Friends Reunited Jobs has appointed Fish4Jobs executive Luke Collier as Head of Corporate Sales as the company beefs up its sales team.
Collier, 34, who brings with him 10 years experience in the industry working for advertising sales teams on the Scotsman newspaper and VNU Business Publishing, reports into Head of Friends Reunited Jobs Gail McLaughlan. He will be based in parent company ITV's London offices and will work alongside the broadcaster's digital sales team.
McLaughlan said: "Luke's appointment marks an important step for the company as we begin to build the sales team necessary to challenge our rivals in this exciting but highly competitive market."
Collier said: "Jobs Reunited has the potential to hold the UK's largest CV database as we begin to market to Friends Reunited's 15 million members. The rich source of data provided in members' profiles, such as their current work status and whether they are looking for new opportunities, will also provide a valuable insight for advertisers and a unique opportunity to accurately target large numbers of potential applicants.
"In addition there is the yet untapped link between the jobs site and Friends Reunited's workplace search facility - where members can track down their old work colleagues - to exploit. There are already over three million people using this service, registered across 480,000 different workplaces.
"This service and others we're developing will in time deliver an unequalled range of recruitment services enabling our clients to get more of the right applicants for less of their money."
Jobs Reunited can be found at www.jobsreunited.co.uk
Friends Reunited is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc, the UK's largest and most popular commercial broadcaster. In December 2005, Friends Reunited became part of ITV Consumer's team, along with other direct-to-consumer businesses ITV.com, ITV Mobile and ITV Play.
For more information contact Carolynne Bull-Edwards or Victoria Reed on: 01883 717468 / 07932 723866 or email press@friendsreunited.co.uk