Summary
Aaron Hooper is an experienced Talent Acquisition leader with over a decade in recruitment and 18 years of broader talent acquisition exposure, currently serving as Resourcing Delivery Advisor at Halfords. He has a strong track record hiring across technical and creative disciplines—most recently leading Art & Animation hiring for multiple AAA projects at Ubisoft—while driving process improvements that reduced time-to-hire and preserved high offer acceptance and NPS. Aaron blends hands-on sourcing and stakeholder partnering with strategic initiatives like competency-based interviewing, workforce planning, recruitment marketing, and data-driven QBRs. He’s led small teams, coached direct reports, and built candidate-focused resources (e.g., an Applicant Resource Centre microsite) to improve experience and employer brand. Based in Brierley Hill, he brings startup-agility from launching recruitment businesses as well as large-studio delivery know-how, making him effective at scaling talent operations across varied growth phases.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Thorns Community College