Experience

Designlab

• United States
• Design Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Career Coach, Recruiting, and Career Services Lead

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Recruiting and Career Services expertise for a growing design education startup. Initiatives include career coaching, talent acquisition, hiring partnerships, course materials, and content development. Working to increase visibility for our graduates, provide expert career advice, and train coaches to provide best in class mentorship, and add to our small but growing team. Individual Career Coach for select students, mentoring them 1:1 to successfully find their first role in UX/UI and Product Design. Show less



Vista

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• People Operations, Design Operations

  • Apr 2022 - May 2023

  First hire dedicated to Talent Management and People Operations in a rapidly scaling, remote, global UX Design team of 50+ members. Established, improved, and implemented People Programs, including: Sourcing, interviewing and onboarding; Leveling and progression frameworks; Goal setting templates and guidance; Individual and team learning and development curriculum; Team culture initiatives; Executive and cross-functional communications and presentations. Impacted by multiple rounds of layoffs. First hire dedicated to Talent Management and People Operations in a rapidly scaling, remote, global UX Design team of 50+ members. Established, improved, and implemented People Programs, including: Sourcing, interviewing and onboarding; Leveling and progression frameworks; Goal setting templates and guidance; Individual and team learning and development curriculum; Team culture initiatives; Executive and cross-functional communications and presentations. Impacted by multiple rounds of layoffs.



Code and Theory

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director of Talent Acquisition

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2020

  Global head of talent at a growing digital creative and product design agency, working with leadership and managing a team of four to rapidly hire for staff and contract roles. Resigned to prioritize pandemic childcare and education. Recruiting and Hiring: Partnered with leadership to identify and define hiring needs, and led a team of 5 recruiters in a high volume, highly competitive talent landscape; defined external talent strategy, including improved Careers page and LinkedIn presence, and employee testimonials and featured achievements; hired for key senior roles, including first Chief Creative Officer and Head of Engineering; prioritized DEI initiatives, including inaugural Diversity Internship program, interview bias training, and ensuring a diverse candidate pool for all roles. Operations: Negotiated recruiting tool and agency budgets and fees; optimized Greenhouse to standardize and streamline usage; established standard job descriptions and candidate feedback process to improve internal and candidate response time; established and reported on time to hire for key disciplines, and partnered with hiring managers to continuously improve interview process. Team Management: Led and grew the talent acquisition team from 2 to 5, delegating roles and responsibilities, managing performance conversations, and motivating the team through 1:1s and coaching. Show less



Real Chemistry

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Talent Acquisition

  • Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  First member of the Talent Acquisition team dedicated to design and creative roles across a 1,000 person healthcare communications practice. - Partnered with C-suite and executive leadership to reshape the creative discipline across geographies in a 900 plus person healthcare agency - Led the recruiting function for Creative, Product, and Marketing roles, significantly reducing the reliance on external staffing agencies for these positions - Taught Interview Skills workshops in person and remotely to new employees across the network; trained employees and talent team members on Greenhouse best practices Show less



LearnVest

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Talent Lead

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  Led Product Design and Creative recruiting in the New York and Milwaukee offices, partnering with executive teams to rapidly scale following acquisition. - Hired 30+ designers and other product team members in five months, in both the New York and Midwest markets - First recruiter dedicated to Design, Product, and Marketing teams, responsible for rapid growth in highly competitive markets - Standardized job descriptions, created employer branding for creative candidates, and increased visibility for the organization through attending networking events and conferences, including Grace Hopper, CUSP, and AIGA - Partnered with leaders across a highly matrixed organization to revise salary bands, titling, and leveling, evaluate team structure, and establish career pathing for Design team members Show less



SYPartners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Talent Lead

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

  Led the strategic sourcing, recruiting and hiring of Design and Product talent in an innovative and highly selective management consultancy. - Worked with executive teams to forecast hiring needs, evaluate compensation strategy, and establish best practices for comprehensive candidate experience, from application, through onboarding and development - Managed Design Associate program, a 6 month apprenticeship position providing a path to hire for creatives from non-traditional sources - Collaborated with Brand and Creative teams to create a calendar of events and speaking engagements for employees to increase company visibility Show less



Geometry Global

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  Managed the sourcing, recruiting and hiring of talent for Geometry Global's New York office and other North America locations, with a focus on creative, strategy and technology roles. Worked closely with C-level executives and hiring managers to strategically and quickly fill open positions. Collaborated with operations and HR teams to improve processes and workflow, and actively participated in college recruitment and portfolio reviews to attract top candidates for a growing agency. Managed the sourcing, recruiting and hiring of talent for Geometry Global's New York office and other North America locations, with a focus on creative, strategy and technology roles. Worked closely with C-level executives and hiring managers to strategically and quickly fill open positions. Collaborated with operations and HR teams to improve processes and workflow, and actively participated in college recruitment and portfolio reviews to attract top candidates for a growing agency.



Jack Morton Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recruiting and Resource Manager

  • May 2012 - Jun 2014

  Full cycle recruiting for all agency positions, including creative, digital, strategy, and production, with a focus on creative. Worked with internal teams to chose the right candidates for each project, main point of contact for current and potential recruits. Managed all internal and freelance resources across projects and ran weekly staffing meetings with all teams. Maintained a high level of agility in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Full cycle recruiting for all agency positions, including creative, digital, strategy, and production, with a focus on creative. Worked with internal teams to chose the right candidates for each project, main point of contact for current and potential recruits. Managed all internal and freelance resources across projects and ran weekly staffing meetings with all teams. Maintained a high level of agility in a fast-paced, evolving environment.



LIPMAN

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

  Managed timelines and resources for multiple fashion and luxury brands, from kick off to final production and reconciliation. Managed studio resources and recruitment, hiring and overseeing freelancers as needed for all projects. Built schedules and timelines in conjunction with creative, account and production teams. Sourced and contracted vendors, from print to tech to fabrication. Managed timelines and resources for multiple fashion and luxury brands, from kick off to final production and reconciliation. Managed studio resources and recruitment, hiring and overseeing freelancers as needed for all projects. Built schedules and timelines in conjunction with creative, account and production teams. Sourced and contracted vendors, from print to tech to fabrication.



Arnold Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager

  • 2004 - 2007

  Project management - Citizen's Bank, McDonalds, Activision, Royal Caribbean Project management - Citizen's Bank, McDonalds, Activision, Royal Caribbean