Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Design & Creative

  • Finnish cloud firm Hammerkit opens office and creates jobs in Liverpool

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    Finnish cloud technology provider Hammerkit has received a €1.25m (£1.05m) investment package and plans to create 12 jobs in Liverpool this year, and 40-50 in the next three to four years.

  • Sabbaticals and child care on agenda for 100 top employers

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    The 2012 ’100 Best Companies to Work For’ report has shown an increase in companies reaching the list offering paid sabbaticals and subsidized child care.

  • INTERNATIONAL US: JBCHoldings buys search firm Janou Pakter

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    New York-based JBCHoldings NY, a portfolio company within the Riveria Investment Group, has acquired executive search firm Janou Pakter.

  • Google Square scheme roundly greeted

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    Square, a scheme from search engine Google whereby it would take in graduate staff from ad agencies for a few months work exchange, as reported by the London Evening Standard [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-24018889-google-woos-ad-agencies-staff-with-free-work-placements.do], has been welcomed by recruiters.

  • INTERNATIONAL Australia: Bad news for Sydney creatives

    Wed, 7 Dec 2011

    Advertising and creative professionals can broadly expect better salaries in Sydney than in Melbourne, according to Firebrand Talent Search’s esalarysurvey.

  • UK is top cloud freelance land

    Thu, 3 Nov 2011

    The UK is the top country in Europe when it comes to hiring freelance workers to work online, according to a report by online work platform Elance.

  • Appointments: Purple welcomes batch of recruits

    Wed, 19 Oct 2011

    Creative sector recruitment consultancy Purple has taken on six new staff in its offices in London and Leeds.

  • International – Ireland: Computer games industry to move to next level

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    A report from Forfás, Ireland’s policy advisory board for enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation, has suggested that the computer games industry could create an additional 2,500 new jobs in the country in the next two years, reports the Irish Times.

  • Increased optimism in creative sector

    Tue, 27 Sep 2011

    Optimism is on the increase among employees within the creative sector, according to research from Aspire Global Network (AGN).

  • Gemini Search launches

    Thu, 14 Jul 2011

    Gemini Search, a creative, advertising, digital and media specialist recruitment agency, launched in London on Monday [11 July].

  • Purple launches Purple Social

    Wed, 6 Jul 2011

    Creative sector staffing specialist Purple has launched a new division — Purple Social.The division deals specifically with recruitment briefs in the social media space and will work alongside Purple’s established digital team focusing on roles ranging from blogger outreach specialists, community managers through to more strategic senior social media roles including social media directors and heads of social.Consultant Dave Finlay will lead the Purple Social team. 

  • Contracts/Deals: MyPeopleBiz joins up Kantar Media’s online recruitment

    Tue, 14 Jun 2011

    Online recruitment platform MyPeopleBiz has integrated media insight agency Kantar Media’s bespoke recruitment portal to automatically synchronise to the company’s Facebook page.

  • Appointments: The Right Jobs Networks hires Mosley

    Wed, 18 May 2011

    The Right Jobs Network has appointed Carrie Mosley as commercial director to run sales and media partnerships on the radio station-backed job boards for company. 

  • Digital

    23 March 2011

    The pace of change in technology in the digital sector is being matched by the pace at which famous brands are moving online. This migration has increased

  • Contracts: Nakama buys Big fish

    Mon, 7 Mar 2011

    Global digital, creative and marketing recruitment firm Nakama has acquired the assets of Big fish Search & Selection.Big fish, which started trading in 2002, places creative and marketing professionals in both the agency world and large blue chip companies.Big fisher founder Nicola Kleinmann now joins the team of directors at Nakama.Nakama has offices in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.

  • Free-thinking Knockbuckle

    24 November 2010

    When Knockbuckle Associates needed additional help to propel the firm forward, Free Think Digital stepped in to offer its digital media expertise

  • Meighan is chair by royal appointment

    15 September 2010

    The chief executive of specialist PR and communication recruiter VMA Group, Julia Meighan, who has been appointed chair of the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme, said that her experience in recruitment will prove invaluable in inspiring young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

  • Press raises its game in print advertising

    15 September 2010

    The national press is upping the stakes in the recruitment advertising market, with the Financial Times the latest to undergo a relaunch in that area.

  • Nakama opens office in Melbourne

    Thu, 29 Jul 2010

    International design and digital recruiter Nakama has opened an office in Melbourne, Australia.

  • Appointments: Thayer joins Genius as non-exec director

    Tue, 27 Jul 2010

  • Appointments: Purple takes on consultants

    Fri, 25 Jun 2010

    Media and creative recruiter Purple has taken on a number of consultants for its London and Leeds offices, which the firm believes signals its optimistic approach for 2010.

