Joe Atkinson

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom9 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Co-founded a community for AI in recruiting.
Built a successful online learning platform.
Led talent acquisition projects for top tech startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert focused on AI-driven recruitment solutions.

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Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementCommunity BuildingLearning Management

Other Skills

Team LeadershipSocial MediaCommunity ManagementAI ImplementationTrainingPlatform DevelopmentCommunity EngagementCustomer ServiceResearchPowerPointMicrosoft WordEvent PlanningTime ManagementManagementPublic Speaking

About

Hey I’m Joe 👋 Currently building cool things for recruiters with AI & automations As well as my role at Scede I run a private community for recruiting leaders who are looking to adopt AI & learn from AI experts I also work with brands on content (LinkedIn, webinars, podcasts, etc) Other things I like to talk about: startups, personal branding, cricket, how to use an espresso machine (in urgent need of help on the last point)

Experience

Promptmates

Co-Founder

Oct 2025 – Present · 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

Co-founded and lead a builder community for Talent and People operators learning to work with AI & automation. We currently:
1 - Host free live sessions that break down real recruiting & HR workflows into simple builds anyone could follow
800-1,000 signups per session. We keep the training free to join by partnering with leading recruiting & HR tech providers as community sponsors (including Metaview, DreamTeam & First)
2 - Run a private community for TA & HR operators learning to work with AI. Membership includes:
Private Slack with AI experts & TA leaders actively implementing AI
Notion hub with tutorials, prompts, playbooks, recordings & plug-and-play templates
Monthly builder sessions with real demos and implementations
Weekly community drop-ins for troubleshooting & knowledge-sharing
Exclusive vendor discounts and partner access
Direct access to Jason & myself for build and workflow support
Our aim is to help shape the next generation of AI literacy inside recruiting & HR by focusing on practical use, not hype.

LeadershipTeam LeadershipProject ManagementSocial Media

Scede

Director of AI & Automation

Sep 2025 – Present · 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

Purpl

Founder

Feb 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

EXIT TO SCEDE**
Built an online learning platform for talent acquisition professionals
Grew to 1000's of members globally, delivering practical peer to peer learning
Scede acquired PURPL to form part of their recruiter learning hub

Omnipresent

Partnerships Manager (Talent Acquisition)

Nov 2022 – Mar 2023 · 4 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

$120M Series B HR SaaS
Working with talent acquisition partners across EMEA & AMER
Commercial agreements, co-selling & co-marketing

Hitalent

3 roles

Principal Talent Consultant (Team Lead)

Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr · London / Berlin

Leading a small team specialising in talent acquisition projects for Tech Start-Ups & Scale-Ups across Europe
Contributed to scaling some of Europes' leading technology companies such as Berlin Brands Group, Sennder, Flink, Sono Motors & Adjust, working with C-Suite & Founders
Built the DACH finance & data function into a core revenue stream