Will Silk
Will Silk

Senior Recruiter

Actively looking · Member since 17 Sep 2026
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a senior recruiter with more than five years of full-cycle recruitment delivery experience across UK, US, and international markets.

I specialise in sourcing and placing technical, specialist, senior, and hard-to-fill talent across digital marketing, technology, engineering, skilled trades, healthcare, and finance.

I manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from vacancy intake and sourcing strategy to screening, interviewing, shortlisting, stakeholder communication, and offer management.

I use Boolean and X-Ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, market mapping, direct outreach, referrals, job boards, and AI-assisted workflows to build high-quality candidate pipelines.

I have delivered measurable outcomes including a 40% reduction in time-to-hire, an 85–90% offer-acceptance rate, 95% client satisfaction, and high-volume placement delivery.

I am a UK citizen based in Cape Town with full remote delivery capability across UK, US, and EU time zones.

Notice period: Immediate

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Experience

Career history

Operations Lead — Global Talent & RPO Specialist Advanced Digital Automotive Group (ADAG)

Led end-to-end recruitment delivery for US-market digital marketing, technology, operations, and senior-management hiring requirements.

Owned the recruitment lifecycle from vacancy intake and sourcing strategy through screening, stakeholder communication, and offer management. Built scalable SOPs, screening frameworks, and KPI-driven reporting, while directing offshore sourcing, screening, and pipeline administration support.

Co-Founder & Senior Recruitment Consultant Bridgeway Talent Partners AI

Founded and operate an independent RPO and specialist recruitment consultancy serving technical, engineering, and skilled-trades markets through retained, contingent, and project-based recruitment engagements.

Own the full lifecycle from client briefing and sourcing strategy to outreach, structured interviews, shortlisting, client presentation, and offer management. Build evidence-led pipelines using Boolean and X-Ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, job boards, and AI-assisted sourcing workflows.

Recruitment Specialist RPO & Contract Recruitment Engagements

Completed a series of short-term RPO and contract recruitment engagements embedded in client and agency environments across US digital marketing, technology, high-volume BPO, and renewable energy sectors.

Delivered full-cycle sourcing and screening, structured candidate assessment, pipeline management, ATS administration, and stakeholder reporting. Consistently worked against KPIs in fast-turnaround, high-volume, and specialist hiring environments.

Freelance Recruitment Specialist Top Company Consultants (Pty) Ltd

Delivered concurrent international recruitment assignments across technology, digital, finance, FinTech, operations, and specialist professional markets for clients in the UK, US, and Australia.

Managed sourcing, candidate qualification, interview coordination, and stakeholder communication across multiple active mandates. Built and maintained candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, market mapping, direct outreach, Boolean and X-Ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, and referrals.

Medical Recruiter British Nursing Association / A24 Group

Delivered full-cycle recruitment for UK healthcare clients, recruiting nurses, carers, and pharmacists across concurrent client requirements.

Managed high-volume sourcing, structured screening, compliance checks, and credential verification. Maintained candidate relationships through proactive engagement, interview preparation, and offer support.

International Client Operations Roles Lufthansa InTouch & Key Travel

Held senior international travel and client operations roles over approximately ten years, working in high-pressure, cross-time-zone environments.

Built strong foundations in client relationship management, negotiation, stakeholder communication, and operational delivery that transfer directly to senior recruitment work.

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