I am a Recruitment Leader with over 10 years technical and non technical recruitment expertise, Talent Acquisition and head hunting specialist with particular expertise in Mobile, Digital Media and Digital Transformation. Motivated professional with excellent communications and interpersonal skills, adept at working under pressure and achieving targets. Excellent negotiator and seasoned relationship builder, with strong problem solving abilities. "I love working with people to ultimately set them up in their career they want and even if I don't have anything for them right now I will connect them through introductions to my contacts to see if we can secure them a role."​ I am currently contracting for McDonald's Europe leading up their digital recruitment requirements for their new exciting "digital transformation" proposition. (This is working through my Ltd Company Golden Circle Consulting) If you wish to contact me privately my email address is [email protected] Specialities: Recruitment, Staffing, on boarding, Consulting, SEO, PPC, Social Media, Digital Media, Community Management, Headhunting, Negotiating, E-commerce, Online Marketing, Managing Budgets, P&L, Educating clients, Research, Business Development, Sales, Client Relations, Contracts, Human Resources, internal recruitment, International Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Hiring Training, Project Management, campus management.

European Recruitment Manager-Digital Transformation (Interim) @ McDonald's is going through a major global digital transformation and I am involved in one of the biggest digital transition projects within the restaurant industry. My role is to lead the recruitment strategy as well as recruit manager and director level talent who will be building out various different strategies from Digital Marketing to Program Management and roll out a number of digital products across 100+ markets to support those markets with their digital transition. From December 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) London, United KingdomHead of Talent Acquisition, Europe & North America @ I am solely responsible for all of the talent acquisition across Europe and North America. InMobi enables the world’s leading brands, developers, and publishers to engage global consumers through mobile advertising. InMobi platforms leverage advances in big data, user behavior, and cloud-based architectures to simplify mobile advertising for its customers. Recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the 50 Disruptive Companies of 2013, InMobi is the world's largest independent mobile ad network, engaging 872 million consumers across 200 countries. From March 2014 to December 2014 (10 months) London, United KingdomGlobal Staffing Manager - Europe, US, LATAM and APAC @ I was responsible for all staffing and recruitment across Europe, US, LATAM and APAC, managing a global team of experienced in house recruiters.as well as directly recruiting myself Criteo is a leading global technology company that specializes in performance display advertising, working with over 4,000 ecommerce companies around the world. Criteo has over 700 employees in offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia serving more than 35 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.criteo.com From March 2013 to March 2014 (1 year 1 month) Talent Acquisition Manager (FTC) @ Responsible for the recruitment and Talent Acquisition at Badoo. Badoo is the largest worldwide social network for meeting new people. It showcases many great social network fundamentals, but primarily focuses on giving users the best games and tools to gain attention and expand their social circles. From September 2012 to February 2013 (6 months) London, United KingdomTalent Acquisition Partner-EMEA (via CPH Consulting) @ This was my first experience going in-house I worked onsite through an RPO for Bazaarvoice managing all the recruitment for commercial and enterprise sales directors outside of the US so this would include UK, Germany, France, Nordics and Benelux. From January 2012 to September 2012 (9 months) London, United KingdomManaging Director @ Associates Group is a bespoke boutique agency that specialises in the social media/marketing and I.T.sectors of industry. Our client portfolio which includes some of the biggest agency and client side corporations in the world are testimonials to our ability to handle volume yet still offer a value added service to our clients. Leaders in the provision of talent and staffing solutions to the IT & Digital/media world. Our clients are global competitors and need a recruitment perspective that is deliverable! I came on board and completely changed the dynamics and market of the business, increasing revenue in the 1st year by 400% and 400% in the 2nd year. I see this as my greatest achievement to date. From April 2010 to January 2012 (1 year 10 months) London, United KingdomClient Development Manager/Team Leader (New Media and DigitalTeam) @ Due to an ever increasing New Media and Digital Client relations over the past 18 months I have set up the New Media Team within the InterQuest Group under the ecrmpeople banner. Because of my passion and business development/sales skills, I have established new client relationships within the media space, which include Blue Chip Organisations like BSKYB, Virgin Media, BBC, ITV, ITN, FIVE, IPC Media, MacMillan Publishing, I-CD Publishing, River Island, ASOS as well as SME’s. Since I started, this division has not only expanded its candidate and client networks but also its brand presence and we are now being contacted through recommendations. The New Media Team services the Sales, Marketing, Editorial and IT sectors. I have trained my team to attract candidates and potential clients through the use of Social Media, Blogging/Communities and visiting exhibitions to introduce our services through word of mouth (WOM) This has proven so far to be the best use of delivering candidates to our client and In my opinion, given the current financial climate it is necessary to be entrepreneurial and diversify. I have found that these are growing markets especially within the digital new media space and therein lays a niche to be conquered. • My achievement so far working at e-crmpeople has been to build up a New Media and Broadcasting database enriched with clients and candidates with no budget or marketing tools and I am still able to compete with all the leading Digital Recruitment players currently trading in the market place. From June 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 10 months) Senior Consultant @ End to End Recruitment I work on both Contract (60%) and Permanent (40%) markets Achievement to date was to build my platform to 21 contractors within my first year at SBS and received an award for the “Best Newcomer” within the Interquest Group. From February 2006 to June 2008 (2 years 5 months) Recruitment Consultant @ From September 2005 to February 2006 (6 months) Trainee Recruitment Consultant @ From February 2005 to September 2005 (8 months) Senior Negotiator @ I would regularly canvass on a daily basis for properties Supervising two negotiators Property valuations Finding and taking on vendors Negotiating sales Administration From August 2004 to February 2005 (7 months) Sales Manager @ Ensuring smooth running of the sales department Supervising two negotiators Property valuation Finding and taking on vendors Negotiating sales Administration. From June 2000 to August 2004 (4 years 3 months) Junior Negotiator @ From February 2000 to June 2000 (5 months)

NVQ2, Catering @ University of Westminster From 1997 to 1998 jews free school From 1992 to 1997 Steven Jacobs is skilled in: Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, CRM, Digital Marketing, Social Networking, Social Media, Business Development, Management, Online Marketing, Digital Media, New Business Development, Negotiation, Technical Recruiting, Sourcing, PPC