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september 01, 2017 - Jaguar

You’re hired! Gorillaz app code-cracker lands a job

  • Global recruitment campaign proves successful as #jaguarlandrover hires first engineer
  • Coding challenge remains open as #jaguarlandrover continues search for the next generation of electronic and software engineers
  • Pop-up #gorillaz garage to appear at Jaguar Land Rover’s inaugural Tech Fest event in London
  • Fans can visit guitarist Noodle’s garage to take part in a live technical challenge
  • ‘Technology with Heart’-themed Tech Fest explores the positive role technology is playing in reshaping the #automotive industry and beyond
  • Festival open from 8-10 September at Central Saint Martins art, design and technology college in London: find out more at www.jaguarlandrover.com

Jaguar Land Rover has hired the first of the next generation of electronics and software engineering geniuses following the recent code-breaking recruitment challenge within the #gorillaz #app.

Daniel Dunkley, a 23-year-old from Gloucester, UK, is the first successful code-breaker to join #jaguarlandrover. Daniel left school at 16 and was working as a controls engineer at a local quarry. His coding and software skills are completely self-taught from an early interest in playing computer games at home with his older brother. He starts work on 2 October as a software engineer at #jaguarlandrover in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

Gorillaz and #jaguarlandrover will continue the search for world-class talent at Jaguar Land Rover’s inaugural Tech Fest event, from 8-10 September at London’s Central Saint Martins art, design and technology college.

Fans interested in a job at #jaguarlandrover can visit a pop-up #gorillaz garage to try a puzzle testing technical ability, logical thinking and memory. Want to see if you’ve got what it takes? Solve the puzzle and you’ll skip the initial screening of the #jaguarlandrover recruitment process.

If you can’t make it to Tech Fest, complete the coding challenge on the #gorillaz #app and go straight to interview. The code-breaking puzzle tests real-world skills the new generation of software and engineering talent must have. The challenge remains open worldwide.

Think big and do better, my motto. Stop putting those filters on your food and download this #app immediately. The first hire has happened, so get involved and win!

NOODLEGORILLAZ GUITARIST & #jaguarlandrover AMBASSADOR

I’m overwhelmed by how much has happened in the last two months. I read about the coding challenge set by #jaguarlandrover and #gorillaz on BBC News and decided to have a go. We did the interview by Google Chat then I was invited to Gaydon to talk about my new job. It completely blew me away that I didn’t have to fill out any application forms. I was thrilled when they offered me a job! My dad drives a Land Rover Defender so I have always been a fan. I can’t believe I may now get to work on the next generation Defender!

DANIEL DUNKLEYJAGUAR LAND ROVER RECRUIT

So far, almost 400,000 people have downloaded the #gorillaz #app. Of the 41,000 who have taken the challenge, almost 500 cracked the code.

Daniel is exactly the kind of person we need. Technology companies like #jaguarlandrover provide an exciting opportunity for the brightest and best. We want to attract top-notch talent in software, cyber systems, #app development and graphics. We don’t do ordinary and that means hiring extraordinary people. #jaguarlandrover makes some of the world’s most exciting cars and it needs brilliant people to create them.

ALEX HESLOPHEAD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, JAGUAR LAND ROVER

In the spirit of collaborative innovation, #jaguarlandrover has invited an array of speakers to take part in a series of debates and talks throughout Tech Fest, attended by an audience of global influencers and journalists from four continents. Topics will include the future of diesel, electrification, women in industry and robotics, debated by a range of global industry and consumer experts from around the world. To learn more and see the full speaker line-up, visit www.jaguarlandrover.com

The search for young talent goes on. Interested applicants can download the #gorillaz #app now at the iTunes #app Store or Google Play

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