Creative & design hiring

Graduate design & creative recruitment

Looking for creative recruitment agencies in London and need to hire design candidates quickly?

We can send you exemplary graduates within 48 hours. There is no obligation to hire and no upfront costs. On average, it takes us 20 working days to fill a role, better than half the industry average of 42. In some cases, we’ve placed fantastic candidates in as quickly as 2 days.

Read below and find out more about our graduate creative recruitment, and why we are the graduate creative & design jobs and recruitment experts.

We chose to work with Give a Grad a Go to fill three positions in the business due to their incredible reputation within the recruitment industry. And they didn’t disappoint.

We were sent across a variety of very credible candidates, and our Consultant was always on hand to go through each candidate and their capabilities in great detail prior to the interview.

Give a Grad a Go were able to successfully place two fantastic candidates into the company despite very specific requirements needed by the company. We would definitely use their design recruiters again in the future

What can we offer you?

Graduate experts

Nearly all of our staff are graduates themselves, and many have come from creative backgrounds. There is no better team to help you hire creative talent.

We never compromise speed: we will aim to get a shortlist to you within 48 hours!

Hire a Graphic Designer, hire a Creative Writer, or hire an Interior Designer with our experienced creative and design recruitment.

Rounded service

Our service is more comprehensive than other creative recruiters. We care about your hiring by caring about your business.

Promote your brand with posts to our 60,000+ social following, and push notifications to our 80,000+ web subscribers.

Or organise email campaigns to our database of 400,000+ graduates. Whatever you need, we shape our creative and design recruitment services around you.

Strong candidates

Every day, we continue to build the UK’s most dynamic graduate talent pool.

42% of our graduates have creative skills or experience on their CVs.

Every candidate is screened by at least two members of our recruitment team, to assure you are sent graduates not just on the basis of their skills, but also their character.

Recruitment advice

Top tips for design and creative recruitment

As a leading graduate creative and design recruitment agency, we know how to quickly place talented graduates in creative and design roles. Our expert industry recruiters share their top tips on what to look for in candidates and how to conduct an efficient recruitment process:

When you hire creative talent, always expect a creative portfolio of work. Give a Grad a Go’s creative employment agency experts will only ever put a candidate forward if they have a strong showreel or portfolio.

We know it is important for creative recruiting agencies to be able to see examples of the skills a candidate has gained or the experience they have. This will help the employer hiring creatives or hiring designers to find creative talent that will suit their current creative staff.”

Giving a candidate a task to do during the creative recruitment process will put them under pressure and imitate the responsibilities they will have in being creative at work. This is vital due to the importance of creativity in business. It is also a great opportunity for the candidate to showcase how they can fit their skills to a specific brief.

Recruitment advice

What to look for in creative and design candidates?

Excellent communication skills

Creativity in organisations will flourish when they find creatives who can communicate ideas well. A lot of graphic design recruitment agencies will try and find a candidate by focusing entirely on graphic design or branding skills. They often later find that they’re unable to understand briefs and communicate them to the rest of the team.

It is of course necessary to find creatives who are analytical and passionate about their design work. But a creative staffing agency should find a candidate who also has excellent communication skills, so they can share their creative skills clearly with the rest of their team.

Able to listen to client and company needs

An excellent design candidate should have the ability to listen carefully. They will be working to client or company requirements, and need to be able to fit the brief perfectly. It’s crucial that a candidate is attentive and asks questions to ensure clarity. Otherwise, the final product may not fit the brief exactly and may need major amendments.

Have a genuine passion for their work

Top creative and design candidates should have a passion for their work. Look for candidates who genuinely seem excited about the opportunity and already have ideas as to what they can do for your company. Passionate candidates will also have the desire to constantly improve their work and ensure they are completely satisfied with the finished product before delivering.

Top project-management skills

Top creative recruitment agencies should be looking for applicants who have excellent multi-tasking and project management abilities. Often designers will be managing multiple projects for different clients, and it’s crucial that candidates know how to prioritize and organise their work to ensure deadlines are met.

