Auxato

About Us

Communications, PR & marketing Recruitment

Auxato is one of the UK’s leading executive search and marketing communications recruitment agencies

Communications, PR and Marketing Recruitment Agency

We have extensive experience across a range of sectors and specialise in corporate affairs, media and government relations, marketing, internal communications, polling and research roles.

We were founded by Jonathan Johnson over a decade ago. Like the communications leaders we support, we evolve and shape our services to provide both candidates and organisations with the best possible services built upon trust, partnership and a strong passion for people.

Our Team

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Jonathan Johnson – Director

Jonathan Johnson founded Auxato in 2015 after a successful career working in some of the UK’s leading recruitment consultancies. He has an extensive network across marketing, communications and wider corporate affairs practice areas. Jonathan has an exceptional track record supporting communications leaders and HR functions in areas from organisational design to recruitment.

Jonathan has a BSc Hons degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Leeds. In his spare time, he supports a range of social mobility projects for young leaders, with coaching and mentoring programmes. Jonathan lives in Hampshire with his family.

Stephanie Johnson – Director

Stephanie boasts an impressive career within recruitment. Commencing her journey in 2011 after obtaining an MSc in Marine Zoology (the marine world a passion she still nurtures as a hobby today), she has established herself as a standout professional in the recruitment field. With a phenomenal track record, Stephanie has consistently supported leading businesses in scaling their teams. Moreover, she excels in spearheading headhunts to uncover that elusive “unicorn” candidate.

Her passion for people is evident in her work, and she possesses a keen eye for unearthing unique solutions to what may seem like challenging recruitment obstacles

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Maggie Pirolli – Executive Assistant

Maggie Pirolli joined Auxato in 2020 following an exceptional career supporting high profile CEO’s and Executive Teams for both FTSE and overseas listed companies. Maggie is a key member of the Auxato team looking after client accounts and administration.

Our Mission

Auxato is committed to diversifying and bringing in new talent to communications functions. We are proud to support All Stars London, developing young leaders of the future.

Our Corporate Affairs & Marketing Advisory Board features some of the UK’s leading communications professionals from across the FTSE to limited companies as well as multinationals operating in the UK market place.

Our Advisory Board ensures we understand and have regular access to leading insights changing the shape of corporate reputation as well as the roles and skills required to deliver best in class communications.

Our approach ensures we evolve our searches to find the best candidates and support communications functions transformation and benchmarking with sector leading insights.

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