Experience

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  Direct Recruitment

  • Senior Consultant

    • May 2023 - Present

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  On Maternity Leave

  • Maternity Leave

    • Dec 2022 - Present

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  Direct Recruitment

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Senior Consultant

    • Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
    • London, England, United Kingdom

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  On Maternity Leave

  • Maternity Leave

    • Dec 2020 - Sep 2021

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  Barker Graves

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Recruitment Consultant

    • Apr 2016 - Dec 2020
    • London, United Kingdom

    Worked across both freelance and permanent divisions within this 2-person team boutique recruitment company, specializing in client services and project management placements across agency-side and client-side marketing departments. Reported directly into the Company Owner. Key Responsibilities:- Managed a portfolio of 30+ clients, ranging from SMEs to large multinational companies.- Placed candidates across all levels from entry/graduate to Business Lead and Head of Departments. - Managed the full process from receiving client briefs through to candidate placement. Ensured a smooth client and candidate experience, keeping in regular contact to review progress and performance.- Qualified job specifications, salary information and provided context on salary benchmarking, talent availability and industry activity/trends. - Managed and maintained the monthly turnover of freelance workers placed within clients’ businesses. Solely responsible for building and maintaining a pool of contractor candidates across all levels to assist clients with immediate temporary needs. - Managed and processed monthly billing for placed temporary workers and permanent placements.- Negotiated client fees and terms of business.- Diversified into project management recruitment which was a new line of business for the company. Brought in new agency clients and additional briefs from the existing client base to successfully place both freelance and permanent PM candidates.- Nurtured strong working relationships with clients (both hiring managers and talent teams) and high value candidates, of which many of these relationships led to new business opportunities.

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  Digitas UK

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Associate Talent Acquisition Partner

    • Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Key Responsibilities:- Sourced talent directly for predominantly client service permanent roles across both DigitasLBi and Kitcatt Nohr as well as other departments including Managed Services, Technology and Strategy.- Managed the 360-degree recruitment process; from helping hiring managers write business cases for roles, submitted and managed sign off from ops and finance, finalized job briefs with hiring managers, worked in partnership with agencies (for freelance roles) or sourced candidates directly, right through the offer stage and contracts before handing new employee over to talent management to manage the onboarding process.- Wrote and sent regular internal communications regarding open hires to improve employee’s engagement in the referral scheme.- Attended a weekly recruitment status meeting with the Resource Director, DLBi Talent Acquisition Partners and relevant Head of Departments to consider and action current and future freelance and permanent resourcing requirements.- Continued to outsource roles to recruitment agencies at contractor level only.

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  Kitcatt Nohr

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Executive Assistant

    • Sep 2011 - Apr 2016
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    EA to various senior leaders of the business including – Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Project Management, Head of Client Service and Client Partner, Managing Partner and Data Strategy Partner. An extremely varied position which evolved over and beyond the responsibilities of a traditional EA into HR / Recruitment.Key Responsibilities:- Acted as the first point of contact for recruitment needs across the client service department. Managed the 360-recruitment process from brief to offer. Responsible for outsourcing all roles to agencies, screening candidates prior to sharing CVs with hiring managers and coordinating timely and considered feedback on CVs and interviews.-Coordinated and assisted Executives and HR with the annual appraisal process and worked alongside HR to implement departmental L&D programs.- Built strong working relationships with client service individuals and kept the department head abreast of any potential issues within teams or the wider agency.- General EA support duties including diary management, travel arrangements, processing expenses, inbox management and preparing materials for meetings.

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  Bartle Bogle Hegarty

  • United Kingdom
  • Advertising Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Account Manager / International Client Manager

    • Jul 2009 - May 2011

    - Supported the Account Director on the development of above-the-line communications for a major FMCG brand. Coordination of campaign support materials, i.e., storyboards and animatics for qualitative and quantitative research.- Managed the implementation and delivery of global campaigns to the local markets with relevance and consistency.- Responsible for the monitoring and sharing of all above the line activity in local markets for the brand and key competitors.- Recorder of all client contact: account status, project status, competitive and market activity.- Worked closely with internal partners; International creative managers for accurate and consistent language adaptations and casting, producers, creatives, business directors, strategic directors, global BBH offices, finance and senior management. Collaborated with external partners; local below the line, media and PR agencies and post-production houses.

  • Account Assistant

    • Aug 2007 - Jul 2009