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Jennie Child

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Director & Founder at Balance
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Jennie Child is the Founder of Balance, an inclusive hiring consultancy with over two decades of recruitment experience. She specializes in creating equitable and accessible hiring processes through audits, training, and advisory services for global brands. She studied Business Studies at Solent University and is described as a "phenomenal advocate for inclusion. "

Outside of her primary professional focus, Jennie is a passionate advocate for inclusion in sports. She co-founded The Sirens, an all-female yacht racing team created to provide more competitive opportunities for women in sailing. The team has competed in events like Cowes Week and Antigua Week.

She is also a certified Mental Health First Aider, integrating wellbeing into her advocacy for inclusive environments.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Director & Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Topics Jennie cares about

Inclusive Hiring
As the Founder of Balance, her entire career is dedicated to helping companies achieve intentionally inclusive, equitable, and bias-free hiring through audits, training, and e-learning.
Neurodiversity in Recruitment
She speaks on making the hiring process more accessible for neurodivergent talent, researching conditions like ADHD and autism to remove unintentional barriers.
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Career

Work history

9-2019
Director & Founder
Balance
9-2023
Inclusive Hiring Partner
Talent Spaces
1-2019 - 8-2019
Interim Director of Talent
GroupM
6-2016 - 11-2018
International Director of Talent
AKQA
4-2014 - 10-2016
Co-Founder
The Sirens Yacht Racing Team
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Media appearances

Inclusive hiring from audit to action with Jennie Child – Founder of Balance (Creating Futures podcast). Featured in Spotify – Creating Futures
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Inclusive hiring: from audit to action with Jennie Child, Founder of Balance. Featured in Marketing.org.nz
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Education
Business Studies
Solent University
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