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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65.1 - Insurance
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
14 September 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The insurance group April has announced the recruitment of 100 people by the end of the year to accelerate its digital transformation. April is looking for the following profiles: digital marketing (webmasters, SEO managers, product owners, traffic managers), customer experience specialists with UX designers, IT managers, CRM managers and developers.
April is a wholesale insurance broker which had a turnover of €1.17 billion in 2019. It employs 2,300 people, including 1,300 in Lyon. April has joined forces with Onepoint, a leading player in the digital transformation of companies, to launch April X, its digital hub dedicated to customer experience. It is within this hub that digital and technological solutions will be designed and tested for its brokers and policyholders.
Eurofound (2020), April, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 101790, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101790.
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