Contract role scaling the Product Development (Engineering, Data, Product, & Design) department at Rightmove; the UK's largest property portal, during a period of hyper-growth.Highlights / Achievements:• Supporting the business in pivoting to a direct sourcing & talent attraction model, managing recruitment end-to-end at high volume and delivering substantial agency cost savings (£200k+)• Business Partnering senior stakeholders across Technology at Rightmove; including Managers, Directors and Heads Of Dept, providing trusted advice and valuable market insights• Directly contributing to numerous other People/Talent workstreams, such as Employer Brand, Events, and DEI• Devising and embedding significant changes to our assessment & hiring process in order to provide a more elevated experience to both candidates and internal stakeholders - this was a large piece of work which included the introduction of a scorecard metric to assess prospective candidates, a revised approach to Behaviours & Values interviews, the rollout of a new offer pack + more.

Overseeing Talent Acquisition for Lyst, one of the world's largest FashionTech platforms used by over 200M people globally.Responsible for executing our TA and hiring strategy end-to-end across all business areas and functions; including Engineering & Data, Product, Commercial, GTM, Business, Growth, Finance, Marketing, Partnerships, Legal, and Operations. For 15 months I acted as the sole member of Lyst's TA function in the absence of our TA Director.Highlights / Achievements:• Successfully making hires across all seniority bandings within our company career framework, from entry/junior-level through to L-Team (VP/SVP) and C-Suite• All hiring processes managed internally, maintaining a £0 recruitment agency spend during my entire time with the business and delivering substantial cost savings on agency fees (£250k+ in 2022, £300k+ in 2023)• Business partnering and advising key senior stakeholders across our org on industry data, insights and market trends to drive a more effective and data-driven approach to hiring and decision-making• Crafted and launched a company handbook on Notion to showcase Lyst's EVP and culture, shared externally with prospective talent to further enhance their understanding of our business• Led Culture & Values interview training and facilitation, coaching stakeholders across our business on what behaviours, values, and attributes to look out for when assessing prospective hires• Active member and contributor to our internal DE&I Committee, spearheading various events and activities to further strengthen our DE&I commitments and strategy as a business• Won our company 'Hibiscus' (values) award in Q1 FY23 as recognition of impact, achievement and embodiment of our values across the quarter.Hiring numbers (solo):2022: 22 hires (all FTE) | avg Time to Hire: 27 days | avg Time to Fill: 41 days | 80% offer acceptance2023: 31 hires made (24 FTE, 7 FTC) | avg Time to Hire: 26 days | avg Time to Fill: 34 days | 82% offer acceptance

Responsible for partnering with numerous Tech & Digital clients, recruiting talent across multiple areas within Tech (Software Engineers, Technical Architects, QA, Mobile, DevOps/SRE).Highlights / Achievements:• Promoted in July 2021 (line management of 1)• Recruitment fee savings of £250k+ across our client-base in 2021• Active member of our internal Diversity Inclusion & Belonging (DI&B) Committee, driving and supporting various initiatives to make our business more diverse and inclusive; and holding our senior leadership team to account in their hiring and decision-making• Member of our internal 'product team', feeding back customer insights to our engineering team which could be used to enhance our 2 customer-facing apps• Coordinated internal L&D sessions on best practices for tech hiring - where and how to identify and engage great talent, how to put together an effective and inclusive interview process + more.

Hiring across Tech, Data, & Product.

During my time at trg. I specialised in the recruitment of JavaScript engineers, with a particular focus on modern JavaScript frameworks such as React.js, Node.js, Vue.js, and Angular2+. Successfully placed Junior, Mid-weight, Senior, and Lead Engineers at both start-ups and blue-chip organisations in the UK; including DAZN, Bulb, Arcadia, AIG, OVO Energy, Scott Logic, Goodlord, Thomas International & Nando's, amongst others.Highlights / Achievements:- Awarded 'Newcomer of the Year' in April 2018.- Running and scaling one of the largest JavaScript communities in London, The JS Roundabout.

Responsible for scaling and organising one of the largest JavaScript communities in London (~2500 active members), scheduling events and hosts, defining topics, and growing the brand social media presence by publishing and sharing relevant content, articles, and YouTube videos of our events.Collaborated with some of the leading tech scale-ups in London, such as Twitter, Skyscanner, Moonpig, Secret Escapes, Compare The Market, EDITED, Gousto, and Beamery. Highlights / Achievements:- Scaling the membership of the community to over 2500 people- Organising a Diversity in Tech event for International Women’s Day in March 2018, with an all-female panel of guest speakers- Hosting an event at Twitter's Soho HQ in November 2017, which was attended by over 150 people- Establishing a Slack community which provided a platform for JavaScript knowledge sharing and continuous learning. Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/The-JS-Roundabout/Twitter - @jsroundaboutYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYiaXuio0bMTbSFeBQrI4LQ

The Agile Roundabout is the longest-running of trg.’s family of tech communities, founded in 2016 with intention of allowing people in the Agile community to come together each month to share stories and experiences. Hosts included:- Amazon- Ticketmaster- ASOS- Elsevier- Trainlinehttps://www.theroundabouts.co.uk/

Spent an extended period of time travelling, experiencing different cultures and fulfilling a long-held ambition. My travels took me to New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Japan. My favourite memories were riding the Nevis Swing in Queenstown; New Zealand, driving a motorbike from Hội An to Huế along the Hải Vân Pass in Vietnam; as featured on Top Gear, and spending 3 weeks travelling Japan which had always been a bucket list destination to visit.

First recruitment job within a boutique, medium-sized agency, supporting clients across Tech and Banking. During my time at Skillfinder I specialised in tech recruitment across a number of different areas, but with a particular focus on software engineering (Java, .NET, Python, JavaScript, C++).