Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Manchester Area, United Kingdom

• I was engaged by Checkd to transform their talent acquisition engine and develop a comprehensive people strategy that would enable rapid scaling and sustainable growth.
• Checkd was struggling with:
• 👉 An underperforming employer brand that consistently lost top talent to competitors
• 👉 A fragmented talent acquisition strategy that spent too much on external recruiters
• 👉 No clear people strategy or HR function, creating operational bottlenecks
• To date, I have successfully:
• 💥 Designed a modern recruitment strategy that's taken Checkd from 18 to 60+ people
• 💥 Eliminated dependency on external recruiters saving over £200,000
• 💥 Revitalised their employer brand resulting in a 45% increase in direct applications
• 💥 Designed and implemented a future proof people strategy that will enable them to scale successfully
• The transformation not only improved operational efficiency, but positioned Checkd for accelerated growth with the right talent infrastructure to support their ambitious growth objectives.

Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos · United Kingdom

• I help founders scale their businesses, unlock their teams true potential and sleep easier at night by synthesizing employee experience design and over a decade of tactical, talent acquisition expertise.

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 · 11 mos · Manchester, England, United Kingdom · Remote

• I was engaged by Mission Labs to design, build & deploy a talent acquisition and employee experience strategy that would enable them to scale, and ultimately exit the business.
• Due to COVID-19, their digital communications products had exploded with customer growth. Teams were under considerable pressure to deliver a high standard of work and hire simultaneously.
• Mission Labs were struggling with:
• 👉 A fragmented & decentralised recruitment processes spread across multiple platforms
• 👉 An inefficient interview process that wasn't yielding results
• 👉 A 40% increase in headcount, but no people + culture strategy
• 👉 An onboarding experience that consistently failed to set people up for success
• Within 8 months at Mission Labs, I had successfully:
• 💥 Designed a future proof + scalable talent acquisition strategy that increased head count by 130%
• 💥 Improved diversity within the business by 57%
• 💥 Designed an onboarding strategy that improved the average time to productivity by 40%
• 💥 Hired + mentored 2x internal talent acquisition specialists to continue growth
• 💥 Rolled out a new career progression plan which facilitated 13 promotions and two new roles
• On March 3rd 2021, Mission Labs was acquired for £46M by Gamma Communications.

Sep 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• affix is a start-up, looking to redefine what success looks like the recruitment market today. Their industry changing commercial model advocates for transparency, longevity and shared risk; whilst simultaneously offers clients and candidates in-depth, specialist consultancy.
• As a Principal, I owned the specialist technical recruitment for a range of high-growth technology start-ups & scale-ups. In direct consultation with CTO’s, CEO’s & Founders, we didn’t just find people - we built entire engineering, design & product teams.
• Areas of specialism
• 👉 Leadership: CTO, Tech Lead, Architecture Lead
• 👉 Engineering: Product, Web, Mobile *
• 👉 Design: UX, UI, Product, Service, HCD
• 👉 Cloud: Architecture, DevOps

Feb 2017 – Jul 2017 · 5 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• Davidson Technology is one of Melbourne’s most recognised & awarded recruitment businesses. Their micro-specialision model aims to develop an intimate understanding of business needs, as well as the challenges of the market’s changing universe.
• Areas of specialism
• 👉 Engineering: PHP, JavaScript, Python
• 👉 Design: UX, UI, Service Design

Mar 2012 – Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Manchester, United Kingdom

• I led the digital recruitment team at Applause IT; specialising in working with digital agencies, e-commerce houses, software houses and exciting technology start ups across Northwest of England, including - Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Macclesfield, Stockport & Chester.
• I grew the business and then decided to move to Australia.