Own full life-cycle of attorney recruitment for multiple offices over the years, including North Carolina, Texas, New York, and Jacksonville, including on-campus interviews, summer associate programs, staff attorneys, lateral associates, entry-level and counsel hiring. Serve as main point-of contact for recruiting agencies and law schools; draft job descriptions; screen resumes; maintain firm-wide recruiting budget and manage two recruiting team members. Direct firm's participation in Charlotte Legal Diversity Clerkship (CLDC)Directed our participation in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 1L Diversity Programs from 2020-2022Assess attorney resource needs via ongoing consulting with department heads, obtaining required approvals to cost-effectively recruit to meet department/firm needsConsult with Department Chairs and Recruiting members to strategize and evolve recruiting initiativesPartner with Career Services and law school affinity groups to plan and execute recruiting events, forming relationships with students and building the firm's brand Identify candidate sources and initiate/maintain contact with law schools, search firms, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)Assist with lateral attorney hiring including setting up cross-office interviews, communicating with candidates and search firms, tracking on-boarding informationSpeak on law school recruiting panels and presentations

Created, planned and executed up to four regional summer associate training programs each summerPlanned events to include catering, tickets and transportation, attended the event and ensured everything ran smoothlyConducted pre-summer planning/informational meetings, in conjunction with the manager, prior to the start of the summer programFacilitated firmwide orientation for summer associates. Continually monitored and honed the orientation program to ensure it effectively and accurately relayed pertinent Firm and new hire informationPrepared mid and final summer review materials for Summer Program CommitteeRegistered firm with law schools for on-campus interviewingReviewed and assisted in selecting law student resumes for on-campus interviewsScheduled interviews with attorneys based on candidates' interest in a particular practice area. Collected all interview evaluation forms, entered into LawCruit database and prepared materials for weekly offer meeting with recruiting committee

Assisted program planners and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee with development of program topicsTeam lead for coordinating technology-based programming & assisted customers with troubleshooting; i.e. webcasts, on-demand videos, recording & editing captured footage, etc.Expanded on-demand video catalog over 73% from 2015-2016Managed logistics from program conception to onsite delivery of 150+ live programs per yearManaged offsite continuing education events at local client sitesDeveloped written and electronic CLE materialsUpdated CLE webpage/store content while adhering to the brand guidelinesMarketed CLE programs to other Bars and professional organizations; markets internally to sections, leadership, and relevant Bar programs

Promoted to Medical Media Specialist to improve team efficiency by cross-training in all functions of positionInvolved in project management for Charlotte AHEC eLink online modules for healthcare professionalsSupported staff in setting up, monitoring and closing out webinars including equipment connection, technical support, customer service, data tracking and quality control Ensured brand integrity and consistency of Charlotte AHEC’s Internet/Intranet presence and regional marketing materialsWrote measurable program objectives for Charlotte AHEC workshopsDesigned and administered workshop evaluationsCollaborated with Charlotte AHEC Director to coordinate the planning, design, scheduling and implementation, and continuous improvement of continuing education workshops that met the needs of healthcare professionals within our eight-county region Met nationally recognized criteria for continuing education credit when designing workshopsSuccessfully executed duties of Project Coordinator in addition to Medical Media Specialist responsibilities as needed

Oversaw operations of 60+ continuing education programs annually including development and distribution of credit certificates, participant rosters, on-site registration, speaker travel arrangements, catering and audio-visual needsTracked and maintained accurate records including current credit application information, financial reconciliation, workshop evaluation summaries and registration information for participantsAnalyzed baseline participant levels to establish budget feasibility while continuously identifying department cost-saving methodsSelf-directed and adept at anticipating needsDeveloped and maintained partnerships with internal and external speakers and volunteersServed over 1,000 customers annually Addressed and solved operational issues that arose during workshopsSupported and created a highly engaged, top level team measured by annual employee engagement surveyExceeded 2013 department goals for customer service satisfaction survey results by 4% Increased leadership education participants by 42%, 2009 - 2013Increased department profit margin by 40%, 2009 – 2013

Created Jewelry Education Pages, a gem education add-on to website packages designed specifically for jewelry retailers; Wrote and edited website copy for various sections of JewelersTouch.com website

Researched and wrote compelling product descriptions for Internet retailer, Greenfeet.com in their fun, positive voice; Product descriptions had dual goal of turning page views into orders and higher page rankings on search engines increasing click through ratesFocused on outlining products’ benefits to the consumer as well as features, functions and the positive environmental impact of their product choice

Supported AT&T’s 2008 Summer Olympics integrated in-store campaign in which AT&T worked with nationally known recording artists to show support for Team USA Secured, edited, cleared and delivered recording artist voice spots to approximately 5,000 retail locations across the United States for AT&T Team USA™ Generated exposure to 100 million listeners per day across 500,000 client locations of nationally recognized brands like Sephora, AT&T, and Macy's via products such as branded compilation CDs, digital music downloads and Website audio Resolved client concerns, analyzed time and cost issues, built and maintained positive rapport and relationships

Oversaw execution of projects from conception to deliveryDesignated resource allocation for 10+ daily project requests for the Product and Marketing departmentMonitored project schedules and activities while managing client expectations and communicating to stakeholders

Acquired and delivered on-air and online copies of music videos for 30+ television channels and websitesActed as single point of contact for 10+ programming departments to ensure debut/world premiere music videos reached Network Operations Center prior to scheduled air datesCollaborated with Standards and Practices, Music and Talent, Legal and Programming departments to determine television channel-appropriate materialDirected record labels in editing music videos to meet requirements set forth by Standards and Practices Accommodated television channel growth by setting processes in place to facilitate the new workflow protocols in order to maintain brand integrity Oversaw time-sensitive dubbing of completed Network Operations Center reels for company libraries Partnered with Assistive Technologies department to ensure Federal Communications Commission regulations for closed captioning were met on all music videosImplemented new company procedure of converting standard music video tapes into digital files for broadcast delivery and tracking purposesManaged and on-boarded 50%+ increase in number of broadcast television channels over span of five years

Assessed budgets, time-frame and technical needs with producers and edit facilities to provide cost effective and high quality completion of promotional television packagesNegotiated rates with outside vendors and introduced producers to new vendors/editorsInterfaced with post-production facilities on regular basis to become familiar with new technologies Created and maintained successful working partnerships with 100+ editing facilities around the Greater New York area

Assisted department Vice President with varied administrative needs including paycheck and petty cash distribution, resolved post-production billing discrepanciesContacted 100+ editing facilities on a monthly basis to obtain missing invoicesInput and tracked 200+ daily invoices from editing facilities into scheduling softwarePromoted to Operations Coordinator in just over one year

Assembled media information, researched audience demographics and advertising statisticsCoordinated client outings and events; Logged and submitted weekly expense reportsWrote, edited and designed ad sales proposals in order to affect a prospective saleAdvised three Account Managers in their day-to-day media negotiations with 800+ clients

Supervised crews of up to fifteen people; executed events at a 2,300 seat, multi-purpose presenting theatreActed as liaison between theatre and talent; meeting, greeting and catering to their requestsGained experience in all aspects of backstage theatre including electrics, fly system, sound, props and costumes