Sophie Garrison BSc (Hons) MREC CertRP

Client Relationship Manager

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia15 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in technology recruitment.
  • Specialized expertise in Cyber Security and Risk.
  • Strong executive network and consultative approach.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cyber Security and Recruitment Specialist with a focus on technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cyber SecurityTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Process ManagementIt Recruitment

Other Skills

RecruitingGovernanceRiskComplianceAIData ScientistMachine LearningJob Description CreationInterviewingStakeholder LiaisonSalesMarketingSocial MediaNutritionWeight Loss Coaching

About

With over a decade of experience in technology recruitment, Sophie has built a reputation for developing strategic partnerships with both new and existing clients, delivering high-impact talent solutions across Australia. In her role as Client Relationship Manager at Launch Recruitment, she focuses on expanding new business opportunities while strengthening and growing established enterprise relationships across the broader technology landscape. Having specialised in Cyber Security and Risk for the majority of her career, Sophie brings deep market knowledge and a strong executive network into her business development remit. She understands the pressures facing security and technology leaders — from regulatory uplift and cyber resilience to digital transformation and emerging technologies — and works closely with organisations to align talent strategy with business growth. Sophie takes a consultative, relationship-first approach. Rather than transactional recruitment, she partners with senior leaders to understand their remit, team structure, and long-term objectives — ensuring Launch delivers meaningful, value-adding support across contract, permanent, and cleared environments. Her background across cyber security continues to underpin her work, with expertise spanning: Cyber Security & Engineering Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Cloud & Infrastructure Security Identity & Access Management (IAM/PAM) Security Operations & Threat Intelligence Technology Risk & Assurance Backed by cyber security certifications and an extensive national network, Sophie combines technical understanding with commercial acumen — enabling her to engage confidently with C-suite and senior technology stakeholders. Email: sgarrison@launchrecruitment.com.au Phone: 0422 865 758

Experience

Launch group

2 roles

Client Relationship Manager

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Practice Lead - Cyber Security & GRC

Sep 2022Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Launch is an award winning and leading recruitment specialist in Asia Pacific with specialist divisions in Technology, Transformation, Telecommunications and Digital.
  • Founded in 2006, our mission is changing lives for the better. We bring real value to people and organisations by building highly skilled and engaged teams. We are passionate about creating the most rewarding experiences for our candidates, clients, colleagues and the community. Our values guide everything we do. Caring is our number one value, embedded in the way we work; how we service our customers, partner with suppliers, who we hire and how we can contribute to a better world.
  • Launch meets customer needs from C-level decision makers to single contributors across both permanent and contract. Our specialist consultants have extensive experience sourcing talent within Project Services, Change & Transformation, Infrastructure & Cloud, Telecommunications, Software/App Development, Digital, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, QA & Testing and Sales & Marketing.
  • Launch Recruitment is part of the Launch Group which provide high-touch solutions to our clients, including permanent and contract recruitment, executive search, contractor management, recruitment outsourcing, total talent management, talent advisory and payroll management.
  • Launch is consistently recognised for outstanding service delivery through multiple industry awards. Most recently winning RSCA – Excellence in Social Purpose, RCSA – Outstanding Medium Agency of the Year and Recruitment Leader of the Year, TIARA – Growth Company of the Year, APSCo – Most Productive, Best Performance & Best Approach to Innovation.

Anglo american

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Specialist - IT, Cyber Security & GRC

Promoted

Oct 2021Sep 2022 · 11 mos

  • Crop Nutrients plays an important role in accelerating Anglo Americans transition towards products that support the worlds burgeoning population and a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world.
  • Focussing on recruiting candidates in line with the company’s purpose of re-imagining mining to improve peoples lives.
  • Currently working as an international recruiter, recruiting for international roles in Europe, APAC, MEA, USA and India.
  • Specialising in the fertilizer industry and looking for entrepreneurial and passionate candidates in the following positions:
  • IT Specialists
  • Cyber Security
  • Governane
  • Risk
  • Compliance
  • AI
  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning
RecruitingCyber SecurityGovernanceRiskComplianceAI+3

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Oct 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr

