Deidre Kelly Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, CA, US

Santa Monica, CA

Current Searches Below:-- Operations Manager (LA/restaurant, MBA-required)

Santa Monica, CA

XLN (Executive Leadership Network) is an invitation-only, business advisory peer organization for Executives. Members improve their professional lives through leadership/management development programs and gain access to professional and personal resources that extend their networks, expose them to new business practices and help avoid pitfalls. Members.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Conducted full lifecycle recruiting for Entertainment and Technology companies. Recruited for full time, direct hire and contract positions. Managed the complete recruitment process end-to-end. Extensive multi state.
• Operated a full desk, including business development and executive recruiting. Typically recruited for Directors and above. Known for hard-to-fill orders. Expert Sourcer and highly skilled at candidate development and.
• Recently completed searches include: Head of Comp & Ben (LA), Director Sales (NY), Director Sales (Chicago), VP Technology (LA), VPHR (LA), Director of Compensation (LA), Executive Recruiter (Boston), Branded Content.
• Managed client relationships and first point of contact on all matters. Provided market information and consultation
• Consistently performed in the top 5% company wide. 2016 Board of Directors winner and top 3 company wide for cash in

Santa Monica, CA

• Conducted full lifecycle recruiting of Finance & Accounting and Administrative professionals. Recruited for full time permanent, temp-to-hire, and contract/temporary roles
• Managed client relationships and conducted consultations on market trends, talent availability and provided salary recommendations
• Prospected and developed new client relationships, conducted marketing activities
• Responsible for 80% of placements at the Santa Monica branch; consistently generated/managed 100k+ per month in topline revenue, maintaining a minimum 26% gross margin

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed fitness concept, wrote business plan and raised capital
• Selected retail space, negotiated leases with landlords and other vendors, such as gym equipment leasing companies and contract servicing company
• Determined pricing, sales commission structures and hired/trained employees. Personally sold gym memberships
• Managed day-to-day operations including sales, front desk staff, personal trainers, group fitness instructors and cleaning personnel
• Managed Group Exercise team. Determined class programming. Hired and fired instructors
• Developed exit strategy and managed sale of assets, unwinding of business and other matters related to end of business

Santa Monica, CA

• Participated as an integral member of Retained Executive Search team for mid to late stage VC-backed tech startups.
• Collaborated closely with Fortis, Managing Directors and Client search committees to assess needs and build candidate profiles
• Authored company/candidate profiles and job specs
• Sourced “passive” candidates through networking, cold calling, complex Internet searches, and Internet mining
• Sourced “active” candidates from on-line databases, internal databases, and job boards
• Facilitated recruitment and selection process: pre-screened resumes, conducted phone interviews and scheduled in-person interviews for qualified candidates

Redwood City, CA

• REGISTRATION, TARGETING AND MERCHANDISING
• Owned three products: registration and authentication, user-targeting, and (shopping) merchandising
• Conducted extensive research, defined market opportunities, pitched new products and strategic direction to senior management, wrote associated business cases including revenue and profit projections, created product.
• Recognized over $2.5 million in quarterly revenues, including ~10% increase quarter-over-quarter

• Managed all online sponsorship/partnership accounts for ‘the online community for senior high-tech executives.’ Deals valued at $1 million in annual revenues
• Initiated strategies, made program recommendations, facilitated campaign execution and optimization, developed new sponsor programs, oversaw development of partner sites, defined content strategy, user interface.
• Developed partner newsletter concept. Coordinated and managed ongoing newsletter editorial and production process