Sonia Subbotina

Recruiter

Netherlands10 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in building and leading talent acquisition teams.
  • Proven track record in designing impactful onboarding programs.
  • Strong communicator with experience in executive-level collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in Corporate Training and Human Resources.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingTalent SourcingFacilitationProgram Management

Other Skills

Candidate ManagementContract RecruitmentCopywritingCustomer ServiceDigital StrategyEmployee TrainingEvent PlanningHeadhuntingHiringHuman Resources (HR)InterviewingLeadershipManagementMarketing StrategyMental Health

Experience

Dolarapp

Talent Acquisition Lead - Non-Tech

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Remote

  • First member of the Talent team on a mission to build the best borderless account out there.
  • Focusing on building the Talent Team up from scratch, as well as executing hires hands on, end-to-end. From managing referrals, attracring passive candidates, managing the hiring process, to closing offers and negotiating packages.
RecruitingTalent SourcingCandidate Management

Miro

2 roles

Learning Program Facilitator

Jul 2022Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  • Since July I have been working as part of the Talent Development and Culture team, with my main focus being on the Newcomer experience
  • In my role I:
  • Redesigned from scratch the 2-day global orientation program for new Mironeers, educating them on the business, tech stack, culture and values. The program combines synchronous + group and asynchronous + individual learning approaches
  • Facilitate the Global onboarding sessions bi-weekly on ongoing, with groups of up to 30 attendees, distributed across the EMEA & JP hubs
  • Am responsible for end-to-end design and execution of global learning programs, from need evaluation to project planning, execution, coordination, and rollout
  • Design & facilitate complex learning programs covering but not limited to Agile practices, Culture & Values, conflict resolution, team rituals, better decision-making
  • Closely collaborate with People Operations, Listening, Recruitment, Employer Brand & other teams to create a cohesive, structured experience for new and existing Mironeers. I enable them to ramp up quickly and reach success in their role in the shortest possible time
  • Work closely with leadership up to C-level to design and deliver learning programs that are impactful & engaging
  • Continuously iterate and improve on existing programs, keeping them fresh and up-to-date
  • Analyse feedback and metrics, consistently score highly on the Onboarding program (4.5 out of 5 score)
  • Designed in collaboration with the Employee Experience teammate a 5-day team offsite packed with educational sessions, external guests and complex x-functional collaboration sessions
  • Have consistently been described as an excellent communicator (both verbal and in writing, and have become the de-facto team copywriter)
FacilitationProgram ManagementCopywritingEmployee Training

Senior Tech Recruiter - Product

Sep 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  • Was offered a relocation package to join the team in Amsterdam and build the Enterprise
  • Product team, at the time considered "difficult" to hire for
  • Established a close relationship with the team, and built a strategic plan to execute on hiring
  • First hire made within a month of joining
  • Built and maintained talent pools, making hiring easier in the coming months
  • Closed candidates with competing offers from MANGO companies
  • Averaged 2 hires a month thereafter, always meeting/ exceeding expectations, before
  • transferring internally to the L&D team due to a hiring freeze
  • Weekly reporting to CPO, supplying data-driven and strategic insights to the leadership

Improbable

Senior Talent Partner

Jun 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Joined the GCU unit at Improbable - an innovative company creating endless simulation
  • environments, hiring 3D Artists, level designers, and concept artists

Revolut

Talent Lead - Product Design

Apr 2019Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • /Joined Revolut as the Talent Lead for Marketing, Growth and Operations. However, shortly after pitched to the CEO a setup of a new team, dedicated to Product Design
  • /Personally sourced, hired and trained a team of 5 recruiters, from Graduate to Senior level. Responsible for their weekly, monthly and quarterly performance, reporting directly to CEO
  • /As well as a Lead, was accountable as an IC. Managed end- to - end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to closing candidates. Hired at all levels, from Grad to VP. Met and exceeded monthly and quarterly targets most months
  • /Rolled out a process overhaul resulting in 30% increase in candidate conversion rate Reported all the way up to C- level, with weekly check-ins and data deep- dives
  • /Organised a successful Design event with 200+ Designer attendees, by partnering with the Design team and Employer branding
  • /Planned and executed an interviewer training programme, increasing a number of trusted interviewers from 2 to 9, reducing overall hiring time by an avg. of ~7 days
  • /Worked collaboratively with other team Leads to further improve and guide teams’ performance
  • / Advised hiring managers on role priorities and assigned projects to recruiters

Publicis.sapient

2 roles

Senior Associate

Promoted

Dec 2018Apr 2019 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • /Headed up all Creative freelance hiring (UX, UI, Copy, etc) Between Q1- Q4 of 2017 hired 320 candidates with 87% Direct hiring rate. Hit these figures again in 2018
  • /From January 2018 was assigned to set up and manage end-to- end Contract hiring process in the Paris office for 4 months. That was inclusive of contracts, IT, onboarding, etc
  • /Personally hired 20 UK-based candidates to work in France in a space of 6 weeks. Worked collaboratively with Operations, Staffing and Capacity to improve the existing operational infrastructure
  • /Trusted with bi-weekly analytics reporting to senior stakeholders (Director and above)
  • /Weekly advised senior stakeholders - (Senior Manager to VP) on hiring and sourcing strategies, both in the UK and abroad. Gained experience in hiring across UK, the Middle East, France and Germany
  • /Alongside with regular recruitment duties, served as a single point of contact responsible for the overall delivery of 40 open needs on the second largest UK client

Associate

Apr 2016Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • /Joined the company to hire within Analytics and Program Manager domains. However, an opportunity came up within the Creative team, and I made the switch since it aligned more closely with my passions and interests

Capital chase

Executive Search Consultant

Sep 2014Apr 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • / Responsible for setting up from scratch and growing a brand new division of Capital Chase, dedicated to Digital Technologies & Innovation in Financial Services
  • / Duties included: client acquisition, candidate sourcing, negotiating terms, closing deals, hiring and training junior staff
  • / Signed up three major clients
  • / Built a full Digital team from scratch at one of the leading global asset managers. Regularly attended conferences, meet-ups and events to stay on top of market trends

Victim support

Volunteer

May 2013May 2014 · 1 yr

  • o Quickly acquired skills required to provide confidential emotional support and counseling services to those in need, including mental disorder sufferers
  • o Received a core support training certificate and underwent additional trainings, such as Domestic Violence Support program and Young People Support program
  • O Counseled over 70 individuals over a long period of time, several of which wished to leave personal positive feedback with the line manager.
  • o Displayed an excellent telephone matter, required for dealing with sensitive and personal issues

Yandex

Translator and interpreter

Jun 2011Aug 2011 · 2 mos · Moscow

  • Summer internship at Yandex, NASDAQ listed world’s 4th largest Internet search engine company
  • o Carried out independent work and met highly challenging deadlines
  • o Translated complex technical and legal documentation for company’s foreign expansion

Education

University of Leicester

Bachelor's degree — Psychology with Sociology

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Stowe School

A-levels

Jan 2009Jan 2012

Stowe School, Buckingham

Jan 2009Jan 2011

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