Marketing Director
Q&A with Ruth Tapley: Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd
Introduction to Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd
Founded in 1992, Ambassador Theatre Group is the world’s number one live-theatre organisation. We own close to 50 iconic venues in the UK, Germany and USA, run major ticketing platforms and produce award-winning shows. Our mission is to bring the very best in live entertainment to the largest possible number of people.
People are at the heart of our success. We are passionate about bringing great live experiences to the widest possible audience; about giving the world’s best creative talent the stage it deserves, and about providing our people and partners with opportunities to realise their full potential.
What was your recruitment challenge?
ATG is in a period of ambitious growth following the pandemic years, and we are scaling our digital teams and capabilities. We have had a mixture of roles to fill across product management and design, both permanent and contract, that we’ve needed to recruit quickly in order to reach our growth targets.
We needed a recruitment partner that knew our business and knew the market, and could secure resource for our teams at pace, without comprising on the quality of the candidates.
What made you approach / work with Intelligent People?
Intelligent People have been known to me for a while – I was actually hired for my role here at ATG through the agency, so I know how they work from both a client and candidate perspective.
As a candidate, I found the recruiters at Intelligent People to be excellent communicators, very supportive of putting me forward for flexible working options, and good partners throughout the process.
As a client, ATG has partnered with Intelligent People for several years, as specialists in the product recruitment space. They know our business well, and we’ve placed some exceptional team members.
What services did Intelligent People provide?
Doug and James always take the time upfront to build a deep understanding of a brief: the personal profile we are looking for, the skills we need, the impact of the role within the business, and any specific requirements or constraints.
They go out of their way to ensure the candidates put forward perfectly match the brief and are engaged in our business and the interview process, also taking care of booking in all the interviews and the follow up process, which reduces admin time for us internally.
Would you recommend working with Intelligent People?
I absolutely recommend working with Intelligent People for product recruitment, both for contract and permanent vacancies. I’ve always found them thorough and responsive and we’ve placed some excellent candidates.
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A friendly and professional team who really know their market and clients, I'd highly recommend Intelligent People as specialist recruiters for product and product design. They take the time to thoroughly understand a brief, role and requirements, and always put forward a shortlist of highly relevant candidates. Intelligent People are our first stop for product positions, and we've successfully recruited a number of both contract and perm roles over the years.
