Dec 2022 – May 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

• At TAL, I led the development and launch of a refreshed EVP, Life at TAL, partnering with a creative agency and research firm to ensure it reflected the heart of TAL's employee experience. I also commenced the activation of the new EVP working closely with Internal Comms, Customer Brand, and senior leadership to embed the new EVP into every stage of the talent lifecycle. This work contributed to delivering a consistent and compelling employer brand message across all employee and candidate touchpoints—strengthening TAL's reputation and improving candidate engagement, including the launch of a new interim careers website. https://www.tal.com.au/about-us/careers
• I’ve designed and delivered targeted recruitment marketing campaigns, including a refreshed go-to-market strategy for our Graduate Program—earning TAL a place in GradConnection’s Top 100 and climbing into the Top 10 for Banking & Financial Services by 2025. Alongside this, I’ve optimised TAL's digital career channels and launched TAL’s Talent Communities through Smart Recruiter CRM, improving visibility of key roles and building a stronger pipeline of future talent for high priority and volume roles.
• With a focus on innovation, I’ve embedded employer brand storytelling into the end-to-end candidate experience and introduced data-led reporting to track ROI and inform smarter hiring decisions. I’ve also championed sourcing capability across the Talent Acquisition team—upskilling recruiters in direct sourcing and AI tools to reduce agency reliance and build confidence across hiring teams

Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• An Executive Recruiter in the Managed Search team, performing senior leadership searches and strategic talent mapping activities across all of Westpac – Technology, Architecture, Digital, Marketing, Finance, Transformation and more across all divisions of the bank.
• Diversity Lead responsible for initiating and implementing tactical strategies to support the Talent Acquisition delivery process and deliver on the banks broader group DE&I strategy. The roles included reporting and data insights, design and roll out of diversity training to the broader TA team, strategic sourcing initiatives and recruitment marketing campaigns.

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Interim Solution Leader managing the on-site team for FujiFilm, FujiFilm CodeBlue and FujiFilm Upstream Services. My role was to provide leadership and mentoring to the team of 4 Recruiters and Sourcing Specialists and support senior leaders across the business to develop proactive talent acquisition strategies.

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Korn Ferry is a global organisational consulting firm and a global industry leader in RPO solutions . Our solutions help businesses and organizations reach and realize the full potential of their talent. We specialise in organisational strategy, assessment and succession, talent acquisition, leadership development, rewards and benefits and digital solutions.
• I joined the firms Managed Search offering, to recruit Senior Leadership roles for our Recruitment Outsource Partners. My role was to consult with relevant C-suite leaders across several of Korn Ferry’s solutions, to strategically source and recruit a variety of roles across Finance, Operations and General Management.

Nov 2016 – Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• Working closely with regional recruiting leaders, sourcing teams and firm leadership my role is to optimise the delivery of Executive (including Partner level), Experienced Hire and Campus (MBA/Advanced Professional Degree) recruiting for McKinsey Accelerate (McKinsey Implementation, Academy and Aberkyn) with the objective of meeting local and regional targets for the attraction and acquisition of distinctive, high-caliber talent.
• Ongoing development and design of innovative recruiting solutions to attract high caliber candidates to the firm (campus & lateral) working closely with local recruiting teams, and local and regional university career services relationship management, in order to optimize candidate pipeline management, candidate evaluation, decision making, yield analysis, comprehensive Summer Associate programs, event planning, and resource allocation.
• Ongoing support and coaching with the broader Asia McKinsey Accelerate Recruiting team, specifically; South East Asia, Japan, Korea, and India to help drive the strategy, identify and leverage new recruiting channels.
• Development and implementation of strategies for special initiatives/projects to continuously improve recruiting efforts, across the region.
• Liaise with the regional (Asia) and global Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) hub in the design and execution of the firm’s global diversity and inclusion recruiting strategy, as well as the design and roll out of additional diversity initiatives across the region.

Nov 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr

May 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater Sydney Area

• Reporting into the APAC Head of Talent Acquisition, I was responsible for developing and implementing several talent acquisition strategies in ANZ and the APAC region. Specifically in relation to; Strategic Sourcing & Talent Pipeline, Screening Techniques & Candidate Experience, Employee Referral Program, Employer Branding (Internal & External), Employee Value Proposition, Recruitment Scorecard and Systems & Process Improvement.
• Delivered hiring solutions for Australia & New Zealand, supporting the business with all recruitment activities across Sales, Operations, Technology and Corporate Services. This included talent pipelining and sourcing, head hunting and interviewing as well as managing the end-to-end candidate relationship/experience with the business through to offer stage.
• Ongoing development of Groupons Employment Branding Strategy and Employee Value Proposition for Asia Pac Region.
• Stakeholder and project management, partnering with all hiring managers, HR and APAC Talent Acquisition, as well as external recruitment agencies, vendors, universities, academic institutions, professional bodies and third-party technology providers.
• Drove best practice recruitment processes across the business by initiating and facilitating recruitment and employer branding training to all those involved in the recruitment process on an ongoing basis.

Jan 2014 – May 2014 · 4 mos · Greater Sydney Area

• Worked in a contract capacity responsible for eBay Inc's recruitment across eBay Marketplaces, PayPal and Gumtree in Australia. Focus was predominantly Enterprise Sales/After Sales roles.

Oct 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Sydney Area

• Part of the broader Human Resources division at Winning Group (Winning Appliances and Appliances Online), established and managed a brand-new internal recruitment function for the business during a period of rapid growth (from 350 to 550+ employees). This included the implementation of an online candidate management system as well as the design and roll out of all internal processes and procedures in relation to hiring across 5 entities.
• Reporting into the Head of Human Resources and leading a small team, successfully managed the hands-on recruitment of 160 + employees in 12 months across all divisions within the business. This included a new executive team reporting into the CEO, in addition to building out the operational team required for a new ecommerce start up. Divisions that I recruited for included : Retail Stores, Call Centre, Warehouse, Distribution and Supply Chain, Merchandising, Technology and Developers, User Experience, Finance and Legal, Marketing, HR and Administration.
• Acted as an ambassador for Winning Groups Employment brand by taking an active role to promote the business in the external market through networks, conferences, social media, university partnerships and third-party suppliers.

Jan 2007 – Sep 2012 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Sydney

• Promoted from Principal Recruiter to Associate Director. Responsibility for a team of 5 recruiters (contract and perm), as well as building and growing the Commerce and Accounting Recruiting division.