James Lesner Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

As the Director of Talent Management at Catawiki, I have the privilege of leading our Talent Management efforts, overseeing both the Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development Teams to find, hire, nurture, and grow the right talent. This includes crafting recruitment strategies that encompass sourcing, employer branding, and elevating the candidate experience through to improving candidate assessment.I drive succession planning, cross-functional talent reviews, and future competency planning, leading initiatives to upskill and reskill our workforce, and promoting a learning culture where our 800 employees spread across Europe can take charge of their development for continuous growth. Our talent strategy is not only underpinned by a robust data and analytics foundation but is also driven by an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that runs through all our processes

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

In my role as the Director of Talent Acquisition, I have the privilege of leading Catawiki’s amazing TA team. My role involves crafting recruitment strategies that encompass sourcing, employer branding, elevating the candidate experience, and improving candidate assessment to find and hire the right talent.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

My role as Head of Talent Acquisition involved leading and developing an awesome team of Recruiters, Sourcers, Employer Branding and Ops professionals and driving the business's long-term talent strategy.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

We are very proud to be the first Benelux company to have received an investment from the famous Accel Partners (first venture capital investors in Facebook, as well as Dropbox, Spotify, and Etsy). As Senior Tech Recruiter, my role involved hiring for the Engineering, Product, Data Science and UX Teams.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

TravelBird was an Amsterdam based scale-up active in 11 markets across Europe with c.500+ employees. Driven by a continuous pursuit of delighting their customers with enticing travel offers and disrupting the travel industry, TravelBird's goal was to bring inspiration, personalisation and freshness together by offering curated travel packages. I was responsible for recruitment across Digital Marketing, Product and Engineering for the Amsterdam office.

London, Gb

Handle has been the leading recruitment consultancy for the media and entertainment industries for more than thirty years, and currently partners a broad portfolio of instantly recognisable consumer brands including: Universal Music, Apple, Red Bull, ASOS etc. I worked in the Digital and Tech team where I was responsible for the 360 degree recruitment process for these types of positions across Tech, Digital Marketing, Product, eCommerce, Data & Analytics.

St. Albans, Herts, Gb

Senior Recruitment Consultant specialising in Online Marketing, Product Management and eCommerce roles. I recruited for some of the world’s most successful and fastest growing brands, ranging from market leading Digital Start-ups to Blue Chip companies across all levels from exec through to Director tiered roles.

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic And Communication Design

A Levels:, English Literature (A) Business Studies (A) Art (A) Sociology (A)