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Meet our team of recruitment specialists
Working with PCR gives both clients and candidates access to the expertise and professionalism of the talented people that are the key to our business success. Our management and consultants are all mature, experienced, business professionals, many with technical qualifications as well as specific industry recruitment experience.
Mark Abbott
Mark moved from technical sales into recruitment in the mid 1980s, and managed staffing programs for major ICT expansion projects in leading edge companies such as Nokia and Pipex. Two decades later, Mark is again spear-heading business development activities as PCR's Sales Director, and remains committed to ensuring that PCR has the people, ethics, systems and processes in place to make us the provider of choice for the broadcast and technology sectors.
Judith Blair
With over 20 years of experience in managing companies large and small in the technology and communications sector, Judith joined the PCR management team in late 2005 as Operations and Marketing Director, and became Managing Director in April 2006. Having driven the business plan to establish PCR as a market leader in recruitment in the broadcast and digital media sector, including the move of the company from it’s original Cambridge location to our now Head Office in the centre of the West End, alongside major technology platform upgrades, Judith continues to manage the companies' ongoing development in refining its' services to both new and existing clients and candidates.
Andy Lewis
Andy is an Associate Director of PCR , and brings over 30 years experience in IT and Media as a Project Director, Board level Executive, Business Consultant and Executive Resourcer. He works primarily with our Search division, specialising in Media and Broadcast Strategy and Technology. Andy began his career in IT development and was a Managing Consultant with Coopers and Lybrand before joining the BBC to spearhead the design and delivery of the BBC's infrastructure for the Digital Age. He delivered a number of major programmes for the corporation before becoming Controller of Technology Delivery and subsequently a founding Board member of BBC Technology, moving on to become Head of Delivery for Siemens Business Services in 2004. Before joining forces with PCR, Andy worked for several years with CandelaMedia in 2006, where he spent 3 years guiding technology Infrastruture projects for Sainsburys.
David King
David is one of our most experienced account managers as well as our internal systems guru. David prides himself on establishing and growing excellent personal relationships with both his clients and candidates, and in providing the very highest level of service to both. David is also an excellent coach and trainer for any new recruits to PCR and is continually working on improving our use of IT and processes across the business.
Jane Abbott
Jane originally joined PCR in a back-office function, moving into the recruitment team in 2000. Since this move, Jane has had a variety of roles that have spanned the business from consultant roles through to team management and service delivery. She now specialises in the mobile and connected development arena,. sourcing the best contractors on the market for pivotal project roles for clients across a variety of sectors.. As one of our most senior consultants, she can offer her team mates a wealth of recruitment knowledge and expertise – in return they are making sure she at least looks the part in her new role as she twitters her way through the day!
Steve Winter
Steve is an exciting new talent who joined PCR after enjoying running a successful media production company. He is now using these skills and relationships to great effect providing his clients and candidates a superb and personable service, all with a big smile on his face! Working alongside Jane in the Mobile&Connected team, Steve is enjoying great success with some very well known names in the space, and is as passionate about the technologies as his contractors and clients. Outside of work Steve enjoys holding on to his Northern roots by closely following Newcastle United(!) and still enjoys picking up his video camera for the occasional freelance project
Tim Claydon
After a successful 9 year retail management sales career for retailers including WH Smith and Dixons, Tim switched to recruitment in 1999 when he joined a large nationwide finance recruitment business. Since then he has recruited both qualified and non qualified finance and accounts staff throughout the Cambridgeshire region, dealing with permanent, contract and temporary positions. Having a keen interest in IT and broadcasting, after 7 years Tim decided to move away from finance and joined PCR in July 2007 where he is now specialises in broadcast engineering and infrastructure.
Maria Spitaliotis
After studying entertainment production, Maria stepped into New Media recruitment and for the last 3 years has focused on the Online Creative sector for Entertainment, Lifestyle and Ecommerce market. She flourishes when networking the space and has a sound following of online content producers, designers and ecommerce professionals she works with. Maria has a passion for all glossy brands, be that in publishing, entertainment or retail and through this has built an intelligent understanding and ability to source appropriate commercial professionals for clients. Personal interests are VOD and IPTV developments, entertainment, retail and holistic therapy.
Ben Swanton
Ben arrives at PCR with more than 7 years' recruitment experience, with the last 5 years focusing on the global Broadcast, Digital TV and New Media industries recruiting at a Senior and Executive Level. At PCR, Ben will be working closely with Mark, to open the International and Search division, initially focusing on the Media Asset Management and related Broadcast Workflows sector. He prides himself on his honesty and integrity, aiming to provide his clients and candidates with the most personable and professional service possible.
.Rena Pittalis
Rena does what it says on the tin and then some! She provides vital and invaluable office support to the PCR team, her honest and friendly nature shines through everyday and always provides a breath of fresh air, especially on a cold winter London morning! She comes from a media background having studied the subject at university, loves the organisational and planning side of the business, and is enjoying applying her skills in these areas on a daily basis
Paul Smith
Paul is PCRs consultant on all things marketing, from Brand awareness and design to the use of Social Media tools in the business. Paul is a creative professional of some 20 years. A graphic designer by training, Paul enjoyed an award-winning career before taking a different path; joining the first commercial Internet provider PIPEX and spearheading their marketing department in their evangelical campaign to make everyone aware of the Internet. As this was an age before digital agencies, Paul and his team around the world created and built the very first web studio in the UK.
Maxine Abbott-Wolf
After 20 years in recruitment Maxine has now moved into a consultancy role with PCR Recruitment and continues to be a Director of the company.