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Alternatives Flexible panel

Alternatives Flexible Panel


The Alternatives Panel brings together vetted and talented professionals that companies can access on a flexible basis, remotely or in office, helping them adapt and drive growth.

We provide interim managers, contractors, teams and consultants, as well as full-time professionals; with marketing, digital and strategic skills

  • To manage key projects

  • To provide business cover, often due to maternity or extended sick leave.

  • To bring a fresh, strategic perspective and to drive transformative change

are you looking for great talent?

we can provide you with leading local and international talent in the areas that drive business growth. We screen relentlessly, selecting for our Panel only those who can hit the ground running and positively impact your business. 

do you want to live life on your terms?  

Alternatives recognises that people want to have a great career and live a more flexible life and that businesses  benefit from innovative ways to harness this talent. 

Our Panel provides immediate access to professionals with the following skills

  • Experts to help you clarify your strategic options and provide the frameworks and input to drive growth

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  • Experienced thinkers to help you create, disrupt, enhance and drive innovation within your organisation  ​

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  • Experienced brand professionals to help you create purposeful brands that stand for something and stand out  

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  • Marketers of all levels, who can hit the ground running, and develop and implement winning plans for growth 

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  • Specialists in content, social, SEO, SEM, PPC & mobile to help you devise digital plans that deliver 

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  • Experienced professionals to challenge and guide you through digital and data led transformation as a catalyst for growth

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  • Internal and External communications professionals that can help you devise strategy and deliver impactful campaigns that align and engage with your audience

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  • Product and proposition specialists, who bring customer and PM expertise, to help you build and manage products & services that deliver 

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  • CEX specialists to help you identify, devise and deliver a customer focused experience at every touchpoint 

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  • Experienced insights and data analytics experts to help you transform big data into insights which deliver customer value and new sources of growth

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What you say about us

  • “I have worked with Sandra Lawler for a number of years now and believe that the flexible business model they offer for talent in the commercial and marketing disciplines is exceptional. The Alternatives team have an in-depth understanding of today’s business needs which give them the edge when finding us the right people to drive us forward.”

    Flexible business model second to none

  • The Alternatives team is made up of experienced marketers, working very closely with our own internal loyalty team to drive the loyalty programme. Outsourcing elements of the programme allowed us to avail of Alternatives invaluable advice and guidance in our strategic planning. The team are the driving force behind our partner relationships – both large and small and they are key to delivering a consistent, exciting and valued experience to our customers. We work closely with Alternatives on a daily basis as one team to ensure the key business objectives are met and of course that the customer is always kept at the heart of the programme.

    Managed team solution met objectives flexibly

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