
CREATIVE STRATEGY
The founder is the only one generating concepts, so testing slows down every time they get busy.
RETENTION
Klaviyo people are easy to find. Ones your clients trust on a strategy call are not, and they're already working at another agency.
STATIC AD DESIGN
Designers who make things look good but don't understand what makes an ad sell.
VIDEO EDITING
Freelancers and UGC platforms offer inconsistent quality, so half of what they edit for you needs QA.
OPS
Nothing gets done on time unless you chase it. You end up being the project manager for the people you hired to do the work.
Growth
You stop selling because the team is already at capacity, and every new client turns into another hiring scramble.

WITH ZABOTA

MEDIA BUYING
Media buyers with verified niche experience personally managing the channels and spend levels.
CREATIVE STRATEGY
Strategists who understand direct response and turn performance data into concepts your creative team can actually produce.
RETENTION
Retention marketers pulled from agencies like yours, who own the channel and can defend the numbers to a client.
STATIC AD DESIGN
Designers who already know your niche, producing ads that are usable from week one.
VIDEO EDITING
Editors who've already made converting ads in your category. They know the hooks that work, so edits ship with minimal QA.
Growth
You can keep selling because you have a repeatable way to add proven experienced talent as the business grows. Better people → better performance → happier customers → stronger retention → more room to grow.

Why Agencies Pick Zabota

1

We Actually Know What It Takes To Scale An Agency

21+ hires for Street Talk as they scaled from $100k a month to 8 Figures. 17 hires for WellCopy from $25k to 500k+ a month. Whole pods and delivery teams built out in under 3 weeks.
2

We Know Where The Good People Work

The media buyers, strategists and editors behind the agencies you admire aren't applying to job posts. We map the agencies producing that talent and headhunt them directly, and we verify the work before anyone reaches your interview.
3

We Know Which Seat Comes First

Hire a strategist before you have production running optimally and they're writing briefs nobody can execute. We'll tell you what your team actually needs next, not just what is most expensive.
4

We've Built Teams In Your Space

E-com email and retention, paid media, creative and UGC, web design, and full-service growth agencies are all agencies we’ve built teams for.