Associate Director
People leader | Recruitment specialist | Candidate experience advocate
Amy Lawrie is an Associate Director at Ashdown Group with more than 15 years’ recruitment experience supporting organisations across a broad range of industries. Having progressed through the business into a senior leadership role, Amy combines recruitment expertise with responsibility for internal communications, operational development and people engagement.
Amy played a key role in developing the people-focused culture that contributed to Ashdown Group achieving Investors in People Gold accreditation. She continues to lead internal communication initiatives while advising clients on attracting, assessing and securing high-quality talent.
Recognised for her exceptional communication skills and thoughtful approach to recruitment, Amy has built long-standing relationships with senior hiring managers who value her honest advice, attention to detail and commitment to delivering an outstanding recruitment experience. Her work focuses on creating positive outcomes for both clients and candidates while continually improving recruitment processes.
Amy writes about candidate experience, interviewing, employer branding, communication, leadership and recruitment best practice.
Areas of expertise
- Candidate Experience
- Interviewing
- Employer Branding
- Internal Communications
- Recruitment Best Practice
- Leadership Development
- Team Management
- People Engagement
- Mid-Market Recruitment
- Investors in People
What clients say about Amy
“Amy has successfully placed high calibre candidates with us in the past, who have gone on to be great assests to the company”
“If the rest of Ashdown are the same as Amy, then they are an excellent company – well done!”
“The process and communication is seamless, I like having one Account Manager, and you think of the little things that help make my job a little quicker or easier, like re-sending a CV once an interview is confirmed (I didn’t have to ask, Amy just does it).”
“Service is very good and Amy is friendly and willing to help”
“Excellent service, responsive, dedication and has always been able to provide quality, rather than quantity. This has been my experience with Annette and Amy.”
“The candidates are always relevant, you have a high submission to interview rate. I have been offered and acted upon advice given to me from Ellie and Amy. The reliability of your candidates is very good. I never have to worry about a candidate not attending interview.”
“Amy gets us! She knows what we’re looking for and how we work as a team, sometimes you can’t put that into words”