During our efficient screening process for creative recruiting, we make sure we see specific examples of candidates’ work, and also that we get to know a candidate’s personality and skillset. This ensures candidates not only have the right creative talent to suit your role, but the right character and broader skill set.

Recruitment advice

Looking for creative recruitment companies? Here’s how we can find you the perfect design and creative candidates:

Looking for a Graphic Design recruitment agency and for creative recruitment agencies? You’ve come to the right place. At Give a Grad a Go, we have years of experience in the creative recruitment sector.

Here are some of the many ways we can help add exceptional creative and design candidates to your business:

Understand your unique company needs

From the outset, you will be assigned an Account Manager, who will be an expert in the creative and design industry. Your design recruitment specialist will meet with you and check in regularly to get to know your business in detail. They will establish which of our services will be the best fit, and understand exactly the type of candidate’s you are looking for to grow your team.

Offer expert advice and consultation style changes

In order to attract the right talent to your role, our recruiters will work alongside you every step of the way throughout the hiring process. They will offer advice on salaries based on our quarterly graduate employment reports. Also, they will provide guidance on job specifications, advising the best job titles to use and how to effectively promote your business.

Thorough screening process

Our efficient hiring process ensures that every candidate is screened by at least two specialist recruiters. This ensures we are only putting forward the very best for your role. We get to know our candidates and understand useful aspects that are not visible on their graduate CV. This includes phone manner, personality, organisation, and availability. With all this, we can get a much clearer idea as to whether they are the right fit for your company.

Share our insights into the graduate jobs market

We know the graduate jobs market inside out. So, as part of our bespoke service at Give a Grad a Go, we’ve created a range of useful material designed to inform, update, and advise our clients. Check out our employer recruitment blog, full of the latest recruitment news and talent acquisition advice.

Onboard and aftercare

Even if you are not actively looking to hire, our consultants are always here to help. They will check in with you at various times throughout the year to find out about your hiring plans, provide useful updates about the graduate recruitment market, and will always keep an eye out for specific top talent if you’re looking for something rare.

If you’re after the best creative recruiters and top graduate design agencies in London, get in touch using the sign-up form above. Our bespoke service and dedication to finding you the perfect candidate is what makes us stand out above the other creative and design recruitment agencies in London.

Not looking for managed recruitment services? Our job posting board enables companies to post their roles to our audience of 170K monthly visitors whilst retaining all control over the wider recruitment process.

Recruitment advice

How to attract top design and creative talent to your role:

Are you a creative recruitment agency looking to attract only the very best design and creative candidates to your vacancies? It’s crucial to sell your opportunity and give candidates tangible reasons why they should apply to your role. Here’s how we help our clients find outstanding creative graduates for their roles:

Offer a competitive salary

Our first top tip when recruiting for creative roles is to make sure you’re offering an attractive salary. You really do get what you pay for, and providing a strong base salary will ensure you find the very best talent when recruiting creative professionals or hiring for a design team. Visit our Graduate Employment Statistics Archive to find out what other companies are paying their design and creative hires.

Invest in employee learning and development

In a recent survey we conducted with graduates, learning and development ranked first on their list of ‘what is most important in a job’. It scored higher than salary, benefits / perks, and company culture! Make sure to list in your job description any opportunities for further training.

Offer opportunities for progression

Take into consideration both the personal and professional development of employees. Growth opportunities ranked second in importance for graduates, so having a clear path for progression will help to attract great talent. This is particularly important as candidates tend to enquire about this at interview stages.

Sell your vacancy in your job description

To find the best talent and make sure your vacancy stands out against others, it’s crucial to list all the benefits of your role. Have a dedicated ‘Benefits of the job’ section, and list your competitive starting salary for the role, hybrid working opportunities, benefit packages, and any other company perks such as holidays and socials.

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