  • Cox Communications chooses DavenportMajor for search

    Wed, 23 Jun 2010

    US-based retained executive search firm DavenportMajor has been selected by Cox Communications to search for a new vice president of sales and vice president of customer experience.Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company, providing advanced digital video, internet, telephone and wireless services over its own nationwide IP network.

  • MediaLink brings new aspect to exec search

    23 June 2010

    US-based MediaLink’s newly-launched executive search practice can provide clients with a better service offering and do it more efficiently than traditional executive search firms.

  • CPH Consulting teams up with Cognitive Match

    Mon, 21 Jun 2010

    Recruitment process outsourcing firm CPH Consulting has won a contract with digital software company, Cognitive Match.

  • BBC's creative approach

    09 June 2010

    Two resourceful recruiters at BBC Vision have created a talent pipeline for newcomers to the media industry, which is doing double duty as a virtual pool of contingency admin and support workers for the broadcaster’s production and website teams.

  • Major Players sees PR jobs double

    Wed, 21 Apr 2010

    Creative recruiter Major Players has seen the number of PR jobs double since the last quarter of 2009.

  • Major Players: Four in 10 creative and media workers unaffected by recession

    Mon, 12 Apr 2010

    More than four in 10 creative and media professionals say their lifestyle has been unaffected by the recession, according to research form creative staffing firm Major Players.The research shows that 44% felt that their career and lifestyle was unaffected by the downturn, although 26% had been hit by redundancy.And three quarters think stimulating work and having a good atmosphere in the office is more important than getting paid a high salary (44%).

  • Major Players retains brand name

    Fri, 26 Feb 2010

    Creative and marketing recruiter Major Players is to retain its original brand identity and logo.

  • Major Players agrees D&AD partnership

    Wed, 3 Feb 2010

    Media and creative recruiter Major Players has entered into a partnership to work with educational charity D&AD.

  • ReThink bags Aquent's Ciecierski

    03-February-2010

  • Major Players builds 3D talent pool

    Mon, 25 Jan 2010

    Creative marketing recruiter Major Players is building a database of talent for the 3D jobs market as it expects to see the third dimension moving from the big screen and into brand marketing in 2010.

  • Bespoke Careers opens Syndey office

    Tue, 19 Jan 2010

    Specialist architecture and design recruiter Bespoke Careers has opened an office in Sydney.

  • Sector Skills Councils relicensed

    Fri, 11 Dec 2009

    Four Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have been relicensed, Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced on behalf of the UK government and the Devolved Administrations.Creative & Cultural Skills (covering the creative and cultural sector), Lantra (covering the environmental and land-based sector), Proskills (covering the process and manufacturing sector) and Skillsmart Retail (covering the retail sector) proven successful in their applications ...

  • A good game for women

    09-December-2009

    Global recruiter Interactive Selection has launched a website-centred initiative to attract more women into the male-dominated games industry.

  • Appointments: Effectivate, Purple, Aston Recruitment

    Fri, 9 Oct 2009

    Colm Hannon, one of Careerbuilder’s original UK team members, has been appointed partner in selection technology firm Effectivate.

  • Purple introduces client referral scheme

    Tue, 8 Sep 2009

    Creative sector recruiter Purple has introduced a client reward referral scheme.The scheme, which reward clients for referring Purple’s recruitment services, pays £250 towards placement fee as well as £250 to the referee, if the referral results in the placement of a permanent role.Toby Thwaites, director at Purple, says: “We believe in investing in client service and keeping our levels of service as high as they can be - this initiative is an extension of that belief.”

  • RPCushing 'feared for its survival'

    18-Feb-2009

    Paul Cushing, managing director of RPCushing Recruitment, has admitted that he feared for the survival of the company immediately before its acquisition by pfj.

  • Media: Purple networks with Academy Class

    Tue, 10 Feb 2009

    Creative recruiter Purple Consultancy is to organise a series of monthly networking events around the UK with digital media training centre Academy Class.

  • M2R impresses UKTI with its Middle East success

    21-Jan-2009

    Mamujee: beating huge companies to contracts

  • Ad Lib launches viral advertising campaign competition

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Bristol-based marketing and creative recruiter Ad Lib is running a competition to design a viral internet advertising campaign to promote the agency and attract candidates.

  • Handle Recruitment opens new legal division

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Media, entertainment and lifestyle brands recruiter Handle Recruitment is defying the ‘doom and gloom’ merchants by opening a new legal division.

  • Agency workers

    Thu, 4 Dec 2008

    REC urges recruiters to lobby MPs over Temporary (Agency) Workers directive

  • A major player in happiness

    28-May-2008

    Staff contentment can never be over emphasised — and this is certainly true of the two winners of Recruiter’s 2008 awards for the best companies to work for. Colin Cottell investigates

  • People Moves 06 February 2008

    6-Feb-2008

    Creative recruiter MajorPlayers, has appointed Greg Orme as chief executive officer, with a brief to steer the company through its next stage of development, and to raise the profile of the UK’s creative industries.