James T. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Position impacted due to reduction in workforce**
• Built the Talent Acquisition function from the ground up & hired/managed a team of recruiting professionals supporting a high growth business in a fast-paced environment designed to scale the organization
• Lead complex and executive leadership searches across all of areas of the organization
• Full life-cycle recruiting - sourced & screened candidates for Finance, Operations, Engineering, and Executive level roles, leading to a 72% increase in candidate pipeline
• Presented 117 job offers with an acceptance rate of 89%
• Partner with C-Suite & Hiring leaders to develop an inclusive, multi-channel search strategy to attract top tier talent

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Impacted by COVID-19**
• Strategically orchestrated and led a recruiting team, spanning key hubs in Los Angeles and Kansas City, fostering a culture of innovation, diversity, and operational excellence while achieving exceptional talent.
• Leveraged talent analytics and established recruitment strategies to help meet corporate objectives, cutting time to fill by 35%
• Partner with HR and other business leaders to design, implement, and measure ongoing effectiveness of talent-focused strategies and programs
• Operate as a key business partner to senior management on most critical talent searches

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Key member responsible for redesigning recruiting process from the ground up to scale TA function to keep up with hiring demands
• Cultivated an in-depth understanding of engineering roles and hiring desires to drive offer acceptance rate of 91% spread between two work sites
• Strategic talent partner to Senior Leadership team on transformational talent acquisition strategies
• Hired over 70 employees within one year, increasing the employee headcount by 33% across the organization

Hollywood, CA

• Scaled multiple teams within software engineering/technical operations for Ticketmaster.com
• Collaborate with hiring managers & internal business partners, to streamline/automate recruitment processes and implement solutions as needed for various groups across North America
• Eliminated email recruiting process that was not scalable or an efficient use of hiring manager’s time. Reduced time-to-fill on positions open for over 3 months
• Full lifecycle recruiting & sourcing for Engineering, Infrastructure, Mobile, Data Science, Product & PMO talent for Ticketmaster e-commerce platform and mobile apps
• Manage a pipeline of 25-30 requisitions comprised of multiple groups across North America

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Collaborate with Business Leaders & internal partners to devise recruitment strategies and specific requirements
• Researched talent pools & built pipelines for key Finance and Engineering roles across the organization
• Support multiple segments across the enterprise such as Disney Parks & Resorts Online, Disney Interactive, ESPN and Disney ABC Television Group

• Sales/recruitment leader with extensive Hardware & Software expertise. What this means is that I'm not going to send you a UI Designer for a Front-End Web Development position.
• Manage expectations of hiring managers to define job descriptions, market conditions, salary negotiations and visa immigration status
• Expertise within the recruitment of Technical/Functional Consultants (Project & Product owners), Engineers & Web
• Source, review resumes and screen candidates from internal corporate database, submitted applicant inbox, job boards and search engines utilizing Boolean search parameters