Armstrong Lloyd worked with me to build out a small but high performing team.
They partnered us through the end-to-end recruitment process including identifying how the team structure would best fit together, and to blend the skills and experience of team members to complement each other. Once we knew what was needed, they did a very thorough job of mapping the market and identifying a shortlist.
Armstrong Lloyd’s superpower is uncovering talent, you might miss if you were just reviewing their CV.
Recruitment companies are often transactional, but with Armstrong Lloyd this is not the case. I know they are there to give me insights, feedback and even after they have placed my team. They genuinely care about the long-term outcome.
My life as a hiring manager is easier when I work with Armstrong Lloyd.
ALI GRIFFITHS, CMO - CENSORNET
In the last 12 months Armstrong Lloyd have been a critical partner in helping me transform the marketing team at BHN and build a B2B marketing team, almost from scratch. From the get go, Karen invested time to deeply understand the business and what I was wanting to achieve. She was always on hand to help shape the thinking and bounce off ideas. I had very clear requirements and they worked relentlessly to ensure we found the right skills and culture team. It was important for me to ensure we had the right overall talent blend to drive forward the change in developing our B2B marketing strategy, including ABE, develop plans and identify new opportunities to drive demand and better and measure marketing ROI.
Our 1st hire became a strong benchmark as she started to add value almost immediately and drive change in our campaigns. They went onto find 3 other strong team members who work brilliantly together.
The best part of working with Armstrong Lloyd is they take the brief and run with it, at times I might look at a CV they have sent and think – “not too sure about this one!” – but their detailed interview notes and cultural assessment is spot on! Rather than getting sprayed with lots of CV’s, they are great at finding the one that might have been overlooked! I am thankful to them for building a team of strong performers who all work together as a new ‘Dream Team’.
ED WARD, SENIOR MARKETING DIRECTOR - BLACKHAWK NETWORK
I first started working with Armstrong Lloyd having been let down by several other recruitment agencies. We were had been hiring for a Product Marketing Manager for some time and unfortunatley the recruiter we had engaged continued to send through generalist 360 marketing candidates or people do did not hit our brief at all.
From our initial briefing call it felt like I was talking to a marketing colleague – they spoke my language!
They started with a strong brief, really getting to understand the requirements of the role and the organisation and immediately knew exactly where to start – in fact they already had a couple of people in mind.
They gave great support on the candidate evaluation part of the process, so it made it easy to compare individuals based on their actual’s skills rather than just their pure CV and the interview process .
Working with Armstrong Lloyd feels stress free, they inspire confidence because they communicate transparently, timely and handle any issues.
I have worked with a lot of recruiters in my career - they are generally transactional but I now realise there is another way and finding Armstrong Lloyd has been a game changer. They understand Recruitment is not a number’s game but a people business.
Most importantly the 3 people they placed in my team have been a huge asset to the organisation globally. They have enabled me to build a best-in-class marketing team who were awarded “Outstanding Contribution as a Team” and each team member has also individually won awards on separate occasions for exceptional value added to the business.
Armstrong Lloyd are more than recruiters – they offer such a personal service that they really became a partner to our business.
REBECCA ROOME, INTERNATIONAL MARKETING DIRECTOR - DISCO
Armstrong Lloyd supported us with several hires in our marketing team. They really understand the B2B technology space and can give great insights.
However, most importantly they can unlock talent we did not find from our direct activities.
JO-ANNE ILLMAN, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER - INFINITY
We have worked with Armstrong Lloyd for several years now and they work as a trusted partner with both the talent and marketing leadership teams.
As a business we do have a direct recruitment policy and will try to fill the role from our own network. However, for hard to fill niche roles (which we have plenty of!), their tenacity, process and network deliver the results we have needed to acquire the best talent within B2B Marketing technology space.
Their in-depth, concise, and well thought out interview notes save us a lot of time in the screening process. They understand our culture and what it takes to be successful here, which is just as important to us as having the required skills and experience.
Most importantly the people they have placed onboarded seamlessly and have made a positive impact on our business.
MATTHEW ROBERTS, HR LEADER - OPUS 2
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