Luke Pallett
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Benjamin Weichert
Luke is an exceptional recruiter, who played a pivotal role in my recent career transition. His availability and dedication were outstanding throughout the entire process, making himself readily accessible for any inquiries or concerns I had. His in-depth knowledge of the current market provided invaluable guidance in navigating the industry landscape. Luke's expertise shone through his ability to address all my open questions with clarity and patience, ensuring I had a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities at hand. I wholeheartedly recommend Luke to anyone seeking a professional and supportive recruiter who goes above and beyond to ensure a successful job search experience.
Daniela Bachmann
Once we started working with Luke on our Product Design Lead role, our candidate pipeline has improved significantly. The profiles he has sources and introduced to us were always on point and matched with the criteria we had for this specific role. Each time he sent us a candidate, I understood why he though they could be a match. Thanks to Luke, we were able to successfully fill this position with the best talent for the team and company. Keep it up! #yourock
Benjamin Weichert
Luke is an exceptional recruiter, who played a pivotal role in my recent career transition. His availability and dedication were outstanding throughout the entire process, making himself readily accessible for any inquiries or concerns I had. His in-depth knowledge of the current market provided invaluable guidance in navigating the industry landscape. Luke's expertise shone through his ability to address all my open questions with clarity and patience, ensuring I had a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities at hand. I wholeheartedly recommend Luke to anyone seeking a professional and supportive recruiter who goes above and beyond to ensure a successful job search experience.
Daniela Bachmann
Once we started working with Luke on our Product Design Lead role, our candidate pipeline has improved significantly. The profiles he has sources and introduced to us were always on point and matched with the criteria we had for this specific role. Each time he sent us a candidate, I understood why he though they could be a match. Thanks to Luke, we were able to successfully fill this position with the best talent for the team and company. Keep it up! #yourock
Benjamin Weichert
Luke is an exceptional recruiter, who played a pivotal role in my recent career transition. His availability and dedication were outstanding throughout the entire process, making himself readily accessible for any inquiries or concerns I had. His in-depth knowledge of the current market provided invaluable guidance in navigating the industry landscape. Luke's expertise shone through his ability to address all my open questions with clarity and patience, ensuring I had a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities at hand. I wholeheartedly recommend Luke to anyone seeking a professional and supportive recruiter who goes above and beyond to ensure a successful job search experience.
Daniela Bachmann
Once we started working with Luke on our Product Design Lead role, our candidate pipeline has improved significantly. The profiles he has sources and introduced to us were always on point and matched with the criteria we had for this specific role. Each time he sent us a candidate, I understood why he though they could be a match. Thanks to Luke, we were able to successfully fill this position with the best talent for the team and company. Keep it up! #yourock
Benjamin Weichert
Luke is an exceptional recruiter, who played a pivotal role in my recent career transition. His availability and dedication were outstanding throughout the entire process, making himself readily accessible for any inquiries or concerns I had. His in-depth knowledge of the current market provided invaluable guidance in navigating the industry landscape. Luke's expertise shone through his ability to address all my open questions with clarity and patience, ensuring I had a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities at hand. I wholeheartedly recommend Luke to anyone seeking a professional and supportive recruiter who goes above and beyond to ensure a successful job search experience.
Daniela Bachmann
Once we started working with Luke on our Product Design Lead role, our candidate pipeline has improved significantly. The profiles he has sources and introduced to us were always on point and matched with the criteria we had for this specific role. Each time he sent us a candidate, I understood why he though they could be a match. Thanks to Luke, we were able to successfully fill this position with the best talent for the team and company. Keep it up! #yourock
Experience
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Zest Search
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founding Partner
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Nov 2021 - Present
Zest Search was created to connect product, design and tech leaders to businesses that solve real life problems. We partner with businesses across the UK and mainland Europe to recruit high impact individuals on a permanent and advisory basis. Combining our experience of executive search and in house recruitment, we wrote our own play book to enable clients to recruit product and design leaders at pace. Zest Search was created to connect product, design and tech leaders to businesses that solve real life problems. We partner with businesses across the UK and mainland Europe to recruit high impact individuals on a permanent and advisory basis. Combining our experience of executive search and in house recruitment, we wrote our own play book to enable clients to recruit product and design leaders at pace.
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Few&Far
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Recruitment Manager - Product Design Leadership
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Jan 2020 - Nov 2021
Achievements over the last 4+ years- Grew the ux / product design desk from scratch, by hiring 5 product design / ux design recruiters. - Top Biller of the Year 2019.- Established a retained recruitment model.- Ran a charity-led company Hackathon - raising £11,000 for Help For Heroes. - Sponsored & spoke at multiple UX meet-ups & conferences (UX Crunch / UX Live etc.)
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Team Lead - Product Design Leadership
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Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
Helping tech companies hire user experience design leaders across Europe on a retained basis.
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Senior Talent Consultant - Product Design Recruitment
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Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
Hiring an awesome UX / Product Design recruitment team.
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Talent Consultant - Product Design Recruitment
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May 2017 - Aug 2018
Creating a ux design desk from scratch.
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The Hacker Games
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Event Organiser
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Apr 2017 - Nov 2021
Trying to make the world a better place one hack at a time The Hacker Games is a 48-hour competitive hackathon which brings together some of the UKs top engineering teams to address real world issues. Competing teams have come from all sectors and tech stacks which have provided a rich mix of ideas and technical solutions. Previous attendees include: ASOS (Winners), King.com, Trainline, Travelex, Zopa, ANDigital, Rated People, Dad.io & Kano Trying to make the world a better place one hack at a time The Hacker Games is a 48-hour competitive hackathon which brings together some of the UKs top engineering teams to address real world issues. Competing teams have come from all sectors and tech stacks which have provided a rich mix of ideas and technical solutions. Previous attendees include: ASOS (Winners), King.com, Trainline, Travelex, Zopa, ANDigital, Rated People, Dad.io & Kano
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Travelling ✈️
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Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Thailand ✔️ Cambodia ✔️ Vietnam ✔️ Laos ✔️ Malaysia ✔️ Singapore ✔️ Thailand ✔️ Cambodia ✔️ Vietnam ✔️ Laos ✔️ Malaysia ✔️ Singapore ✔️
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Arcam Resources Limited
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Recruitment Consultant
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Product Management & Product Design recruitment.
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Recruitment Consultant
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Aug 2013 - Dec 2015
Product Management & Product Design recruitment.
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