Aaron Kier Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, US

I am seeking roles that lead and impact 👉🏼 Employee Experience, 👉🏼 Culture, 👉🏼 DEIB and/or 👉🏼 Workplace Engagement.My experience level is suited to senior management or Director-level opportunities with responsibility for strategy and program leadership.🌎 Remote or hybrid in Portland, Oregon.What makes me amazing and effective (ie — what I can bring to.

Portland, Oregon, US

• I designed, launched and led the company’s first holistic people, culture and employee experience program and all related talent strategy initiatives for 170+ team members in the US and UK.Among my biggest.
• Reducing turnover and increasing net promoter score (NPS) by 12 points within six months,
• Reaching and maintaining LinkedIn Learning user adoption, content consumption and repeat user rates in the 80th percentile,
• Spearheading the creation and adoption of new company values, which resulted in the unprecedented engagement survey score of 91% agreement for identifying with the values,
• Increasing utilization of the expanded mental health and wellness benefit by 47%, and
• Raising over $17K for The Trevor Project in a mid-year Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Provided executive-level strategic guidance, bespoke solutions, hands-on implementation, project leadership and communications for fostering employee engagement, enhancing the talent lifecycle experience, strengthening.
• Designed and built new people programs and/or leadership roles to align with company growth; revamped existing programs/roles to fit current scale or evolved priorities.
• Provided thought-leadership and coaching to C-Suite clients to foster growth of leadership team competencies and performance, talent management practices, and key programs for humanizing the employee experience.
• Analyzed internal policies, practices, and engagement data to identify opportunities and devise large- and small-scale talent innovation initiatives.
• Suggested policy and practice improvements to address a wide range of workplace culture and/or DEIB needs and opportunities, including candidate and employee experience, talent and hiring practices, talent brand, and.

Portland, OR, US

• Provided ongoing people & culture support to executive management to drive the growth and mission impact of 17 state and national teams through robust team development, individualized performance management, and.
• Served as HR liaison to Market Directors and employees on policy and procedure questions, matters of legal compliance, and facilitation of learning around changes and initiatives.
• Worked with People Managers to coach through performance issues, team-building opportunities, development plans, and growth/succession planning.
• Partnered with leaders to mitigate unconscious bias in hiring and performance management, grow personal and team cultural competence, and to ensure progress toward established DEI goals.
• Managed full-cycle recruitment processes covering a broad range of role disciplines and levels, drafting and posting job listings, conducting candidate screens, coordinating interviews, and negotiating offers.
• Partnered with the national Talent Team on development of the annual strategic plan, service-level innovation projects, specialized training sessions, and company events.

Forest Grove, Oregon, US

Won a juried student teaching position, for which I designed and taught a composition and critical thinking course of ENG 201: “Contemporary Voices on Social Concerns.” Invited back for an additional adjunct semester, for which I designed and taught an ENG 201 course titled “Our World in Story.”

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, GA, US

Mfa, Writing

Ba, English