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Filling JD Sports’ niche technical roles

JD Sports asked us to fill several niche technical vacancies for them, including web, software and mobile development and other senior programme roles.

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The Challenges

Struggling to find the right talent for their business-critical tech roles, JD Sports was unable to focus on long-term projects.

Multiple failed recruitment attempts by other agencies for highly specialised tech roles

A gap in salary expectations made their offer less attractive in a competitive talent market

High pressure to quickly fill senior-level technical roles and maintain project momentum

How we helped JD Sports

With our tailored, collaborative approach and our market expertise, JD Sports was able to recruit the tech talent it needed to achieve its business goals.

95%
Vacancy fulfilment including web, software, mobile development, and senior programme roles
1K+
Pre-screened qualified candidates, saving significant recruitment time for our client
100%
Stakeholder satisfaction and positive feedback from senior stakeholders and Talent team

Supporting international expansion

Thank you so much for your support. Your service, interaction, quality of talent and market insights have been incredible and really aided us in offering a better service to our stakeholders. Because of your collaborative work with us, we have been able to move to a strategic model which allows us to directly source our talent. It would not have been possible without you.
Ebony Quow, Senior TA Lead – Technology & Multichannel, JD Sports
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Roles provided:

  • Software Engineering
  • Cybersecurity
  • IT Support
  • Mobile Development
  • Systems Administration
  • Programme Management
  • Project Management

Some words from our candidates

One of the best recruitment agents I’ve ever worked with! From the first call with Stuart to actually landing the new job, the whole process was amazing! I can’t thank him enough for the hard work he put into getting me this job!
Device Management Engineer, JD Sports
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