Bespoke Careers

Bespoke Careers recruits for the architecture and design sector, placing staff with practices, studios and product suppliers. Chief executive Lindsay Urquhart set it up in 2004. It runs UK offices in London and Manchester and also operates in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, with many consultants who once worked as architects or designers themselves.

What Bespoke Careers offers

• Architecture recruitment: roles from graduates and technicians up to project and senior architects.
• Interior design recruitment: placements with large design studios and smaller agencies.
• Product sales and specification: staff for suppliers of furniture, flooring, tapware and other building products.
• Contract staffing: contractors for short projects, who log timesheets through the agency's site.
• Retained search: strategic searches for senior hires.
• Market information: salary guides, a salary calculator, market reports and portfolio reviews.

Customers and markets

Its clients are architecture and interior design practices and building-product firms, with roles in areas such as residential, heritage, education, defence and infrastructure projects. It also supports job seekers in those fields.

Key facts

• Founded: 2004
• UK offices: London and Manchester
• Other regions: Australia, New Zealand and the United States
• Hiring types: permanent, contract and retained