The Start-Up Graduate Programme

We choose and train the top 1% hungriest and smartest early careerists and match them with start-ups

What we do

We receive 1,000+ applicants per month and select the top 1% hungriest and smartest

Top 1%

We train them for 40+ hours to ensure they hit the ground running.

We match them with selected start-ups - most commonly in generalist or marketing positions

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Meet a few of our previous early careerists.

Jack

Current role

Joined Stuart as a Business Analyst in Sep'20

Education

1st class degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Cambridge University

Experience & achievements

Founder & creator of 2x mobile games, with a combined 500k downloads
Founded "Be a Local Hero" during lockdown to help local businesses
5x University hackathon winner

Current role

Founder's Associate at Waggel (joined March '20)

Education

BSc Chemistry at Warwick University

Experience & achievements

Founder of Skout Events - generated £25,000+ in revenue, scaled to 16 events over the academic year and employed 20-40 students
BDR at Nylas (SaaS) - achieved 100% of target
Intern at DRNK? App - independently created a bar activation campaign that led to 2000+ new users, built partnerships with 30+ hostels in Europe.

Esrom

Current role

Operations / Content & Curriculum Manager at Zzish (joined Jan'20)

Education

1st class degree in Social Anthropology at LSE

Experience & achievements

Founder and Educational lead - trained & led a team of 7 volunteers to deliver English language classes for refugees & asylum seekers
Events & Volunteers Manager at Student Action for Refugees – delivered events for 900+ people; raised £5k for charity
Communications and Advocacy Officer – managed comms between 4 international partners, shared work with stakeholders

Maddie

What our start-up partners say about our early careerists.

Jumpstart presented a fantastic set of graduates and we were able to make a rapid hiring decision at a time of critical need without compromising on quality.

Head of Business Operations,

Stuart

Jumpstart really took the time to understand our needs – which led to an INCREDIBLY efficient and amazing hire!

Co-founder & COO,

Beam

Jumpstart provided YuLife with an absolute rockstar of a graduate

Vice President of Marketing, YuLife

We were looking for a junior gem and we weren’t even sure that we were going to hire a grad for this position, but did because Jumpstart introduced us to the best candidate by far!

Programme Director,

Founders Factory

Bud's experience hiring from Jumpstart was fantastic. With the quality of the graduates, it made us question if we had room to hire more than we set out to

Co-founder,

Bud