Leadership Hires to Drive B-Corp Film Studio’s Accelerated Growth

The Client : Our client sought a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to be the right-hand person for to the CEO, to lead a team of high-performing professionals and to be responsible for the day-to-day operational functions of Garden Studios.

The Challenge: 

This role required an exceptional professional to:

• Set and drive the organisational vision.

• Team goal setting, performance management, operations planning.

• Build a highly inclusive culture to allow teams to thrive.

• Lead effective recruiting, onboarding, professional development, performance management, retention.

• Lead and enforce compliance.

Result: Our candidate, former Director of Content Operations for another major UK studio was selected for this exciting role from an extensive list of candidates, bringing a wealth of premium production, operations, and technology experience as well as leadership and corporate transformation expertise.

Thrive also successfully appointed a new Non-Exec Director to join our client’s board.

We are delighted with the COO appointment, and we are very grateful for Thrive's support. The efficient and professional recruitment process combined with an impressive bank of candidates ensured everything ran smoothly and we hired the right person for the job.

Congratulations on a well-run process and great result!