Welcome to Wildwood

Bespoke recruitment for the creative industry

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Welcome to Wildwood

Bespoke recruitment for the creative industry

Wildwood specialise in finding and nurturing the very best talent and bringing them together with some of the world's most renowned agencies and businesses. Based in Europe, with a focus on London and Amsterdam, Wildwood work across all communication industries and disciplines, specialising in advertising and marketing. We pride ourselves on our bespoke and personal service for placing candidates at all levels - from intern to leadership positions.

Our Philosophy

At Wildwood, we believe that any agency or business is only as good as the people within it. The attitude they have, the personality they inject, the culture they create and most importantly, the talent and skill they bring.

We believe that diversity brings a cultural richness and creative power to our industry. We believe in nurturing the talent of tomorrow as much as guiding the best talent of today. We believe in managing careers for life not just for the next role. We believe in placing the right people in the right place.

The Team

Anna Hristou, Founder

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Anna spent 9 years in Account Handling, working her way up from graduate trainee at Havas to Group Business Director at Dare, gaining experience at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, adam&eve DDB and Brothers and Sisters along the way. She has worked on brands such as EA Sports and Games, Hovis, John Lewis, Vodafone and Sky Sports. Anna decided to redirect her knowledge and experience of the industry and her skill for nurturing talent to becoming a headhunter for some of the biggest and best agencies in Europe.

Rob Stretton, Partner

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Rob has joined Wildwood as a Partner, at an exciting period of change and growth for us. He has an unwavering enthusiasm for getting to know what makes his candidates and clients tick, so that he can be the most effective and trusted talent advisor possible. Rob brings with him over 20 years of experience in leadership recruitment; both on the agency-side, and running in-house Executive Talent Acquisition Teams. He most recently led all MD hiring across Europe for Accenture Song and their other Digital Transformation and Innovation focused practices.

Jo Hill, Consultant

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Jo has spent a decade in Account Handling; starting out as an intern at St Luke’s where she climbed to Senior Account Director. After a travel break, she spent just over two years at Uncommon Creative Studio, before a stint at Mother and her most recent role as a Client Services Director at Hell Yeah! Her brand experience flexes from scale-up B-corps, to Heineken, The Guardian and KFC. She is also an accredited coach, and mentors through Bloom. Jo brings her coaching skills, agency experience and desire to help people thrive to the Wildwood team.

Emma Beddard, Consultant

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Having started out at Rushes Post Production following graduation, Emma moved into the Project Management/Production team at Poke, looking after clients such as Rimmel, The Guardian and American Express. Emma worked in a hybrid PM/Producer role as well as Studio Manager and managing internal resource. For the last ten years she has re-focused her attention on helping brands and agencies find the very best talent within London’s creative industry.

Leoni Azille, Team Manager

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Leoni is an experienced Assistant Director and Production Assistant, freelancing in the Film & TV industry since graduating from university. Leoni’s notable credits include projects like Silo S2 (Apple TV), Top Boy (Netflix), Say Nothing (Disney+) and Bridgerton S2 (Netflix), as well as music videos and commercials. She brings her ability to excel in a high-pressure creative environments along with strong team-collaboration and problem-solving skills, to help the team flourish at Wildwood.