Meet the Team.

// The Team

Experience That Makes
the Difference.

With over 50 years of combined recruitment experience, the Matchking team brings together deep sector expertise, genuine passion for people and a shared commitment to delivering outstanding results.

Each member of our team has built their career on long-term relationships, trust and an unwavering focus on quality. Together, we offer clients and candidates a recruitment partner that truly understands the marketing and technology landscape.

The Matchking Team
Tim King

Tim King

Founder & Director

With almost two decades of recruitment experience across a variety of companies and sectors, Tim has been recruiting marketing professionals for the technology industry throughout. By working with traditional business values where trust and integrity are paramount, he has built long-term relationships with clients and candidates who share his philosophy that people should always come first. Matchking was founded from a desire to focus on the human element of recruitment - where standards, professionalism and outstanding service are non-negotiable.

Polly Martin

Polly Martin

Operations Director

With a career built in advertising and media buying at full-service agencies, Polly brings a deep understanding of the marketing profession to Matchking's operations. Involved since the company's inception, she has been instrumental in helping it grow from strength to strength. As a process-driven professional, Polly provides the operational backbone that ensures every client and candidate receives a consistently high-quality experience.

Robin Cottrell

Robin Cottrell

Senior Consultant

Robin brings over 25 years of recruitment expertise, having built his career in leading city-based firms placing contractors into financial markets. A highly successful IT recruiter who played a major role in one of the Sunday Times top 100 fastest growing IT contract recruitment firms, Robin joined Matchking in 2012. Since then, he has accelerated the growth of the technology client base, expanded the candidate network and secured a number of high-profile clients who value the honest and caring approach that defines Matchking.

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