Spotted Zebra Wins Four Major Awards Including TA Supplier of the Year as Skills Science and AI Become the New Standard for Enterprise Talent Decisions

LONDON, UK – December 5th, 2025 – Spotted Zebra achieves remarkable recognition, securing four major industry awards including the coveted TA Supplier of the Year. At the Personnel Today Awards 2025, the company swept all three categories for which it was shortlisted: TA Supplier of the Year, Innovation in Recruitment, and Early Careers. This triple victory was followed by winning the Candidate Assessment Award at the In-House Recruitment Awards, with three of the four wins recognising the Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform’s transformative partnership with AWE.

The Personnel Today Awards triple win, announced before almost 900 HR leaders at London's Grosvenor House Hotel during the 27th annual celebration of HR excellence, combined with the IHR Awards victory judged by an independent panel of TA experts, validates a critical truth: enterprises need both AI-powered efficiency AND scientific rigour to navigate today's talent challenges.

The TA Supplier of the Year award – the Personnel Today evening's premier recognition – validates Spotted Zebra's fundamental breakthrough. Previously, talent teams had to choose between speed and quality, between automation and accuracy, between efficiency and fairness. Spotted Zebra has pioneered a new approach where these trade-offs simply don't exist – where AI and skills science work together to deliver both speed and quality at scale.

The awards come at a pivotal moment for HR leaders. As Personnel Today's editorial director Rob Moss noted, "Whether it's the economy, the looming Employment Rights Bill, or artificial intelligence, HR is front and centre of how employers react." Spotted Zebra's quadruple recognition underscores how skills science and AI have become essential to navigating these converging challenges.

Beyond the Efficiency Trap

“Winning three awards with AWE in a single week validates everything we believe about skills-based hiring," said Nick Shaw, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Spotted Zebra. "This transformation happened because skills science gives AI the foundational data layer and domain-specific context that talent acquisition requires – the difference between automating guesswork and scaling deep expertise. When you measure what actually predicts performance – real behavioural indicators, validated competencies, role-specific capabilities – then AI becomes a force multiplier for quality, not a compromise. Our clients aren't choosing between speed and accuracy anymore; they're achieving both.”

“The platform delivers this dual impact across our client base: significant cost savings through efficiency while achieving transformative improvements in quality and retention - the kind of results that earned recognition at both award ceremonies.”

The Technology That Makes It Possible

"Winning TA Supplier of the Year and the Innovation in Recruitment award validates our architectural approach to AI in hiring," explained Ian Monk, Co-Founder and CEO of Spotted Zebra. "We've built AI systems that enhance productivity across the hiring process – from role kick off to interviewing, assessment and decision-making – but always with complete transparency, defensibility and human oversight baked in. The platform automatically applies validated skills science to every interaction, bringing scientific rigour to what predicts success in specific roles at specific organisations. The goal is unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness – giving talent teams superhuman capability to identify exceptional talent at scale."

Meeting the Moment

The Personnel Today Awards have long recognised excellence in creating "work that has purpose and meaning – work that wins over your customers," as Moss stated. The IHR Awards, determined by impartial TA experts who judged hundreds of entries, saw Spotted Zebra triumph over strong competition including Silver winner Cooper Parry and Bronze winner Integrated Care 24 (IC24).

With talent teams facing dramatic increases in application volumes while being asked to do more with less, the ability to scale intelligently has become existential. Earlier this year, Spotted Zebra achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification - one of the first in their category globally - proving that AI can be both powerful and responsible. The team also won gold in "Use of AI" at the In-House Recruitment Awards, making this week's quadruple victory the culmination of a year that is definitively establishing Spotted Zebra as the standard for AI-enhanced talent acquisition.

This week's four awards aren't just recognition – they're proof that when skills science guides AI, transformation isn't theoretical anymore. For Spotted Zebra's clients already achieving 8x ROI, the future of hiring isn't coming – it's here, it's proven, and it's delivering results that speak for themselves.

For more information about Spotted Zebra's award-winning Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform, get in touch with our team here.

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