Victoria Malela
@victoriamalela
Recruitment and operations specialist driving high-volume hiring, market entry, and cross-cultural talent solutions.
What I'm looking for
I am a recruitment and operations specialist with extensive experience delivering high-volume hiring pipelines and market-entry strategies across Europe and APAC, supporting tech, education, insurance, and consumer-brand clients. I have a proven track record reducing time-to-hire by up to 50% and increasing candidate volume 3–5X through targeted sourcing campaigns.
I have led global recruitment operations for tech and AI-mapping projects, entering 10+ international markets and owning pipelines across 12+ countries while managing simultaneous hiring cycles and training new recruiters to scale functions. My work includes salary benchmarking, market-entry research, structured candidate engagement, and providing hiring analytics to inform strategic decisions.
Multilingual and adaptable, I bring experience in in-house, agency, and freelance settings, supporting end-to-end recruitment, medical/insurance coordination, and project logistics. I prioritize data-driven processes, strong stakeholder partnership, and candidate experience to deliver timely, quality hires for fast-moving initiatives.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Recruitment Specialist
Voxelmaps
Oct 2022 - Jul 2025 (2 years 9 months)
Led global recruitment strategy for a tech and AI-mapping provider, expanding hiring across Europe and APAC into 10+ markets and achieving sub-3-week time-to-hire for project manager roles while sustaining weekly volume hiring.
Recruitment Specialist
Independent Consultant
Aug 2017 - Nov 2022 (5 years 3 months)
Provided end-to-end recruitment and HR operations support to clients across Europe, managing screening, interviewing, onboarding, and medical/insurance coordination while supporting marketing and editorial projects.
Recruitment Specialist
Hays
Dec 2016 - Jul 2017 (7 months)
Delivered daily teacher recruitment for a large government-education division in London, managing full-cycle placements, pipeline development, and targeted outreach to reduce time-to-fill and improve placement outcomes.
Recruitment Specialist
Innovation Direct Marketing Limited
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016 (4 months)
Recruited and onboarded field marketing teams for door-to-door campaigns during rapid client growth, maintaining weekly pipelines and securing hires to support sustained acquisition performance.
Human Resource Assistant
Aldemia
Dec 2014 - Aug 2015 (8 months)
Supported HR administration and operations, maintaining employee records, assisting onboarding and HR processes for the organisation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
IBM / Coursera
Certificate, Machine Learning
Enrolled in an in-progress Machine Learning with Python program (IBM), covering machine learning fundamentals and Python implementation.
Certificate, Project Management
2024 - 2024
Completed the Google Project Management certificate in 2024 focusing on foundational project management skills and tools.
Université Paris-Sorbonne
American Studies and Comparative Literature
Studied American Studies and Comparative Literature at Université Paris-Sorbonne with coursework in literary analysis and cultural studies.
Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Bachelor of Arts, Language and Literature
Bachelor of Arts in Language and Literature from Université Bordeaux Montaigne, focused on language, literature, and related humanities coursework.
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