Our story of building a specialist recruitment agency for ambitious FMCG challenger brands.

Our journey ↓Meet the Igniters

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Launched in January 2024 as MKJ Ignite, we started with one mission:

To connect brilliant people with ambitious challenger brands.

The journey so far

How we got here.

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Day one

Launched as MKJ Ignite

With one mission: to connect brilliant people with ambitious challenger brands.

Person's hand reaching into a black mesh basket filled with various snack bars and a pack of simply roasted potato crisps on a table.

Since then

Partnering with the UK’s most exciting businesses

Helping them hire smarter and scale faster. As FMCG recruitment specialists, we understand the pace, ambition and unique challenges that come with building high-growth consumer brands.

Now

We’re Team Ignite

Staying immersed in the challenger world: showing up, learning and sparking conversations. We’re a recruitment agency for challenger brands, staying close to the businesses and people shaping the future of consumer.

In the room

Festivals, events and podcasts

Exhibiting at Bread & Jam, hosting Women in Leadership events and sponsoring industry-leading podcasts.

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Today

Ignite Search joins the family

Our executive search arm, for Board, C-suite and Director appointments.

Ignite Search

What drives us

Three things we live by.

Continuously
improve

Challenge
the norm

Disrupt
convention

We’re a specialist recruitment agency built around the businesses and people we believe in. That’s how we stay inspired, and ultimately why we do recruitment differently.

And behind it all is a driven team, united by one belief: challenge the norm and keep improving.

Meet the people behind the spark.

Meet the Igniters →Let’s chat