Karim Gamal

Talent Acquisition Specialist, EMEA @WorkMotion | Scaling Tech & Remote-First Teams Across Europe | Employer Branding & Strategic Hiring

Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

About

I specialize in scaling tech, operations, and commercial teams across EMEA and the GCC, partnering with growing and remote-first companies to build high-impact, distributed workforces. At WorkMotion, I lead full-cycle recruitment across diverse international markets, aligning hiring strategies with business objectives while ensuring a structured, transparent, and high-quality candidate experience. My focus goes beyond filling roles. I work closely with stakeholders to understand growth plans, market realities, and talent availability, balancing speed, quality, and long-term fit across technical and business functions. I’m particularly passionate about employer branding and candidate experience, believing that how you hire directly shapes how your company is perceived in competitive global markets. If you're scaling across EMEA or the GCC, or exploring your next opportunity in tech, operations, or sales, let’s connect.

Experience

  • Talent Acquisition Specialist, EMEA at WorkMotion
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist at Paymob
    Nov 2024 - Sep 2025 · 11 mos

    • Built and scaled cross-functional teams across Egypt and GCC markets within a high-growth fintech environment. • Led full-cycle recruitment for technical, product, operations, and commercial functions, supporting aggressive regional expansion. • Partnered closely with business leaders to define hiring plans, prioritize critical roles, and structure scalable recruitment processes. • Delivered hiring across competitive talent markets while balancing speed, quality, and long-term fit. • Provided market intelligence on compensation trends and talent availability across MENA and GCC ecosystems. • Strengthened employer branding initiatives through campus engagement, networking events, and proactive talent community building.

  • KODE Sports Club (Cairo, Egypt · On-site)
    • Talent Acquisition Officer
      Dec 2023 - Oct 2024 · 11 mos

      - Work closely with talent acquisition partners to understand hiring needs and develop creative sourcing and hiring strategies to build strong pipelines of qualified candidates. - Assist the recruiting team in scheduling and coordinating a wide variety of interviews across the organization. - Participate in recruitment syncs and cross-department meetings to understand hiring needs, aid in planning, and support sourcing efforts. - Utilize tools like LinkedIn, Wuzzuf, Forsna and other platforms to learn and perform outbound sourcing activities. - Collaborate with the talent team on employer branding initiatives and partnerships to attract top talent. - Shadow recruiting screens and hiring manager intake meetings to learn the structure of interview planning and interview etiquette.

    • People and culture Intern
      Aug 2023 - Dec 2023 · 5 mos

      -Work closely with talent acquisition partners to deeply understand hiring needs, develop creative sourcing and hiring strategies to build strong pipelines. - Assist the recruiting team in scheduling/coordinating a wide variety of interviews across the organization. - Partake in recruitment syncs and cross-department meetings to understand hiring needs and planning and aid in sourcing candidates. - Learn the ropes of outbound sourcing through use of tools like LinkedIn, and other platforms. - Assist employer branding initiatives and partnerships through collaboration with the talent team. - Shadow recruiting screens and hiring manager intake meetings to learn the structure of interview planning and interview etiquette.

  • Finance - (A/R) Accountant at Emaar Misr
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Customer Service Agent at ETISAL International Group
    May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos