Manchester City announce extended deal with Hays

Manchester City have extended their partnership with recruitment firm Hays.

The deal sees London-headquartered Hays renew its position as the club’s official recruitment partner for a further three years.

Since Hays joined forces with MCFC back in 2013, the company has helped City recruit for a number of off-pitch roles, filling positions in the club’s legal, HR, finance, marketing and commercial teams across Manchester, London, the US and Asia.

Hays’ chief marketing officer Sholto Douglas-Home, who came to the City Football Academy to sign the partnership extension, said: “Our partnership with Manchester City has been transformational in ways we hadn’t anticipated. We were so confident in the progress that we’ve made to date that we signed the renewal before the third year of our original relationship finished.

“The world of work and the world of sport have more synergies than people realise and we have been able to showcase those similarities across our digital assets.”

He added: “The pace of change at Manchester City has astounded us and it’s been fantastic to be a part of that journey. The next three years offer us huge opportunities to continue to develop across our global network together.”

Over the next three years, Hays will continue to maintain a presence on matchday LED screens and various other commercial platforms.

Tom Glick, City Football Group’s chief commercial and operating officer, commented: “Manchester City and Hays reflect each other very well; we’re increasingly global, we’re increasingly digital and we’re increasingly mobile.

“The story we’re telling is how to recruit and build a winning team and how important that is to organisations of all types and Hays is producing fantastic content which is accessible to its broad audiences.”

Speaking further, Tom said the club has so far relied on Hays to build a strong organisation.

He continued: “We are more than a squad of players and an Academy; we have a whole professional set-up, which Hays has helped us to find great people for. We’re extremely excited to continue to grow with Hays as we continue our very successful relationship.”