Case Study: GPE

Spotlight: Property

GPE is a UK property development and investment company - it mainly owns

office buildings, with a smaller amount of retail property. The company invests

in and develops central London real estate, and its property portfolio includes

ready to fit and fully managed office spaces as well as retail spaces. It is listed

on the London Stock Exchange and at 31 March 2022, Great Portland Estate’s

property portfolio was valued at circa £2.1 billion.

Our Work With GPE

EMR first began working with GPE in 2020 when they needed support in

building out their marketing team and hiring a Head of Marketing. Despite

being up against another agency, we were able to use our deep market

knowledge and understanding of the property sector to successfully fill the role.

Since then, EMR has built a long-term relationship with GPE and helped to

successfully build out their marketing team, including four additional hires:

three Commercial Marketing Managers and a Digital

Marketing Manager role. When working on the first Commercial Marketing

Manager hire, we were given a very strict brief and we understood the

importance to GPE of finding candidates who had existing commercial

property experience. Because our consultants only work in specific sector

verticals, we were able to conduct a very targeted market mapping and

headhunting exercise, reaching out to our little black book of property contacts

to provide a short-list for GPE. Ultimately, only candidates put forward by EMR

reached the final stage of the hiring process.

We’re proud to have helped GPE to grow and develop their marketing team.

We understand them, their culture and what they're trying to achieve. Coupled

with our niche sector experience of property marketing, we’ve become a

recruitment partner of choice to support their marketing team on their

continued journey of success.

GPE, Said:

I highly recommend working with Katie when looking for your next team member. She is an absolute pleasure to work with, shows true commitment in understanding your business and the role, and is proactive and determined to find the best candidates. Katie has placed two fantastic marketeers within my team recently which we are very grateful for, and has done so with ease and making it an enjoyable experience for all. Thank you Katie for all the help and support you have provided along the way.

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Spotlight: Property

Our Work With GPE

GPE, Said:

Roles We've Recruited For GPE Include:

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