Working at our London office, our new technical recruiter will be tasked with finding and securing the very best coding, project management and design talent to work on our complex and scalable web apps. Acting quickly and representing us well, our chosen candidate will take responsibility for advertising, reviewing and talking with applicants (and potential applicants), and generally managing our slick but informal hiring process from beginning to end. We don't want or need to work with recruitment agencies, our ideal candidate will understand why. Our chosen recruiter will use custom tools to manage our fast and no-nonsense hiring process, enlisting the very best people to work on big projects for high-profile clients. Potato's clients currently and previously include Google, YouTube, News International, BBH, Mother and numerous other agencies. This role will see you working as part of a growing team. The workload will sometimes be hectic, but the atmosphere is cheerful and proactive. This is a full-time freelance role and we're looking for a candidate available to start as soon as possible. Responsibilities: - Creative and not-by-the-numbers recruitment - Organising successful, targeted marketing of roles - Writing job specifications and advertisement copy (how would you phrase this job ad?) - Assessing candidates through application and interview - Management of entire hiring process Experience: - Measurable hiring success for technical roles - In-depth understanding of the tech job market - Comfortable with a heavily developer-driven environment Pay & benefits: - Competitive day rate - Free lunch, drinks and snacks - A fun and supportive working environment Apply with: - A cover letter - Your CV, including references - Details of your availability Application: Drop us an email - if we like what we see we'll get back to you quickly to arrange to have a cup of tea and a chat. Agencies: Please don't call. If (one day) we need you, we'll be in touch. We will not engage with cold-calling or emailing agencies in any way. Keywords: Recruitment, Consultant