Melissa Hughes Email and Phone Number

Melissa Hughes is a Director Human Resources, New Group Operations + Technology at NBCUniversal. She possess expertise in talent acquisition, human resources, management, succession planning, talent management and 22 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Melissa and I partnered during an exciting and transformational time in the magazine industry. I was GM of Disney's magazine business and had the herculean task of expanding FamilyFun from a magazine to a much broader reaching brand in order to diversify our revenue base, increase our operating leverage, and return us to profitability. Melissa was an incredible HR partner, every step of the way. Even though she supported several business leaders and teams simultaneously, she dove in to get a deep understanding of our industry, our products and services, and our people. She then helped us make complex staffing adjustments, including constricting in traditional areas and building up in digital and licensing so that we could be nimble and effective in the changing media environment. We launched very successful mobile apps, ibooks, custom content products, physical licensed products, special interest publications, and a whole new segment of kids content products together. When the next big opportunity was to position the business for divestiture, she and I worked closely with our corporate strategy team and investment bank to demonstrate the value of our people to the business. In addition to securing a very favorable value for the business, through Melissa's efforts we were able to appropriately protect the staff that went with the sale of the business, securing their futures based on their past contributions. She handled the sale and transition flawlessly, knowing just when to strategically implement retention mechanisms for key executives, and when to pull back and allow for natural and healthy attrition. Both from a business and human perspective- she is an HR partner who is smart, strategic, rational, has high emotional IQ, and demonstrates deep integrity. I trust her unequivocably and would choose to partner with her again in a heartbeat. Melissa is the best of the best, the cream of the crop.", "Melissa is a seasoned HR professional that operates from a place of uncompromising integrity. She is business savvy and holds herself to the highest ethical standards. Melissa has a keen ability to understand how people and strategy come together - she is an expert consultant. I have not worked with anyone that has a better grasp of driving the business while getting results and motivating people. Melissa is a trusted partner and and true professional.", and "Melissa is a clear example of how HR can and should work in any Company as business partner, support to the managers and the individuals. She has been instrumental to the growth of the Digital team at DPW and thanks to her effort and insight we have been able to drive a significant growth of the organization and its business. From talent acquisition to resource planning and processes, Melissa's contribution has been outstanding. Also, she has personally been a terrific partner throughout my relocation process (from Italy to US), being able to act as HR manager while acting as a family member to me: besides her value as a manager, that says it all of Melissa as a person, and that's something any Company should look for in every case."