Over twelve years experience in the design and implementation of recruitment strategies, from sourcing initiatives, recruitment process re-engineering, establishing best practice for liaison with Human Resources, implementation and usage of a metrics led approach and building teams of recruiters that drive up quality and drive down costs. I have successfully recruited for many areas - software development, trading, financial services and sales. In my career to date I have been fortunate to work in Australia, India, China, the USA and Canada. Email - mattbuckland79@gmail.com Specialties: Recruitment, Staffing, On-boarding, Consultancy, Social Media, Community Management, Diversity Hiring, Event Planning, Creative Sourcing, Headhunting, Negotiation, E-commerce, Online Marketing, Stake Holder Management to C-Level, Research, Business Development, Sales, Client Relationships, Contracts, Human Resources, Internal Recruitment, International Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Training, Project Management, Campus Recruitment.

Head of Talent @ Lyst.com is one of the world's largest fashion marketplaces. It creates a personal shopping experience for each of the millions of people who use it every month. The company works with hundreds of leading fashion designers and retailers globally and has raised over $70m from investors including Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (YOOX, MySQL), DFJ (Skype, Hotmail), and the teams behind LVMH, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors and Tory Burch. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) London, United KingdomHead of Talent @ Based in Hoxton, London, Forward Partners are a “startup catalyst”, combining funding with practical hands-on expertise and insight. We're investors in very early stage eCommerce companies. Our team have the experience to enable entrepreneurs to succeed. We do more than advise and mentor. We help the best entrepreneurs quickly find a great product-market fit with our expertise in customer discovery, coding, design, customer acquisition, testing and analysis as well as offering office space. Companies invested in include: Hailo, Zopa, Wool and the Gang, Thread, Big Health, Stylect, Makers Academy, DriftRock, Hello, SnapTrip, Loyalty Bay, Appear Here and Edge Retreats From May 2014 to June 2015 (1 year 2 months) London, United KingdomTechnical Recruitment Lead @ Founded in 2005, Criteo provides the world first pay-per-click (PPC) search-like display solution. Criteo’s advanced technology enables online advertisers to engage with potential customers via dynamic banners containing the most relevant product specific information that are generated in real-time for each individual. Criteo’s personalized banners significantly outperform standard display advertising and other types of retargeted banners in click-through rates and have also proven to increase on-site conversions and average order values. The R&D department helps build the next generation of advertising solutions that power billions of impressions every month. Developers who are passionate about engineering will be challenged daily in the development of Criteo’s solutions. Joining the team means concentrating on algorithmic research, machine learning, developing new functionalities and optimizing Criteo’s products amongst other activities. Be ready to test and see the impact of your models in real-time, reaching millions of users. From July 2013 to May 2014 (11 months) Technical Recruitment Lead @ Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected. The London office is the first Engineering location outside the USA. I joined to aid in the attraction and hiring of senior technical talent for the London office. Hired members of the recruitment team and established technical sourcing strategy. Worked in a distributed team between London and Dublin to source for the Mobile, Internal Tools, Security and nascent Facebook Graph Search teams. I was responsible for the organisation and planning of several Hackathons and tech meet-ups. Sourcing attendees from the local London tech community. With a growing focus on gender diversity I organised Facebook's first female hackathon. I managed mixed team of recruiters, sourcers and a co-ordinator, a total of five people. From November 2012 to May 2013 (7 months) London, United KingdomInterim Recruiter @ Established in London in July 2007, Secretsales.com is one of the UK's leading private shopping clubs, offering limited-time online sales with current name-brand goods at deep discounts. Brands include fashion, beauty, homewares and lifestyle categories, many familiar from the high street. During a period of rapid growth I was retained to establish a staffing function and source developers, systems administrators and data analysts for the technical team. From August 2012 to November 2012 (4 months) Recruitment Manager - Technology and Trading @ GETCO is a global market maker focused on helping investors efficiently transfer risk. Our primary business involves both buying and selling securities to provide two-sided markets on exchanges around the world and as a Designated Market Maker (DMM) on the New York Stock Exchange. The electronic liquidity we supply allows individual and institutional investors to immediately transfer the risk often associated with securities while saving money on trading costs. In addition, we also provide customers with routing services and dedicated liquidity through an Alternative Trading System, GETCO Execution Services (GES). I worked to remove the reliance on third party agency suppliers and establish a technical value proposition for prospective candidates. The reduction in cost and the growth of interest in the GETCO brand led to increased UK campus activities, an ability for the UK office to build pipelines of candidates for the first time and a chance to refine the ad-hoc recruitment practices that had been in place. I managed a small team of a senior recruiter and a co-ordinator. Running a very efficient and robust process that delivered true return of investment for our stakeholders. From January 2011 to June 2012 (1 year 6 months) Greater Chicago AreaR&D Recruitment Manager EMEA at Bloomberg @ Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors. Responsible for R&D and Technical recruitment. This encompasses: C/C++ Developers for the Terminal Application Working across all product areas FX Derivatives, Fixed Income Automatic Trade, Equities Pricing, Market Data Feeds and Trading Systems. The role includes: - Devising recruitment strategy aligned with business needs and goals - Managing recruitment systems and processes - Conducting HR interviews and advising the business on hires - Ambassador for Bloomberg at recruitment and networking events - Advising employees on Internal Mobility opportunities and processes - Managing budget and strategy for recruitment advertising and other promotional activities From February 2010 to January 2011 (1 year) London, United KingdomUK Recruitment Manager @ ThoughtWorks is a fast growing technology consultancy with an enviable track record of delivering real business value. We are a multinational company with over 1000 ThoughtWorkers working in US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, and China. Our customers are mostly from the top global 1000 companies and include leading names in financial services, retail, insurance, and energy. Our business is growing rapidly, largely through word of mouth recommendation, with revenues over $100 million. We tackle complex, mission-critical applications using Agile methodologies From July 2006 to October 2009 (3 years 4 months) Technology Recruitment Consultant @ From 2002 to 2007 (5 years)

Matt Buckland is skilled in: Technical Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruitment Advertising, Contract Recruitment, Executive Search, Talent Acquisition, Sourcing, College Recruiting, Permanent Placement, Internet Recruiting, Strategy, Graduate Recruitment, CRM, Building Relationships, Social Media