Nikki Smitten

Senior Recruiter

Nikki is a recruitment professional with over 18 years experience.  She is passionate about building long term relationships and ensuring an excellent candidate experience on behalf of our clients.

Although she has worked predominately in agency environments, time spent working as an inhouse recruiter has given her a strong understanding of the challenges faced when looking to attract and hire a diverse and talented workforce.

With extensive experience working across a broad range of industry sectors, Nikki utilises the most effective research techniques to undertake a proactive search to identify and engage candidates with the skills and expertise aligned to your business.

“The number of years I’ve spent in recruitment is testament to my love of the job.  I enjoy matching people to their dream role, and nothing beats the satisfaction of finding the right person for a hard to fill vacancy!

 Away from the office it’s an active family that keeps me busy.  We enjoy long dog walks in the Yorkshire countryside and share a love of travel, Italy being a firm favourite”

Committed to delivering a recruitment experience that exceeds expectations.  Get in touch to discuss your next hire or job search.

n.smitten@brunswicksearch.co.uk

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UK Management Team

Our client is a long-established market leading manufacturer of specialised converted products for brand owners, specifiers, designers and manufacturers.

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Andrew Hobman

My experience of working with Andrew is that he is a very diligent recruitment professional. We gave Andrew an assignment to locate half a dozen specialist transformation roles to support an urgent need. Andrew located a healthy volume of potential candidates and we conducted the selection process and ended up with very good appointments.

I have no hesitation in recommending Andrew to either Client or Candidate as I think what makes Andrew different to other recruiters is that he takes time to listen to what the client wants. He then stays on that message and doesn’t try to make marginal candidates fit. The speed and candidate quality provided by Andrew and his team has been impressive.

Steven Cooper | Transformation and Programme Leader |

Andrew Hobman

Andrew Hobman and the team at Brunswick have supported us in recruiting for a range of leadership and specialist roles in a number of European countries. They take the time to understand our requirements thoroughly and we have been consistently impressed with the depth and quality of the short lists they have presented to us. Unlike many Executive Search firms they also demonstrate significant flexibility in working with us to identify potential recruits when we have not yet finally settled on our plans. They are a great partner for us and have delivered real value for money to our business.

Ken Palframan | HR Director, Fabory Group |

Derek Ward

I have worked with many Recruitment professionals, yet when it comes to sourcing top quality management Derek has always responded with a level of professionalism and insight that I have generally found lacking in other search firms.

Derek makes it his priority to wholly understand my business, its commercial imperatives as well as the cultural environment, and uses that knowledge to seek out great candidates.

I believe that Derek’s many successful years in challenging senior management roles, prior to his involvement in Search, have provided him with an unusually high level of insight and empathy that have resulted in many well matched long – term appointments for my business.

Ian Hodgson | Group Managing Director |

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