Forward Role

Forward Role is a specialist recruitment agency with its head office in Manchester and specialists in London and Dublin. It recruits in marketing, digital, data, technology, HR, creative and design, training, and security and defence, working with high-growth brands and agencies across the UK, Europe and the US. It says it has worked for almost 20 years with employers across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Beyond that, it runs FR Contract for short-term contract hiring, FR Executive for executive search at Director and C-suite level, and Forward Role Secure, a team that recruits security-cleared software engineers and cyber security, data and technology professionals in Gloucestershire, Bristol and the wider South West. Roles it fills include ecommerce, performance marketing, data engineering, software engineering and HR business partnering.

The company reports more than 1,000 placements across around 400 brands and agencies since 2020, and a candidate database of 70,000. Steve Thompson is the founder and Brian Johnson the managing director.