As the Founder of Beyond The Hire, I am committed to empowering businesses of all sizes to achieve faster, slicker and smarter hiring in order to deliver on your business objectives. I believe that the best Recruiters deserve the best tools and processes to deliver their best work. Luckily I know how to deliver that quickly, efficiently and in a cost effective way.I am here to improve the credibility, reputation and ultimately the influence of your Talent Acquisition team through operational optimisation, because I know as well as you do, that great hiring is essential to the success of your business.

Heading up the Talent Acquisition Operations Team at Publicis Media, Creative Practices and Publicis Health to bring a unified set of recruiting processes, reporting and efficiencies across the UK. Inspiring a curiosity in our data, upskilling our storytelling and passionately evolving our candidate experience.Ongoing passion to strengthen our data, reporting and insights efforts, so we can continue our journey to convert data into insights to better inform the business and talent teams.Leading the implementation and configuration of SmartRecruiters as the shared ATS across different areas of the business. Migrating data from iCIMS and Workable to create one shared system for all Talent Acquisition Teams in the UK. Devising and delivering training sessions on all topics under the TAOps umbrella including, ATS best practice, Interviewer Training, Conscious Inclusion Training, Talent Pool creation and more. Keeping a keen eye on the recruitment technology space to add to our cutting edge collection of tools to aid our delivery in all aspects of candidate experience and generation. Developing the role of Recruitment Marketing Specialist within my team to further advance our employer branding and marketing collateral. Working in partnership with global talent teams to ensure a shared vision is delivered across regional teams, understand their recruitment operational challenges and help build consistency alongside regional specialisation.Developing a set of infographic style reporting for telling the Talent Acquisition story in an engaging and concise way to CEOs, finance and stakeholders in the hiring teams. Initially leading the Talent Acquisition integration of Digitas into the Publicis family. Managing the migration and merger of two databases and recruitment processes to unite two talent acquisition teams into one way of working across all Publicis brands.

Leading the Talent Acquisition Operations Team. Responsible for designing and managing programs which create opportunities to optimise productivity and lead innovation across talent acquisition.In collaboration with Talent Management and Talent Operations developed designed and executed talent acquisition programs and projects such as Employee Referrals, Internal Mobility, Diversity, Planning, Analytics and Training. Driving competitive intel and market sourcing strategy.Identify processes, resources and tools that improve productivity, performance and compliance. Projects included:Delivering training on the danger of bias and its effect on the recruitment process.Leveraging data and analytics to measure and monitor all areas of the recruitment cycle with particular focus on understanding how we can continue to improve diversity within the organisation.Designing and delivering Interviewer training workshops.Constantly seeking new and innovative sourcing techniques to further enable our recruiters, from cutting edge chrome extensions to meetups and hosting events.System configuration and maintenance of our talent database on iCIMSCreating infographic reports to tell our story using data to other departments within the business and within the wider Publicis Media network.

Digitas is a global marketing and technology agency blending strategic, creative, media and technical expertise to build business value. We help companies of all shapes and sizes decide what’s next for their business – and then we take them there.We define and execute transformational digital strategies for our clients. Across 40 offices in 25 countries around the world, Digitas has more than 6,000 digital experts working with brands to add value to people’s lives via its unique mix of strategy, creativity, media and technology. We take our clients on a journey of digital transformation – from getting the basics just right to leading the market through head-turning innovation.We don’t mind where our clients start their journey. All we ask for is a shared belief that creativity, technology and media can make brands special, sharable and more valuable. We also ask for a commitment to partnering with us as we discover What’s Next together.

Yellow Cat Recruitment is a leading Marketing & Creative Recruitment Agency that has been successfully recruiting permanent and temporary staff for top London companies since 2006.

Based from the Hertfordshire Office I was able to work with a variety of clients from Major Blue-Chip Retail giants to SME’s looking to double their headcount.