CONSULTANT PROFILES

25 years managing and directing recruitment companies. Now directing Media Contacts in its fourteenth year of trading. Does New Business, in-house training and strategy. Probably the only media recuiter with a music degree and a single figure golf handicap.

With over ten years' experience at the company, Rupert is Director at Media Contacts, managing the team as well as being a hands-on recruiter. Rupert went from gardening to recruitment consultancy, being one of a rare breed of Londoners to be accredited by the Royal Horticultural Society. He is currently serving as Interim Chair of the Marketing, Media and Creative sector group of the REC, the industry's leading trade association.

After a varied career involving fmcg executive search, IT contract recruitment and several years as a journalist, Julia went around the world for more than a year, chasing kangaroos and editing news for a Thai newspaper, and has come back to combine her previous lives into recruiting healthcare communications staff. Outside work, if she's not in the gym or in the pub, she's likely to be cooking or have her head in a book.

After graduating from a degree in psychology, Lauren decided to bring the skills she had already acquired to a career in recruitment. After gaining valuable experience in recruiting contract staff into the public sector, she decided to move to an area which excites her more and now uses her skills to recruit marketing and editorial staff.

After graduating from Newcastle University with a degree in History, impending bankruptcy convinced James it was probably time to enter the world of full time employment. With shed loads of relevant experience coming from previous jobs in tyre and spice factories, the world of Healthcare Comms recruitment seemed like a natural career choice. When not working he can be found playing rugby (badly) or in a Balham pub complaining about the Northern Line.

After graduating from The University of Hull with a degree in Music, Amy was ready to embark in a career of recruitment! With a lucrative and varied experience in sales, taking on the Sales sector was the optimum choice for her. Amy is still found singing in professional choirs and enjoys all performance studies which include painting portraits!