The Team.
McLure James was founded in 2004. We are proud of our unsurpassed reputation for providing a quality, ‘bespoke’ service to both our clients and our candidates.
“McLure James have an insatiable drive and passion to match the right people with the right places”
— Magnus Djaba, Global President, Saatchi & Saatchi
Fiona Mclure
Fiona began her career as an Account Handler at DMB&B and TBWA before her love of languages and travel took her into the European advertising arena and then to Australia. She has now been a headhunter for more years than she cares to admit! Needless to say she has seen huge changes through the years – mergers, breakaways, start-ups, recessions and boom times – and still finds headhunting an endlessly fascinating and rewarding occupation.
Gillian Morrison
Gillian worked as a strategic account handler for over 13 years, starting out at Saatchi & Saatchi before moving to WCRS and then to Lowe. She followed this by 4 years as a Business Director at M&C Saatchi, including a spell looking after the account handling department. During her time in advertising Gillian worked closely with strategists and was responsible for recruiting at various levels. Gillian joined McLure James in 2011 as a Planning Consultant, allowing her to combine her fascination with the strategic mind and her love of the people side of the business. She works with strategists at all levels across the breadth of McLure James clients.
Caroline James
Caroline began her advertising career at WCRS working on BMW. She then spent nine fantastic years at BMP DDB, working on a huge range of accounts including British Gas, National Dairy Council, Trebor Bassett, DSS and Lego. She decided to leave agency life to join a large recruitment company, where she cut her headhunting teeth. Caroline launched McLure James with her partner Fiona and has never looked back.
Zoe Attenborough
Zoe has been an Account Hander for over 15 years. She’s worked for many of London’s top advertising agencies on some of the world’s most famous brands. These include Dove at Ogilvy, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola at Leo Burnett, Tesco at BBH and BT at AMV as Managing Partner. During her time in advertising, she has recruited high functioning teams across a range of levels. She joined McLure James to help great agencies and great Account Handlers find one another.
Tiffany Boutwood
Tiffany spent ten years working for a top ten creative agency, supporting the management team and hiring support staff. She now provides invaluable assistance to the McLure James team
“They do exactly what you want from a headhunter – deliver just the right amount of hand-picked high quality candidates. They have an uncanny knack of knowing exactly what will work for us, our culture and our business.”
— Craig Mawdsley, Founding Partner, craig+bridget
