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Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

Driven by innovation, ARC'TERYX was founded to build better gear. We didn’t just focus on incremental advancements, but on radically improving the status quo. We began with climbing harnesses and then proceeded to tackle packs and apparel with the same single-minded obsession for creating the lightest, best performing, and highest quality products.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Burnkit is ideas, design and interactive. Our studio is home to thinkers that dream up fresh new ideas for carefully chosen clients. Here, we create things like websites, short films, logos, interactive installations, environmental graphics, printed matter and things that have never been done before.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Always looking to learn, I took an opportunity with Spence Diamonds to learn about recruiting in a new field. Having no previous ‘Sales People’ recruitment experience, I took on this steep learning curve to create a recruitment strategy to search and hire sales leaders with MBA’s to fuel the company's growth plans.Highlights:Executing a professional.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Leading from the frontlines I was managing apparel design specific open roles whilst hiring, training and leading two more recruiters to join our team as the business growth continued. I set daily, weekly, quarterly goals for the team execute on the recruitment strategy. Further to managing a team, I was also managing the relationship with the Product.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Searching for the best product developers, designers, sourcing managers and innovators became a global project due to talent shortages in Canada. Partnering with HR partners, LMO’s and relocations became standard for our recruitment process. Executing the recruiting strategy took me to London, Salt Lake City, Portland, Paris and New York to find the very.

Vancouver, BC, CA

A 3­ month contract turned into a full time recruiter role, I provided full life cycle recruitment solutions to the support functions (Operations, IT, Brand, Finance, HR, Communications) of the business using LinkedIn and passive candidate pools.Highlights:Partnering with HR managersPartnering with Hiring managersTaking my first Yoga class during onboarding!

CA

Discovering a great product led to building a business from scratch. I travelled to China to source a manufacturing partner and returned to Canada with a 25 foot shipping container of product. Silk filled duvets sold in 32 interior design stores across Canada and feature in the Fairmont Pacific Rim and the Nita Lake Lodge. My fondest memories included.

Hired and managed a team of 25 people to run the BCIT Whistler Olympic Park departure hub. The BCIT WOP departure venue moved between 500 to 2000 workforce and spectators daily. This job included arduous hours (12 + hour shifts), early morning starts (2:30am) and exposure to the elements during the month of February. Contributed to managing schedules.

London, GB

My first recruiting gig, taught me how to deliver a recruitment experience that defied expectation. The secret to my success was listening to designers needs and matching them with a company that aligned with their creative skills and core values. I kept my finger on the pulse of the industry to understand which agencies would need talent and doubled my.

Lake Louise, Alberta, CA

After passing the CASI Level 1 Snowboard Instructor certification course I was hired by Lake Louise to teach and coach beginner snowboarders, one on one and also group sessions. I learnt how to harness lesson planning and honed effective communication skills to ensure clients had fun and stayed safe on the mountain.

Ba Hons, Interactive Media Production

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