Oct 2014 – Feb 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Workshape.io is the matching service for Tech talent.
• We kill the rhetoric in recruitment by converging on interest first, before unlocking the conversation second. The end result is a high signal, zero noise talent marketplace - exactly what the technology professionals need.
• As the Co-founder & CEO, I do everything but code; business ops, product & customer development, sales & marketing, customer success and user support. Also makes the tea

Mar 2012 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · London Area, United Kingdom

• Technology startup focusing on building location aware community apps for the Iphone

Jun 2009 – Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Consultancy practice specialising in building long term, sustainable internal recruitment capacity for tech startup. Working directly with CEO's and Founders, or through VC, Angel or Accelerator mediation, Wise Man Say advises on strategy, trains on technique and executes on delivery.
• Recent clients include:
• PeerIndex, (Big Data aggregator)
• BraveNewTalent (Employer/Employee reputation platform)
• Surevine (Social networks for public sector)
• Latitude Digital Marketing (SEO, PPC & Affiliate Marketing)
• The Local Data Company (Retail Data & Research)

Feb 2005 – Apr 2009 · 4 yrs 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Founding member of an experienced team of Senior IT Recruitment Consultants, headhunted by the founder of Best International Group and Computer People, Rupert Bayfield Snr, as one of lead consultants to set up the London office.
• Responsibilities for recruitment, training & development of trainee resourcers & consultants, operational and personnel management of junior members of staff, sales forecasting & pipeline development, management and development of client portfolio and relationship management & service delivery on key customer accounts.

Jul 2003 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Recruitment Consultant with responsibility for managing existing portfolio of client accounts (Relationship Management & Service Delivery Management), developing new business (full lifecycle from prospect to close) and assisting on key account delivery. Additional responsibilities included Bid Management, PID development, Campaign Management and negotiating and securing Service Level Agreements with key clients. Also added mentoring and team leadership responsibility to junior members of staff

May 2000 – Jun 2003 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Recruitment Consultant with full lifecycle responsibilties from business development, client relationship management, recruitment project management, search & selection offer handling and contract negotiations