Araxie Wright Email & Phone Number

United States

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

HRHelps.com: HR Business Partner, consulting and coaching business leaders in HR to ensure business strategies and objectives support overall business goals.• Coached, mentored, and collaborated with leaders to develop people-related matters including talent assessment, management, engagement, retention, and succession planning for an effective performing team.• Strategized to build a strong talent pipeline for the future, while cross developing staff and offering new opportunities in various areas or departments• Audited & analyzed HR policies, procedures, and practices to assess relevance to company goals or values.• Consulted with executives and board members to propose changes to policies, procedures or hiring needs.• Analyzing HR metrics and recommended alternative approaches and solutions to CEO, CFO and COO’sThe Wright Connection: Offers HR support and recruiting services to domestic and global partners.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Strategized a multi-year HR and recruitment roadmap, to scale culture in a fast growing organization. • Developed, trained, and managed a centralized HR team of 9, who supported multiple sights and states.• Strategies recruitment and retention KPI’S to successfully increased staff from 150 to 560 in one year. • Utilized analytics to identify and implement long-range strategic talent management goals and reduce turnover. • Automated all HR practices, including recruiting, onboarding, payroll, and more.• Transitioned all HR, payroll, and employee files to paperless electronic files.• Responsible for setting, enforcing, and evaluating policies, procedures, best practices to stay legally compliant. • Ensure compliance with State, Federal and Municipal Labor Laws, as well as COVID-19 regulations. • Established and managed the company’s performance management and succession plan.• Aligned employee performance evaluations and career plans with the organizations mission and vision. • Created a Learning Module System (LMS) to train and develop staff, management, and executives. • Coached, counseled, & supported C level executives, as well as 60+ upper management with 26+ locations.• Responsible for researching, negotiating, and acquiring/renewing the organizations insurance coverage, including but not limited to D&O, EPLI, E&O, BOP, PROP, UMB, WC and more.• Responsible for researching, negotiating, and acquiring/ renewing Employee Benefits. • Developed and implementing contingency remote workplan for HR. • Advanced Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplaces and implement inclusive HR practices.

Westlake Village, Ca

• Responsible for pre-merger human capital need assessment & post-merger human capital integration.• Merged 9 independent companies HR practices and payroll into one centralized HR department & HRIS.• Developed, trained, and managed a centralized HR team of 3, who supported multiple sights.• Negotiated company’s insurance coverage, WC, EPLI, Benefits and more. Trained HR to administer benefits.• Supported a Financial, Call Center, social media, Retail Clothing, Health Food, and Film Production. • Drafted Employee Handbook, audited HR practices to meet State and Federal requirements.• Created and optimized the talent acquisition process, to scale a rapid growth from 100-250 staff within a year.• Automated all HR practices, including recruiting, onboarding, payroll, and more.• Transitioned all HR, payroll, and employee files to paperless electronic files.• Partnered with executives, operations, and finance to create a process on achieving the organizational goals. • Assessed turnover metrics and its financial consequences, hence developed a retention plan to reduce turnover. • Develop an emergency contingency plan for all companies, allowing them to continue operations remotely.• Procured governmental financially support of over $100,000.00 to reduce recruiting expense. • Championed corporate sustainability strategy and set of initiatives through funding, employee engagements or volunteering to make a positive impact in the environment and communities.

Thousand Oaks, California

HRHelps.com: HR Business Partner that provides HR support, consulting and coaching to stakeholders.The Wright Connection: Offers recruiting services. • Worked with Executives and HR personnel to ensure HR strategies support the overall business goals.• Analyzed and audited HR policies and procedures to determine their relevance to the company goals or values. • Maintained business literacy about the businesses financial position, plans, culture, and competition.• Met with Executives and members of the board to propose changes to policies, procedures or hiring needs.• Stayed up to date with HR trends, laws or regulations to apply to the company’s HR strategy. • Responsible for guiding HR professionals on how to handle difficult workplace situations.• Collaborated with leaders to develop, talent management, engagement, retention, and succession plans. • Developed employee trainings and programs to be mindful of diversity and inclusion initiatives. • Developed grievance procedures and trained management respectively.• Conducted EEO, WC and other related investigations as well as mediated employee disputes. • Analyzing HR metrics and recommended alternative solutions to CEO, CFO and COO’s.• Serve as a trusted advisor and counsel to foster a culture of innovation and thoughtful leadership.• Reduced claims of WC and other liabilities by investigating and negotiating with adjusters and attorneys. • Monitoring the HR budget and advocating for the redistribution of funding of salaries as needed.• Restructuring the distribution of roles and the organizational hierarchy to align with business objectives.

Westlake Village, Ca

• Explored and analyzed the substance and politics of Federal, State and International legislative and regulatory issues regarding Privacy, Marketing, Human Resources and Do Not Call Regulations. Based on findings, advised respective business units on compliance.• Responsible for the negotiation and execution of sensitive contracts including but not limited to medical groups, hospitals, marketing agencies, vendors and ancillary providers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• ABC Television Network, & New World EntertainmentNegotiated, drafted, red-lined (marked-up), and amended manufacturing, licensing, co-financing, theatrical distribution, and music compilation agreements. As well as processed extensions, terminations and options. • Responsible for researching and outlining terms to assure payment. • Responsible for hiring, training new employees and interns.• Streamed lined a tracking and payment system allowing three departments to share and track information. This system increasing accuracy, while reducing cost and overhead.

J.D., Law

Mediation And Dispute Resolution

Activities and Societies: Mediation & Dispute ResolutionPepperdine University School of Law - Straus Institute - Dispute Resolution Ranked.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Organizational Development

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Juris Doctor, Law