Recruitment firm opens Birmingham office

An Ad Lib product story

Edited by the Marketingweek Marketplace editorial team Sep 7, 2007

Specialist creative, media and marketing recruiter Ad Lib has opened an office in Birmingham's famous Custard Factory, and recruited top agency side recruiter Neil Murdoch.

Neil Murdoch's background includes spending the last two years solving the recruitment headaches of Carlson Marketing across the UK and saving them serious amounts in the process.

He now brings his seven years of recruitment expertise to bear on his native Midlands to help creative and marketing agencies to grow their businesses by finding better people: "What attracted me to Ad Lib was the fact they are so unique in this market place - I already knew what a difference Ad Lib makes in the market, and over the last couple of weeks that has been 100 per cent confirmed.

"My day to day role at Carlson was working closely with Hiring Managers to support them through the recruitment process and provide my recruitment knowledge to them; this gave me a great insight in how today's agency lives and breathes.

"Being on the 'other side of the fence' lets you see what issues Hiring Managers have and what individuals are looking for in the market".

Frank Hutton, Managing Director of Ad Lib, commented: "We have a strong commitment to provide agencies based outside London with the people they need to develop their business.

"You can't do that without understanding the market or the region in which they are situated - and you can't do that without being there.

"We will grow our Birmingham team to meet the needs that just aren't being answered currently.

"Neil's track record makes him the ideal person to succeed where others have failed; he's as happy as rhubarb in custard to be at the Factory alongside the creative community we serve".

Ad Lib has six consultants and two administrators in offices in Queen Square, central Bristol, and the Custard Factory, Birmingham.

It has been serving the creative community since 2001.

All of its consultants have worked in a creative marketing business and are also trained recruiters.