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How it works.
Hiring permanent staff: how it works
1. We get to know your business in person and define the dream profile; our terms follow the same day, and permanent search is success-only - you only pay when we find you your dream hire. 2. We start the search in our own network - pre-screened candidates we are already in conversation with, built over 20 years - then widen with direct approaches to the passive talent traditional job ads never reach. 3. We sell your studio to the people who fit: the work, the progression, the reason to move. 4. You see a shortlist of only the best - vetted, referenced and skills-assessed with KnowledgeSmart (Revit, AutoCAD, Archicad) - ending the endless CV screening and surfacing top quality candidates that may never have found you on their own. 5. We handle interview scheduling, candidate prep and same-day feedback, and share interviewing tips with your team if useful. 6. Offer accepted: we benchmark against live salary data, manage the notice period and stay close through onboarding. 1,028 firms hired this way in the last 12 months.
Hiring contract staff: how it works
1. Tell us the gap: discipline, software and deadline. 2. We check availability with referenced, skills-assessed contractors we already know, usually within hours. 3. You see options with software scores and hourly rates upfront. 4. Contracts, timesheets, payroll and compliance run through us. 5. Start week set - a Monday call and a Thursday start is normal. 6. We stay close on site, ready to extend, convert to permanent, or wind down when the project ships.
Strategic (retained) search: how it works
1. A confidential conversation about the studio, the strategy the role serves and the terms. Strategic search is retained rather than success-only: you commit to us, we commit a named consultant and a defined search, and the fee is agreed upfront and staged across it. 2. We map every practice where your person might be sitting and rank the names against the brief, going to the people who fit whether or not they are looking. 3. We approach them directly and privately, senior to senior. 4. A small senior shortlist with references, skills assessment and our honest read on fit and motivation. 5. Meetings on your terms, off-site or in the evening, handled discreetly. 6. Offer, resignation and a discreet transition, managed end to end.
Finding a role: how it works
1. Share your CV and portfolio in confidence - your current employer never hears from us. 2. A career conversation with a consultant who knows the market inside and out - many of us have worked in practice: goals, salary against live data, and which studios fit. 3. We sell you to the right studios, including roles never advertised - 1 in 2 people we recommend get an interview. 4. Interviews booked around your notice with prep on people and portfolio, feedback chased same day. 5. We negotiate the offer with real salary data and stay with you through notice and your first months.
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The AJ100, and the rest of the industry calendar.
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The Bespoke World Cup, tennis tournaments, and teams pulled from across the industry.
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How much does it cost to hire through Bespoke?
It depends which service you use, and the nature of your brief.
Permanent search is success-only. You pay when you hire, so there is nothing to pay while we work. Pricing is shaped by each brief rather than fixed to a list.
Contract is an hourly rate. Agreed upfront before anyone starts, with contracts, timesheets, payroll and compliance handled by us.
Strategic search is retained. You commit to us, we commit a named consultant and a defined search, and the fee is agreed upfront and staged across it. That is what buys an exclusive mandate and a market mapped properly.
Send us who you're looking for, and one of the team will be in touch to discuss pricing.
Is Bespoke free for jobseekers?
Yes. Our service is 100% free for jobseekers, at every stage, whether you apply to a listing or send your CV directly.
What is the difference between permanent, contract and strategic search?
Permanent fills a role on your team for good. We search our own network first, then approach people who are not looking, and you see a vetted, referenced, skills-assessed shortlist.
Contract covers a deadline or a gap. We check availability with contractors we already know, usually within hours, and a Monday call to a Thursday start is a normal week.
Strategic search is for leadership and senior appointments. It is retained, exclusive and discreet: one consultant maps the market, names the people who fit, and approaches them privately, so the role stays quiet while it is open.
What kinds of roles do you recruit for?
Architecture, interior design, landscape and urban design, architectural and interior products, and the business support roles that keep a studio running, from practice management and marketing to finance and bid writing. Permanent, contract and freelance, from graduates to CEOs.
Which countries do you work in?
The UK, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Many of us have worked in practice, so we understand the work itself.
How long does hiring take?
Contract is the fastest: availability is usually confirmed within hours and a start later the same week is normal.
Permanent and strategic search take as long as the right person takes. What we can promise is the pace of the process rather than a date: terms the same day, a shortlist of people who have already had a proper conversation about the role, and feedback in both directions the same day as every interview.
How do I send you my CV, or tell you about a role?
Jobseekers can apply through any listing or send a CV and portfolio straight to the team, and a consultant reviews it and comes back to you if there is a match.
Employers can submit a vacancy or describe the hire on this page, and the consultant who covers your discipline will pick it up.