Lucas Blake. Connecting Talent to Careers.
Why partner with us?
As an experienced IT recruitment consultancy, we pride ourselves on creating effective partnerships with global clients and assisting them in sourcing the best talent in the technology sector. This is achieved through our bespoke service which orientates around obtaining a detailed understanding of our clients, their marketplace and the requirements of their available roles.
We offer a flexible bespoke service based on obtaining a detailed understanding of you, your business, your marketplace and the roles that you are recruiting for.
Why partner with us:
- Highly experienced team
- Global client base that includes fast growth, VC funded and pre-IPO organisations
- Bespoke service
- Technology specialists
- Careers advice from industry experts
- Work exclusively with some of the most exciting vendors in the technology sector
Performance Statistics:
Candidate satisfaction rate
Success rate on retained search
Of revenue derived from top 10 clients
Welcome from our CEO
“We have a client portfolio that includes some of the most exciting and fastest growing companies in the world. Typically we are working on either a retained or exclusive basis so vacancies that only we have access to.”
Contact me in confidence on kevin.buller@lucas-blake.com or on +44 (0)161 416 6789 and I can introduce you to the Consultant who will be best positioned to help you.
Sectors we Specialise in
Cybersecurity
39% of businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the past 12 months. As organisations become more reliant on technology systems, they also become more vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
Lucas Blake’s consultants are specialists in the placement of commercial employees in the global cybersecurity arena. We have a proven track record of placing candidates across sectors including network security, PKI, authentication and encryption, IAM, blockchain security and threat intelligence. Our clients include VC-funded start-ups, pre-IPO vendors, unicorns, fast-growth SME’s, and globally renowned multinationals. We are proud to have placed candidates with organisations such as Centrify, CyberArk, Extrahop, Forescout, LogRhythm, Yubico, Trend Micro, BeyondTrust.
Data Communications
Data Communications continues to be an essential part of any company in the 21st century and Lucas Blake specialises in the recruitment of employees in this key technology area. Our team can support you in sourcing quality talent with in-depth experience in the data communications sector.
Our team is experienced in placing employees into the Data Communications arena, with clients including Luware and many more. Our expertise in the data communications space covers vacancies such as Enterprise Sales, Sales Directors, VP level appointments, Presales, Solutions Architects, BDR’s, SDR’s and Marketing whilst our search practice is capable of delivering on senior or very hard-to-fill roles across the sector.
Managed Services
Managed services provide the backbone of a company’s IT infrastructure in the modern world and encompasses cloud services, managed infrastructure and managed security services. With a global value in excess of $150 billion managed services continues to grow at a rapid rate as more organizations move their IT into the cloud.
Lucas Blake’s managed services specialists have a proven track record of placing candidates throughout the managed services industry in areas including outsourcing, infrastructure management, maintenance, hosting, break/fix, consulting, IaaS, PaaS and support services with clients including ANS, Proact, Total Computers, Cisilion, SysGroup, Computacenter, AdEPT Technology and our candidate reach is truly global.
Enterprise Software
Lucas Blake works with a broad range of enterprise software vendors whose solutions provide an essential part of their clients’ businesses. These companies cover a variety of solution areas, ranging from CRM, ERP, financials, content management, RPA, HR solutions and marketing technologies. Our team is experienced in placing commercial employees into the global enterprise software arena, with clients including Sprinklr, SAP, Planview, OpenText, Qualtrics, Sisense, Bazaarvoice, Varicent & Unily and many more.
Our expertise in the enterprise software space covers vacancies such as Enterprise Sales, Sales Directors, VP level appointments, Presales, Solutions Architects, BDR’s, SDR’s and Marketing whilst our search practice is capable of delivering on senior or very hard-to-fill roles across the sector.
MarTech
Currently one of the hottest areas of technology and the focus of billions of dollars of VC funding, marketing technologies are an essential part of any brand’s marketing strategy in order to raise brand awareness, improve ROI and gain an edge over the competition. Consequently, Martech professionals are in high demand and many leading vendors in the space rely on Lucas Blake’s team of experienced and knowledgeable consultants to identify the top talent in the sector.
