Jaguar Land Roverand Gorillazseek New Engineering Talentvia Alternate Reality

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• Jaguar Land Rover use new Gorillaz mixed reality app as innovative recruitment tool

• App has a code-breaking challenge to test future engineering talent

• Successful game players will be fast-tracked through Jaguar Land Rover’s recruitment process

• Global initiative aims to recruit more than 1,000 electronic and software engineers to Jaguar Land Rover’s expanding business

• Jaguar Land Rover needs 5,000 recruits this year

• Gorillazguitarist Noodle is Jaguar’s Formula E race team and STEM(science, technology, engineering and maths) Ambassador

• Watch film here:https://youtu.be/DtYs8VkxNMg

Jaguar Land Rover and Gorillaz are working together to recruit the next generation of world-class electronics and software engineering talent witha code-breaking challenge found in the virtual band’s app.

The best performers will be fast-tracked through the recruitment process, helping to meet Jaguar Land Rover’s ambition to employ thousands of bright new talents over the next year. It’s a major change in the waythe businesslooks for candidates, aiming to tackle the engineering skills gap andinspire and attract a diverse range of talent and new thinking.

Noodle, the band’s guitarist and a Jaguar Land Rover ambassador, said: “Can you crack the code? Put your skills to the test!! Hey, maybe you might land yourself *the* most BADASS job you can imagine. Dare to win!”

The Gorillaz App today launches a new Jaguar Land Rover recruitment area in the form of a 360-environment situated in the garage of the band’s home which also features all the iconic vehicles from Gorillaz past.Here, applicants can explore and take a two-part challenge. The first part, designed to educateusers about the benefits of electric vehicles, involves assembling the Jaguar I-PACE Concept, Jaguar's first all-electric five-seater sports car. Users can learn about the vehicle’s performance, battery technology, space, charging and range.

The second and more demanding part of the game, developed to engage and recruit budding electronic wizards and coders, will focus on cracking codein Alternate Reality Game format (ARG). The challenge takes them on a series of code breaking puzzles,that will test their curiosity, persistence, lateral thinking and problem solving skills - all real world attributes of a new generation of software and engineering talent.

Alex Heslop, Head of Electrical Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover,said:

“As the automotive industry transforms over the next decade, fuelled by software innovation, we have to attract the best talent and that requires a radical rethink of how werecruit. Here we’ve found an engaging way to recruit a diverse talent pool in software systems, cyber systems, app development and graphics performance. It will be the first of its kind.”

DavorKrvavac, Executive Creative Director, B-Reel London,said:

“This exciting collaboration between Gorillaz and Jaguar Land Rover adds an Alternative Reality Game layer to what is already a cutting edge mixed reality mobile experience combining AR, VR and 360.”

The Jaguar I-TYPE,Panasonic Jaguar Racing's all-electric Formula E racecar, appears in the garage. Users can click on a poster of Noodle with the I-TYPE and ‘FanBoost’ which enables them to vote for the @JaguarRacing team drivers to gain a power boost during their next race or to follow @JaguarRacing twitter channels.

The project follows on from Jaguar Land Rover’s STEM initiative with Gorillaz in 2016, where founder member and female guitarist, Noodle, became Jaguar’s Formula E Racing Ambassador.As the UK’s leading investor in research and development and a leading global automotive manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover is putting Noodle at the forefront of its campaign to address the skills gap that manufacturing worldwide is facing.

The company has used its debut season in Formula E to promote Jaguar Land Rover’s thought-leadership position as a business that is shaping the future to solve the technology innovation and skills gap challenges.

Interested applicants can download the Gorillaz App now at the iTunes App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gorillaz/id1217997478?mt=8) or Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Parlophone.Gorillaz&hl=en).

To find out more about Jaguar Land Rover recruitment, click here www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com. For specific roles in Electrification see: www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com/jlr-roles/product-creation/electrification/

Traditional application methods remain open and CVs will be accepted, but Jaguar Land Rover invites potential applicants to download the app and break the codes and solve the problems to fast-track their way into employment.

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