Gemma Hughes

Gemma Hughes is an experienced recruitment professional currently serving as the Recruiting Manager for G&A (General and Administrative) at Instacart, a position she has held since April 2021.1 Her career in talent acquisition and recruitment spans over a decade, with a focus on the technology sector.

Career Highlights

Instacart Experience::

• Recruiting Manager, G&A (April 2021 - Present)
• Senior Recruiter (March 2020 - March 2021)

Previous Roles::

• Head of Talent at Creative Market (January 2019 - March 2020)
• Senior Recruitment Consultant at MitchelLake Group (December 2017 - March 2018)
• Contract Recruiter for various companies including Fundbox, Centric Software, and Unity Technologies

Achievements

At Creative Market, Gemma:

• Joined post-Series A funding and office closure to focus on a fully distributed culture
• Hired critical positions including VP Marketing, VP Engineering, and Directors of Product and Product Design
• Partnered with executives on headcount planning and compensation strategy
• Led interview training and equity discussions for inexperienced leaders1

During her time at Fundbox, she:

• Contributed to quadrupling the company size in one year
• Built recruitment infrastructure from scratch, including configuring Greenhouse ATS
• Established processes, best practices, and designed candidate experience1

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Media, Communications and Culture from the University of Keele (2008-2011)
• Certificate in Bahasa Indonesia from Universitas Panji Sakti Singaraja (2011-2012)
• Study abroad experience at the University of Western Sydney (2010)1

Notable Experience

Gemma participated in Remote Year from September 2016 to August 2017, maintaining a location-agnostic position with The Mitchellake Group while traveling across 12 cities in 12 months.1

Gemma Hughes is known for her expertise in talent acquisition, particularly in the tech industry, and has been recognized as being among the top 1% of professionals by her colleagues.1