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-Managed full-cycle, high-volume recruitment for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Marvel's Wolverine, and unannounced AAA games, resulting in successful hiring of top talent. Responsibilities included coordinating intake meetings; creating and managing requisition pipelines in the ATS; screening applications, evaluating portfolios, and interviewing candidates; sourcing passive candidates; facilitating interview debriefs; creating, extending, and negotiating offers; initiating background checks, visa applications, and relocation assistance.-Collaborated with 35 hiring managers across 15 departments to successfully hire over 100 new employees across all seniority levels, from interns to department heads.-Cultivated strong cross-functional partnerships with stakeholders outside my department, including senior leadership and stakeholders at our parent company, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation Studios.)-Evaluated the effectiveness of talent programs and executed complex, cross-functional process improvements, enhancing overall efficiency and effectiveness.-Managed the studio’s ATS system, job boards, and relationships with external recruiting agencies.-Coordinated studio involvement and sponsorship of industry events, conferences, and school career fairs.-Played a leading role in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) efforts in the talent space by:-Actively identifying and sourcing talent from underrepresented candidate pools.-Building long-term relationships with organizations that remove barriers to entry for the gaming industry, including Girls Make Games, Women in Tech, LatinX in Gaming, and Game Devs of Color.-Implementing and advocating for a Diverse Slate Policy for all open roles, ensuring a fair and inclusive hiring process.-Creating inclusive job descriptions to attract diverse candidates and promote a welcoming work environment. -Evaluating compensation strategies to ensure competitive and equitable pay.

Co-Lead for the Southern California chapter of Women@PlayStation, an eNet that champions professional development, drives positive culture change, and creates a thriving community for women working at PlayStation Studios.

As SCAD's Industry and Alumni Engagement Manager for the Southwest US, I connected recruiters with talented SCAD graduates across a wide range of industries. Part mentor, part sourcer, this role utilized my advanced relationship-building skills, creativity, flexibility, and passion for lifelong-learning. Major markets in my territory included Southern California, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Salt Lake City, and Denver/Boulder.Responsibilities:-Oversaw industry and alumni relationships across ten states.-Developed relationships with creative recruiters and executives at top companies and brands to understand their hiring needs. Developed campus recruiting strategies and sourced candidates for opportunities at Netflix, DreamWorks, Disney Imagineering, Mattel, Tesla, BMW, Buzzfeed, Google, NASA, and many more. -Monitored industry trends and innovations to ensure the continued relevancy of SCAD’s academic curriculum.-Attended recruiting fairs, conferences, and industry events-Mentored artists and supported their professional goals through 1:1 advising, including resume review, portfolio development, coordinating networking opportunities, developing training resources, and facilitating connections with creative industry leaders.-Collaborated with internal departments and external stakeholders to develop arts programming--including panel discussions, workshops, portfolio reviews, and networking events--for continued skill-building and professional development.-Identified industry partners to participate in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) speaker series-Initiated sponsored projects for SCADpro and worked closely with SCAD Giving, SCAD Art Sales, Events and Exhibitions, and Academic Affairs

The Fine Arts Center is a public-sector arts center that offers exhibitions, classes, and special events to residents of Southern California. In this role I oversaw all Facility Operations and Customer Service Operations. This included:- Oversight of daily front desk operations. Schedule, train and supervise frontline customer service staff. Create training manuals and resources for Customer Service policies and procedures. Respond to customer service issues and complaints.- Special events support including set ups and staff scheduling for major Fine Arts/City of Irvine events. Serve as City Staff Lead for Exhibits section of the annual Irvine Global Village Festival.- Oversee large-scale facility renovation projects to make the gallery ADA-accessible - Oversee building security including alarms and contracted security monitoring service.- Manage key inventory and assignment.- Ensure safe handling and disposal of hazardous materials.- Oversee staff Injury and Illness Prevention Program training including earthquake, fire and violent intruder drills; gas shut off; blood borne pathogen and heat illness training, etc.- Manage/oversee scheduling for 30+ staff.- Assist with annual budget preparation. Code purchase-card transactions and complete monthly reconciliation reports.

The Palm Court Historic Arts Complex is a public-sector arts destination that offers exhibitions, classes, and special events to residents of Southern California. In this role I curated exhibitions, created arts programming, and oversaw facility operations and customer service operations. This included:- Planning and implementing various high-profile events and art programs for ages ranging from toddlers to seniors, including program planning and branding, program support, staffing, marketing, on-site registration, reports, evaluations and supervision of contract instructors, part-time staff and volunteers.- Curate 4-5 exhibitions per year. As one of two staff on the initial team building out this arts complex, I created a master plan for future programming and lined up 3 years of exhibitions and programs.- Design flyers, postcards and other types of media for publication; edit content for website and Inside Irvine magazine; assist with website maintenance.- Monitor and oversee gallery operations including reservation coordination, room set-up and break-down, audio/visual equipment usage and facility maintenance. Prepare gallery walls for exhibition installation.- Act as a liaison with community partners, facility users, vendors and contractors, and coordinate site logistics and event set-up.- Provide a variety of general administrative duties such as compiling program statistics, preparing reports, drafting contract request forms, purchase requests, and standing purchase orders; processing gallery loan agreements; utilizing computer applications applicable to work assignment including CLASS registration, SIRE, OneSolution, word processing, databases and graphics programs.- Process class registrations, refunds, cancellations, transfers and changes. Maintain related financial records.- Train and supervise part-time staff and volunteers. Coordinate assignments, prepare schedules, monitor work and provide leadership to program staff and volunteers.

Served on the Board of Directors for the Orange Community Historical Society. Wrote, designed, and organized community contributions for the monthly newsletter which was sent out to all members. Helped coordinate the annual fundraising dinner and raffle.

During my artist residency in historic Breckenridge, CO, I continued my personal studio practice while offering open studio hours and workshops to engage with the general public.

- Developed, coordinated, and executed annual lectures, symposia, seminars, fieldtrips, workshops, and conferences, as well as fine and performing arts events both on and off campus, including concerts, film screenings, book and poetry readings, theatrical events, and gallery exhibitions which are available to the university community as well as the general public.- Coordinated painting, ceramic, and printmaking workshops, as well as studio visits and critiques between internationally-renown artists and university art students.- Designed fliers, pamphlets, postcards, tickets, and other promotional materials for upcoming events. Work with the print shop to ensure timely, high quality printing of materials.- Researched, prepared, and wrote grant proposals and informational donor packets in order to receive outside funding for our Annual Arts Conferences, Fine and Performing Arts and Educational Events.- Maintained the Center's budget spreadsheets.

Day to day administrative support: install and de-install art exhibitions, prepare gallery walls in between exhibitions, write and send press releases and price lists, compose weekly email updates, maintain website and social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, design and order brochures, business cards, and other promotional materials, organize show receptions, contact and coordinate vendors for openings, answer incoming calls, pack, ship, and receive artwork, provide information to visitors.Liaison between international artists and buyers.