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Clara Davies

Clara Davies

Talent Acquisition Specialist
Porto, Portugal

Summary

With 13+ years' experience across tech, events, and coaching, including roles in fast-paced, high-growth scale-ups, I’ve found my stride in recruitment—helping growing teams hire thoughtfully and effectively. I focus on getting the right people into the right roles and building simple, scalable processes that work. I’m excited to join a team that values people-first recruitment and is driven to make a real impact.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

David Kennedy Recruitment
06.2025 - Current
  • Owning full-cycle recruitment across EMEA - from sourcing and engaging passive candidates, job posting, screening, interview coordination to managing offers and closing - with a focus on Go-To-Market (GTM) roles.
  • Collaborating with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
  • Building and maintaining high-quality candidate pipelines, with a strong focus on diversity, engagement, and high pass-through rates across the hiring funnel.

Recruiter + Talent Sourcer

Cross Border Talents
03.2025 - Current
  • Sourcing top talent across EMEA for GTM roles.
  • Owning the full candidate journey—from posting job ads, through first contact, screening, and coordinating interviews with clients, to onboarding.
  • Proactively engaging candidates with clear communication, maintaining accurate ATS data, and using recruitment metrics to improve sourcing effectiveness.


Career Transition Coach

Freelance
01.2022 - Current
  • Coached over 100 global clients through career transitions, job search strategies, and vocational orientations across the tech, creative, and business sectors.
  • Built and scaled an online coaching business, managing client acquisition, and content creation.

Employee Engagement, Culture + Events

Gracenote
01.2017 - 01.2022
  • Head of Social Committee: Leading a team of 10 to plan, budget, coordinate vendors, manage internal communications, and execute 20+ company events for 50 to 200 attendees.
  • Designed and led onboarding programs, trained all new hires, and assessed team fit during recruitment.
  • Created an internal engagement portal, gaining company-wide recognition, and optimized workflows to boost collaboration by 90%.

Music Metadata Specialist

Gracenote
01.2015 - 01.2022
  • Data analysis across industry trends and radio charts for Sony, Warner Music and Spotify.
  • Managed genre classification, mood tagging, and catalog enrichment, improving metadata accuracy by 97% to enhance music discovery and UX.

People Manager

Forever 21
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Led monthly recruitment, onboarding, and training for 100+ staff in a high-volume 4,500 sqm store.
  • Oversaw workforce planning, daily operations, scheduling, and financial reporting.

Education

Co-Active Coaching Certification (CPCC)

Co-Active Training Institute

Bachelor - Language & Communication

Universitat Autònoma Barcelona

Skills

Talent sourcing & pipeline building

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist

David Kennedy Recruitment
06.2025 - Current

Recruiter + Talent Sourcer

Cross Border Talents
03.2025 - Current

Career Transition Coach

Freelance
01.2022 - Current

Employee Engagement, Culture + Events

Gracenote
01.2017 - 01.2022

Music Metadata Specialist

Gracenote
01.2015 - 01.2022

People Manager

Forever 21
01.2013 - 01.2015

Bachelor - Language & Communication

Universitat Autònoma Barcelona

Co-Active Coaching Certification (CPCC)

Co-Active Training Institute

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