Kayla Willis Email & Phone Number

Burbank, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

FuseFX is an award-winning visual effects studio that produces visual effects for television, film, commercials, and virtual production.· HR Manager/HRBP for all US studio locations (CA, NY, & GA)· Supervises two direct reports and ensures efficiency of US based HR team· Administers all HR processes including but not limited to onboarding, offboarding.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a.
• Helps drive HR projects that span: recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, rewards and recognition, performance feedback, talent attraction and development, and HR’s overall business impact
• Serves as a key partner in the areas of: organization design & integration, staffing, compensation planning, manager coaching, employee development, internal investigations, workforce planning, and performance management
• Acts as a business partner with HR expertise in leading resolution of employee relations issues with a proactive, inclusive and fair approach, leveraging experts from our Employment Law teams as needed
• Chief interpreter and implementer for HR policies, practices and procedures for all level of employees, looking to further the mission, values, and strategic vision of the business
• Champions both the employee perspective and the company needs to promote a positive, collaborative, respectful, and engaging work environment

Portland, Oregon Area

Promoted from HR Generalist to Senior HR GeneralistPosition encompasses all previous HR Generalist tasks, functions, and responsibilities while gaining more in-depth experience with:- Complex employee relations issues and workplace investigations- Managing and approving background check discrepancies- Assistance with management and oversight over the HR.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Participate in full cycle and seasonal recruitment, wrote job descriptions to accomplish specific office and client industry needs, reviewed and selected resumes, conducted initial interviews and made decisions for.
• Provide excellent on-boarding experience for new hires including preparing all new hire paperwork which varies from state to state, oversees all training and benefit enrollment, conducting background checks.
• Lead the Workers Compensation Claims process: all WC incidents are reported to me and I am the liaison between the employee, the insurance co, and the medical providers needed to resolve the issue and return employee.
• Oversee the firm’s performance review process including supporting managers in day-to-day performance and/or career development conversations, performance improvement plans, and general firm policy compliance.
• Manage leave of absence administration for all employees across the firm. Ensures full compliance with all local, state, and federal labor law regulations and all required medical documentation.
• Oversee the off-boarding process by completing exit interviews, assisting with involuntary terminations when appropriate, processing all separation paperwork, retrieval of all company property, coordination of all.

Glendale, CA

• Assisted Store Manager with overall daily store operations with 28 staff.
• Recruited and trained for full-time and seasonal positions. Created weekly staff schedule.
• Managed sales productivity. Trained staff to utilize detail-oriented customer service techniques to promote products resulting in consistently exceeded monthly sales goals by >15%.
• Assisted with inventory management. Responsible for opening and closing stores shifts. Managed cash register Point-of-Sale (POS) activity and balanced any discrepancies.