Live Recruitment

What Live Recruitment does

Live Recruitment is a UK-based specialist recruitment agency focused exclusively on the events and creative industries. Founded in 2015 and self-described as the UK's largest specialist events and creative recruitment agency, it operates from a London headquarters (1 Primrose Street, EC2A 2EX) and a Birmingham office (21 Bennetts Hill, B2 5QP), serving boutique and multinational businesses across the country through both permanent and freelance hiring models.

The agency's service catalogue is organised around ten specialist disciplines: Event Management, Event Production, Event Technical/AV, Design/Creative, Event Sales, Digital, Experiential, Exhibition, Virtual/Hybrid Events, and Account Management. There is no proprietary technology platform or specialised tech stack described in the source material; delivery runs through consultant-led matching supported by a website job board, candidate registration portal, and CV drop-off functionality hosted on the Volcanic CMS, with LinkedIn used for job distribution and consultant positioning. Differentiation rests on sector-specialist consultants (e.g., named Senior Account Managers, an Account Director, and Account Managers covering event management, AV, exhibitions, and experiential roles) and a curated candidate network accumulated over a decade.

The business model is transaction-based: the firm earns placement fees from employers for successfully filling permanent or freelance roles, with fees structured as a percentage of the placed candidate's salary and negotiated per placement. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with a 'Brief Us' intake flow for employer clients, a referral scheme for supply, and content assets (Events Salary Survey 2026, Diversity Report 2026) used to build category authority. Customer segments are vertically split between events/creative employers and events/creative candidates, with no named enterprise logos disclosed and no pricing published.

Name

Live Recruitment

Legal name

Live Recruitment

Website

https://live-recruitment.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Live Recruitment is a UK-based specialist recruitment agency placing permanent and freelance professionals across the events, experiential, exhibition, creative, and digital disciplines, serving boutique and multinational businesses from London and Birmingham offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Events & Creative Industry Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

Keywords

• Events recruitment
• Creative industry staffing
• Freelance event hiring
• Permanent event jobs
• Experiential recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Fees: As a recruitment agency, Live Recruitment generates revenue through placement fees charged to employers for successfully placing candidates in permanent or freelance roles. Fees are typically structured as a percentage of the placed candidate's salary.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Live Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency placing permanent and freelance professionals across the UK events and creative industries. It sources talent for employers in event management, production, technical/AV, design, sales, digital, and account management roles, and provides candidates with access to industry opportunities including confidential positions not publicly advertised.

Product overview

Live Recruitment operates as a specialist events and creative recruitment agency offering a unified platform of recruitment services. The company provides specialist recruitment across multiple disciplines including Event Management, Event Production, Technical/AV, Design/Creative, Event Sales, Digital, and Account Management. They serve multiple sectors including Virtual/Hybrid Events, Experiential, Exhibitions, and Digital/Creative recruitment. Services are offered across both permanent and freelance hiring models. The company positions itself as the UK's largest specialist events and creative recruitment agency, providing talent solutions for boutique and multinational businesses throughout the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Event Management Recruitment Specialist recruitment for event management professionals across permanent and freelance roles, covering conferences, exhibitions, incentives, and corporate events.
• Event Production Recruitment Recruitment services for event production professionals including technical crew, production managers, and production coordinators.
• Event Technical / AV Recruitment Specialist recruitment for technical and AV professionals including technical project managers, AV technicians, and event technology specialists.
• Design / Creative Recruitment Recruitment for creative and design professionals in the events industry including 3D designers, graphic designers, and scenic artists.
• Event Sales Recruitment Specialist recruitment for event sales professionals including business development managers and client directors.
• Digital Recruitment Recruitment for digital professionals supporting the events industry including digital project managers and event technology specialists.
• Experiential Recruitment Specialist recruitment for experiential marketing and brand activation professionals.
• Exhibition Recruitment Recruitment services for exhibition professionals including exhibition managers, operations managers, and scenic production managers.
• Virtual / Hybrid Event Recruitment Specialist recruitment for virtual and hybrid event professionals supporting the shift to digital-first event delivery.
• Account Management Recruitment Recruitment for account management professionals in the events industry including client directors and senior account managers.
• Permanent Recruitment Service End-to-end permanent placement recruitment service for UK employers across all events and creative disciplines, accessed via the 'Brief Us - Permanent Roles' intake form.
• Freelance Recruitment Service End-to-end freelance and contract placement recruitment service for UK employers seeking events and creative professionals on a temporary basis, accessed via the 'Brief Us - Freelance Roles' intake form.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hays: Global recruitment firm with significant UK footprint across multiple professional disciplines including marketing/creative. Indirect competitor for the same client budgets though not specialist in events.
• Michael Page: Large UK-listed generalist recruitment firm with multiple specialisms including marketing and creative. Provides a competitive benchmark on scale and breadth versus Live Recruitment's vertical depth.
• Robert Half: Global professional staffing firm with UK operations across finance, technology, and marketing/creative. Overlaps with Live Recruitment on the marketing and creative permanent placement segments.
• Reed: UK's largest generalist recruitment business with broad coverage. Represents the alternative non-specialist option that events employers may default to if Live Recruitment is not engaged.
• Aquent: Global creative, marketing, and digital staffing firm with UK presence, serving agency and brand-side clients. Overlaps with Live Recruitment on creative and digital hiring but operates at much broader scale.

Direct peers

• Aspire: UK specialist recruitment agency focused on events, AV, and creative industries, offering both permanent and freelance placements. Directly comparable vertical specialism and dual permanent/freelance model to Live Recruitment.
• Major Players: UK creative, marketing, and digital recruitment specialist placing permanent and freelance professionals. Comparable candidate segments and sector-specialist positioning to Live Recruitment.
• Handle Recruitment: UK-based creative, marketing, and digital recruitment agency covering permanent, contract, and freelance roles. Comparable specialist focus on creative-adjacent verticals and multi-mode hiring.

Others

• Indeed: UK job aggregation platform that many candidates and employers use as the primary alternative to specialist agencies. Indirectly competes for placement demand by enabling direct employer-candidate matching.
• LinkedIn Talent Solutions: LinkedIn's recruiter platform and talent search products compete at the sourcing layer of recruitment. As events employers invest more in direct LinkedIn sourcing, specialist agencies including Live Recruitment face potential fee compression.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/live-recruitment
• Xx.com/liverecruitment
• Facebookfacebook.com/LiveRecruitment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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