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Careers

Since 2005, our success has come from organic growth. Everyone in our Senior Management Team has been at Optimus from trainee level and together, we continue to go from strength to strength.

As a multi-award winning recruitment business, we've been recognised in the industry for our growth and performance, but we're proudest to have been named one of The Sunday Times' Best Small Companies To Work For.

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Market Leading L&D

You don’t get a management team built from trainees by accident. For years, Optimus’ market-leading training has created stars in the recruitment industry. Learning & development isn’t just a priority for us, it’s at the core of everything we do.

Our 8-week Graduate Academy shows our consultants how to go beyond the day-to-day of recruitment and master their markets, providing real value to clients and positioning them to rise through our career pathway as quickly as their ambitions take them.

Success stories

Julia Walbaum
Associate Manager - Contract

Since joining at the beginning of 2022, Julia has carved an award-winning path. Winner of Newcomer of the Year in her very first year, she quickly established herself as one of the brightest talents we have.

In 2023, she claimed the title of Contract Consultant of the Year and at the beginning of 2024, became an Associate Manager. The trailblazing success has only gathered momentum over time and she looks set for an even brighter future.

Julia is proof it’s never too late to get into recruitment, having joined after a successful 13-year sales career.

Ardian Gradica
Director – Head of Contract

Ardian joined us in 2018 after a successful career as a restaurant owner. Seven years and multiple Top Biller prizes later, he is a record holder across several areas and our all-time highest achiever.

Progressing rapidly from Consultant to Manager and now to Director, Ardian brings process and strategic thinking to our Contract division, which continues to go from strength to strength, year on year.

Donika Marinova
Account Manager

Donika has made a huge impact at Optimus since joining in May 2022, achieving three promotions in that time, from Delivery Consultant to Account Manager.

She brings exceptional energy and positivity, with a unique ability to find and add value to the very best freelance candidates in the market.

This has contributed to Donika breaking the record for the number of placements for a Delivery Consultant, a record she continues to push higher and higher every month.

Sai Shritharan
Director – Head of Permanent

Sai started in 2017 having never done sales before. After breaking our first year performance record in his first twelve months, he established himself as high achiever in the embedded software market in Germany.

Since becoming a manager in 2020, he built a high performance team from the ground up, proudly claiming Team of the Year in 2023.

In 2024, Sai has been appointed Director as Head of Permanent Recruitment, bringing his drive and expertise to drive the wider Permanent Division forward.

Josh Dempster
Associate Director – Head of Microsoft

When Josh joined Optimus in 2017 he had no recruitment experience. Learning the job from scratch, he has built his career through successive promotions to Senior and Principal consultant, before becoming Manager of Microsoft – Permanent in 2021.

His high-energy, enthusiastic and detail-oriented leadership has seen him build his team into the most successful in the Division, gaining a reputation for taking trainees to their maximum potential and winning Team of the Year in 2022.

In 2024, he was appointed Associate Director and continues to push his team, and everyone around him, to new heights.

Jack Herod
Manager – Head of Life Sciences

Having foregone university in favour of traveling the world, Jack joined in 2019 with no sales experience.

After early success saw him promoted to senior consultant, he moved into management and within 3 years of joining Optimus, established himself as Head of our Life Sciences division.

His market expertise and detail-oriented approach to client expansion has seen the division go from strength to strength.
Our investment in you highlights

Our investment in you

  • Fast-track Training Programme
  • Surrounded by Industry Leaders
  • Market-leading Tools Investment
  • Uncapped Commission
  • Financial Wellbeing Support
  • Two Yearly Luxury Holiday Incentives
  • Monthly Gourmet Meals
  • Rapid Career Progression
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Our values

Ambition

People at Optimus set high targets for themselves and do everything they can to achieve, and surpass, those goals.

Energy

Recruitment is tough, we like to create a buzz in the office by bringing high energy to every day, every meeting and every call.

Hard Work

Sadly, there are no shortcuts in recruitment. You can achieve incredible things, but those who embrace the setbacks and get stuck in!

Accountability

Success begins and ends with you. We believe that to keep improving, we have to look inwards and always ask “what can I do better?”

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