I recruit digital professionals based in London with a focus on Creative. Whether you're looking for a contract or permanent position, or you're a digital agency or client side that requires my assistance with recruitment, get in touch as I'd love to help: Grace@zebrapeople.com .
We are Zebra People, a specialist digital recruitment agency that brings together the smartest digital talent and the best-loved brands, leading agencies and innovative start-ups.
Founded in 2001, we specialise in permanent and contract User Experience, Creative, Client Services & Project Management roles and pride ourselves on being straight talking, honest and experienced recruiters who are passionate about building long-term relationships both with our clients and our candidates.
For clients
Our intelligent and rigorous approach to attracting great candidates, combined with our industry expertise ensures you get the right person for the job and are never bombarded with CV’s.
• Our CV to interview ratio is 2:1
• Our interview to placement is 3:1
For candidates
We’ll listen to your requirements and promise to only speak to you about roles that are relevant. We’ll stay in touch once you’re placed and check everything’s as you expected - we're always keen to hear your feedback.
• 89% of our candidates are still in the same job after two years.
We’re also hosts of our highly successful, not-for-profit event UX People, now in its fourth year; a place where UX practitioners, from beginners to industry leaders, are given practical and inspiring learning opportunities and a platform to showcase their skills www.uxpeople.co.uk .
So, if we sound like the kind of people you’d like to talk to then please get in touch.
Junior Consultant @ Personally specializing in Creative and dabbling in UX, roles include but not excluded to;
Digital Designer
UI Designer
Visual Designer
Art Director
Creative Director
UX/UI Designer
UX Designer
We are Zebra People. Involved with the industry beyond our desks we are constantly involved with events, either hosting our own (www.uxpeople.com), sponsoring industry related events or simply attending events in order to better our knowledge of industry related trends. We pride ourselves on being industry thought leaders, listening to both the needs of our candidates and clients and responding to this in the form of workshops, events as well as producing related articles to share with the industry. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Creative Resourcer @ My responsibilities included sourcing & qualifying candidates, meeting new clients to take job briefs, writing job specs . From July 2014 to December 2014 (6 months) Receptionist/Hostess @ I worked as part of the Front of House team at Fat Buddha, Newcastle.
My role involved:
-Dealing with guests at the first point of contact in the reception and providing a friendly and hospitable welcome.
-Liaising with future guests through the telephone and email to arrange events to meet the guests requirements.
- Selling events packages to clients.
- Answering all inbound telephone inquiries. Making outbound communication with clients to discuss their event requirements.
-Monitoring social media & review channels.
- Using Open Table to accommodate both walk in guests and bookings.
- Working with the wider team to accommodate bookings and events. From January 2014 to June 2014 (6 months) Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomHorse Back Riding Instructor @ For two summers I have taken part in the Camp America vacation programme.
I have worked as part of an international team of over 500 staff, teaching horse riding to children between 6-17 and also those with additional needs as part of Round Lake Camps.
Working within a team of four instructors I was responsible for 20 horses and both for the teaching of lessons & leading trails.
As part of this team we had to adhere to health and safety policy, encorporating this into our horsemanship & teaching practices.
This role required high levels of team work, time management skills and the ability to encorporate risk prevention into every aspect of my work. From June 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 4 months) Corporate Hospitality Team @ From January 2009 to September 2013 (4 years 9 months) Hull, United KingdomCommunity Relations Team @ From June 2008 to December 2012 (4 years 7 months) Hull, United KingdomNanny @ From June 2011 to September 2011 (4 months) Barcelona Area, Spain
Politics, Politics, 2.1 @ University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne From 2011 to 2014 Hessle High School Grace Carey is skilled in: Recruiting, Teamwork, Qualifying Candidates, Contract Recruitment, Account Management, Social Media, Marketing, Social Networking, Graphic Design, Communication, Photoshop, Time Management, User Experience, Event Management, Highly Reliable
Websites:
http://zebrapeople.com/consultants/grace-carey