  • Working for a global mining company as part of a small recruitment team ensuring the recruitment process of the company is achieved locally, nationally, and internationally by ensuring all hires are completed both on time and within budget.
  • Using a variety of recruiting platforms including job boards, bespoke CRM systems and LinkedIn recruiter to reach candidates with specialist skillsets. Working with both the project team and the corporate sales and marketing team to ensure critical hires are achieved and KPI’s are met.
  • Day to day activities include taking the role profile from the hiring manager, creating a job description, and advertising the position in a timely manner. Contacting candidates both in the UK as well as Europe, Asia, and Australia to arrange interviews and when relevant, site tours. Conducting interviews primarily via MS Teams at present due to current restrictions but face to face when necessary.
  • Liaising with external stakeholders to promote local roles via other avenues, working toward supporting the local community offering a variety of sustainable roles to uphold our goal of improving the local economy.
RecruitingJob Description CreationInterviewingStakeholder LiaisonTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Process Management

Whitby holiday cottages

Business Development Sales Specialist

Aug 2020Oct 2020 · 2 mos

  • Undertook a short term role after being made redundant, responsible for selling and promoting holidays cottages in the North Yorkshire area. Used social media, the CRM system, upselling and printed marketing materials to hit KPIS and create projections for each home owner based on number of bookings year on year.
  • Used Sage to process daily bookings, responsible for sending money to owners minus commission, providing receipts to customers/owners and ensuring the books balanced at the end of every day/week.
SalesMarketingSocial Media

Castle employment group

2 roles

Principal Consultant - IT, Security and GRC

Promoted

Sep 2018Aug 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Specialising in IT Recruitment across the whole of Yorkshire. Working with well established IT companies, alongside supporting IT divisions within large corporate businesses as well as bespoke independent companies. Supporting their recruitment process and placing IT candidates from entry level to key management candidates.
  • Recruiting for a variety of roles including:
  • CISO
  • Governance
  • Security leaders
  • Governance
  • Risk
  • Cyber Security
  • Information Security
  • Expanding IT recruitment, rolling out a new division, writing and implementing business plans, creating a IT database for candidates and clients to offer high quality support from start to finish
  • Castle Employment is one of the regions leading recruiters and have an enviable reputation across a number of specialisms and sectors including:
  • Engineering & Manufacturing
  • Industrial & Forestry
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Administration & Customer Services
  • Hospitality & Catering
  • HR, Sales & Marketing
  • A privately owned award winning company having been established for over 50 years, allows the business to maintain a excellent track record in placing high quality temporary, permanent and contract placements.
IT RecruitmentCyber SecurityGovernanceRisk

Recruitment Consultant/Managing Consultant

Oct 2016Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Cobham consulting

Recruitment Consultant

Dec 2015Oct 2016 · 10 mos · Berkhamsted

  • My role here at Cobham Consulting is very varied. Working for a family run recruitment company covering everything from payroll, social media to both temporary and permanent staff. As a full 360 recruiter in a general recruitment company I enjoy the faced paced environment and the variety of the job
  • Daily tasks:
  • Source candidates from all major job boards
  • Interview candidates,
  • Speak/ liaise with clients
  • Write job descriptions
  • Account Manager
  • Business development
  • Updating the CRM
  • Updating Social Media
  • Processing temp payroll on a weekly basis
  • Sending out and processing all temporary paperwork
  • Negotiation of Rates
  • Visiting Client

Guideposts trust

Health and Wellness Consultant

Jan 2015Dec 2015 · 11 mos · Watford, United Kingdom

  • Liaising with various health and social care companies both public and private to encourage them to have talks, sessions and presentations around nutrition, lifestyle and health.
  • Once this was confirmed I then creating learning aids and presented the sessions personally.
  • This enabled me to improve my customer service skills, presentation skills,building up client relationships and improving my soft sell skills.

Nutrition with sophie

Owner

Jan 2012Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Main Responsibilities:
  • Creating personal nutrition plans for a variety of different people
  • Reaching out to sports companies/teams to encourage use of service
  • Creating and updating the website of a regular basis
  • Updating social media on a daily basis
  • Using paid searches and key words to increase traffic to website and social media

Zest (sheffield)

Health Trainer

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr

  • Started here for work experience and was then offered a role permanently to work alongside my studies. Creating learning aids, presenting interactive sessions for children and their families, as well as taking anthropometric measurements.

Education

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc hons

Jan 2007Jan 2010

Sheffield Hallam University

Nutrition

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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