Our expertise covers vacancies such as Enterprise Sales, Sales Directors, VP’s, Pre-Sales and Solutions Architects whilst our Search practice is capable of filling senior or very difficult to fill roles across the sector. We have placed professionals into organizations such as Centrify, CyberArk, Extrahop, Forescout, LogRhythm, Yubico, Beyondtrust, etc. and our candidate reach is genuinely global.
Our Process with Clients
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REQUIREMENT GATHERING
Our dedicated team will take the time to understand your company, culture, the recruitment brief and any timescales you are working towards. This is essential so we can offer you the best possible service and find a candidate that is a perfect fit within your team.
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TALENT MAPPING
We will then map out the market of candidates who will have the required skillset using a number of different systems.
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HEADHUNT
We will then approach suitable applicants with a carefully crafted pitch to look to entice them into the recruitment process.
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LONGLIST
A long list is then created, which is made up of experienced and interested candidates who fulfil the roles requirements.
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SHORTLIST
After assessing all the potential candidates’ experience, achievements and skills we then condense the candidates into a shortlist to be introduced to the client.
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MANAGE
The team here at Lucas Blake manages all the feedback and recruitment process on your behalf. Meaning you have more time to do what you do best, and let us worry about the recruitment process.
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ONBOARDING
All successful candidates are then assisted with the resignation and notice period process to ensure no unpleasant surprises. Supporting the candidate throughout what can often be a stressful process.
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PLACEMENT
The candidate is then successfully placed in the role, and your company has acquired a reliable, talented new team member.
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About Thinc
Thinc are one of the UK’s leading SAP and Sage partners. The core business focus is around ERP solutions from Sage and SAP.
Once the MD had a chance to look under the hood of the business, he had put plans in place to grow across several key areas, and this is where we came in. Within 18 months we had filled 16 roles with them across graduates, sales, project management, admin, and support.
One of the difficulties they faced was securing the right talent in what was a small candidate pool. We helped overcome this with our search methodology and using our extensive network of candidates we were able to connect and introduce not just active candidates, but and most importantly the passive candidates, which gave them the best chance of securing the right person for the job.
About Luware
Luware are a Swiss provider of cloud-based unified communications, contact centre and voice recording solutions for Microsoft Teams.
We engaged with them in late 2018 in order to recruit two sales people for their UK sales team. At the time Luware’s UK operations were very small but the company had identified the UK market as a major growth area. Since this initial assignment we have supported Luware’s growth not only in sales but across multiple business units, placing 16 candidates in a variety of roles, including Account Executive, Account & Partner Manager, UC Engineer and Head of Professional Services.
The key to our success with Luware has been our engagement on a personal level with senior decision makers up to VP level. The relationship is a genuine partnership with regular open communication between parties. We have taken the time to understand Luware’s unique company culture and understand the type of individual that fits that culture not just in terms of technical skills and professional experience but also the personality traits required to be a Luwarian.
About ANS Group
ANS Group are the UK’s leading DXP (Digital Experience Provider) and are a 300-strong team of culture-driven, customer obsessed digital transformation experts with disruption and innovation at the heart of everything they do.
Whilst today ANS Group’s reputation is widely known as “people first” with a new modern culture, this was not always the case. When Lucas Blake initially engaged 7 years ago it was quite a different business that suffered with retention/churn for several reasons, a reputation they were eager to change. Working in partnership with leadership, HR, and internal recruitment Lucas Blake started to gain credibility within the account and built strong relationships with multiple stakeholders that to this day are stronger than ever. We have placed senior sales across all verticals ranging from Senior New Business Sales, Account Directors, Senior Account Managers, Internal Sales Management, and technical positions.
Whatever the challenge, whatever the instruction Lucas Blake will always be there to assist ANS. And this is the mindset we have with all clients, we are passionate about their company and we work as a partnership to succeed through people and talent.
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