Denza

denza is an international recruitment company specialising in placing exceptional candidates in roles at every level in the fashion industry.

In 1988 Vanessa Denza founded denza, a recruitment company known for exceptional candidate and client service.

In the 2004 honours list Vanessa Denza was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for her outstanding contribution to the British fashion industry for the past 30 years.

Having originated in design denza now covers other areas of fashion including production, product development, sales, visual merchandising, PR and marketing, buying, home & textiles.

Vanessa Denza

Vanessa has worked within the fashion industry for over thirty years. In the 1960’s she helped launch the careers of many British Designers, including Marty Quant, Ossie Clarke and Jean Muir, and in 1971 Vanessa set up her own International Buying Office and Consultancy.

In 1988 she founded denza, a specialist recruitment consultancy for the fashion industry worldwide. She has strong links with clients in the UK, Europe, America and the Far East.

In 1989 she co-founded Graduate Fashion Week with Jeff Banks and John Walford, a charity which brings together the cream of British Fashion design talent, attracting some 33,000 visitors to the event each year.

Vanessa maintains her links with Fashion colleges throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East, where she has taught, examined and helped and develop new courses.

Register with Denza

If you are a candidate wanting to register with denza, please apply by sending your CV and 2–3 examples of your work to us.

CVs should be Word .doc or .docx files. Work examples should be .jpg or pdf files. Failure to provide your CV in this format may mean you are excluded from registering.

The process

Once we have received your application it is forwarded on to the relevant consultant who will review your application and assess whether we are able to help you in your search.

If successful we will contact you directly to arrange an appointment with one of our experienced consultants where we offer full portfolio, CV and career advice.

We receive a large amount of applications daily and regret that we are only able to take a select number of candidates who are most likely to meet with our clients requirements.

Once registered

Many of our candidates have been with us since graduation and we are still representing as they move forward in their careers.

It is essential for candidates to stay in touch with their consultant regarding any developments or changes in their situation so we are able to call with exciting opportunities!

Menswear designers including footwear and accessories: menswear@denza.co.uk

Womenswear designers including footwear and accessories: womenswear@denza.co.uk

All non-design areas:

All other specialisms: denza@denza.co.uk

Clients and Denza

Please contact Emma Davidson on 020 3008 7902 or clients@denza.co.uk

At denza we are able to assist clients find candidates for a number of different situations – full time recruitment, freelance or short term placements and also cover senior executive or headhunt searches.

Every search starts with a discussion on client requirements. We like to meet face to face where to possible. Getting a great match between client and candidate in terms of feel is part of a successful placement.

We work together with our client to agree terms best fitting the kind of search requested – standard fulltime / freelance terms or senior executive / headhunt terms. We will not commence on a search or provide candidate CV’s for review without terms agreed.

Depending on the kind of search requested, we search in a number of different ways – from our ever expanding candidate pool, through contacts, or recommendation – all guided by the description our client has provided.

For senior executive searches we undertake more extensive and targeted search service where we are able to conduct headhunt driven recruitment on a retainer basis.

Candidates are contacted discreetly to asses their interest or availability. We are also able to arrange non disclosure agreements with candidates where necessary. It is important to know: we never present the CV of a candidate that someone at denza has not met face to face first.

We only present the most suitable and qualified candidates. 4-5 CV’s will be presented along with work examples, where necessary. The consultant managing your search will then discuss the candidates with the client in full detail to assert who will be put forward for an interview.

On the clients’ behalf, we will arrange interview appointments and invite you to take advantage of our facilities if you require.

When a successful candidate is chosen, we manage job offer negotiations between the client and chosen candidate up to and including completion of the contract.

Team Denza

Vanessa Denza MBE

Managing Director

Vanessa is still very much an integral part of the recruitment activity at denza, concentrating on working on senior executive and senior creative appointments globally. Also running a successful licensing company, VMPD Consulting Ltd, working on projects such as Celia Birtwell for John Lewis and Clements Riberio creating a premium line for Evans launching in 2012.

View Vanessa’s full biography.

Emma Davidson

General Manager

Emma has eighteen years international experience within the fashion industry, three of which have been at denza.

Drawing on her previous experience, Emma works with the team to support the non design area in addition to candidates and clients in the lingerie field. However the majority of Emma’s time is working with clients, or assisting Vanessa on licensing projects. Contact for all clients and licensing queries.


Angela Mercer

Recruitment Consultant

Womenswear, including Women's Knitwear, Accessories & Footwear, Textiles (Embroidery, Embellishment and Print) Designers

Angela joined denza at the end of 2010 working on womenswear with Lauren Dyer. Before coming to us at denza Angela was awarded 1st Class BA hons in Fashion Design from Birmingham City University, worked in recruitment for three years and as a freelance stylist for two. Contact for all Womenswear design candidates and clients.

Hayley Newman

Recruitment Consultant

Menswear Design including footwear and accessories / Childrenswear / Textiles / Activewear / Home
Non Design: Production / Product development / Sales / Merchandising

Hayley has been with denza for over three years after completing her BA (Hons) at Nottingham Trent University. Hayley is an invaluable member of the denza team and has experience in all areas of fashion recruitment, now specialising in non-design and menswear design.


If your specialism isn’t listed above please send your CV to denza@denza.co.uk

Contact Denza

Denza

Third Floor
33 Glasshouse Street
London
W1B 5DG


+44 (0) 20 3008 7898

How to find us

The closest tube is Piccadilly Circus however Green Park and Oxford Circus are both within walking distance. The easiest way to find us is from Regent Street, Glasshouse Street is the road in between Mango and Austin Reed off Regent Street directly opposite Vigo Street. When joining Glasshouse Street from Regent Street we are the building with the glass doors on your right hand side.

When you arrive please let reception know and a member of our team will come and collect you.

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