Emily Thompson

Lead tech and non-tech recruitment at Fairmatic, managing a distributed team of 3 and driving ATS migration and process redesign; delivered a 59% YoY increase in new starters and an 87% increase in offers within six months while reducing time to offer by 11% and achieving a 92% offer acceptance rate.

Owned end-to-end hiring for Fairmatic’s non-tech organisation across Sales, Revenue Ops, Finance, Underwriting and Claims; eliminated agency use for non-leadership roles (100% reduction) and mentored junior recruiters to improve candidate satisfaction and time-to-hire.

Built and scaled an AI recruitment team from 1 to 5 within 12 months, recruiting senior AI research scientists and engineers across FAIR and Reality Labs and achieving the highest candidate passthrough rates and shortest time-to-hire in EMEA.

Led full-cycle recruitment of AI and engineering talent for UK tech companies, sourcing top 1% global AI candidates and billing over £750k in four years with an average fee of ~£15k.

Managed full-cycle finance recruitment for the North West UK, led two junior recruiters and consistently delivered top performance and client wins across permanent and qualified finance hires.

Conducted full-cycle IT and tech recruitment across North West England, recognised as a top trainee and delivered hires for a large-scale Amazon campaign, securing significant client trust.

Completed an operational infantry tour in Afghanistan (2012–2013), performing combat, security, humanitarian assistance and field operations under high pressure and complex environments.