I’m so thrilled to expand my scope to now encompass both the People function as well as IT.

I currently lead the People Function for Earthbound Brands, a design and branding agency with an incredible portfolio of products primarily in the home and apparel space.

Interview prospective students as part of Vassar College admissions process. Represent Vassar at local college nights and career fairs. Offer students insight to the Vassar experience to aid in their decisions once accepted.

In this role I was HR business partner supporting the commercial strategy team as well as field sales teams for L’Oréal’s consumer products division. In my time with this team I have supported every account team in consumer products division (Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, Ulta, dollar, food accounts). I led talent strategy for the team and support the teams with succession planning, performance management, employee relations, and day to day HR supportI have also led multiple change management projects.

After nearly 6 years in the talent space, I stepped into a traditional HRBP role to hone that area of the function. Moving away from marketing, I turned my focus to our commercial and field sales population of our consumer products division. I am the lead HR business partner for our entire multifunctional commercial teams at: Kroger, HEB, Meijer, Publix, Safeway/Albertsons, Wakefern, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid, Dollar, Club, And ULTA (12 teams total, population of 140 employees). I constantly work with the teams and their leaders to discuss business, open roles and succession planning, salary review, performance management, restructures, etc. I pride myself on balancing the individual needs and aspirations as well as the business needs to propose out of the box solutions to common challenges.With my talent background I have also led the clean up of our functional data as well as the talent strategy for the function resulting in the first 2 corporate talent meetings for the commercial function in 2018.

After focusing for 3 years on bringing amazing talent into the L'Oreal family, I turned my focus to our current employees in the Global Marketing and Brand Innovation world. I work together with our talent to plan the next step in their careers and develop a great plan to help them achieve their goals. Some favorite projects:-- Full creative and executional ownership of “Tuesdays with Michelle,” an in-person and online community forum for junior population featuring “user-requested” content-- Conceptualized and brought to life “My L’Oreal Blueprint,” a new hire integration notebook, allowing employees to take control of their onboarding, become a part of the community, and understand the culture at L’Oreal-- Spearheaded cross functional development of “Drop of Color” an integration initiative for employees new to haircolor category. 3 successful sessions run in 2016.-- Leadership role on 20 person HR Taskforce, developing strategy and implementationrecommendations to increase proximity and employee engagement– pilots running-- Established and currently run all elements of two junior pipeline programs to allow for lower risk recruitment of out of the box, diverse profiles

Promotion in place to Manager Level

Full cycle recruitment (campus- Director level) of L'Oreal USA's global brand development teams. These teams help create the DNA of the brand. They analyze the market, looking for white space and areas of opportunity in their category. They partner with the labs to create new and innovative products to push their brand forward and keep it relevant. They work with partners on copy, print, and packaging and help bring a product from conception through development until it’s ready to launch globally.In this role I was also in charge of developing campus strategy to improve our attraction and retention at the campus level. I conducted a source of hire and school analysis to identify 3 key partner schools. I then developed 2 out of the box profile programs I order to increase diversity in our population. In order to share the complexity of this role on campus I worked with business leaders to develop and simple yet comprehensive infographic of the product development process. We used this on campus as well as with junior level recruitment. In this role I reduced time to hire and team gaps through close partnership with the HR generalists and proactive succession planning

My team hired assistant manager roles and above for the following functions across the brands and divisions of L'Oreal: marketing, creative, digital, finance, e-commerce, HR, IT, legal. Our goal is to find top talent who are a great fit for L'Oreal, build relationships with them, and work to find the best fit for their goals, skills, and passions.As the coordinator I was responsible for scheduling interviews and maintaining candidate data in both our ATS and CRM (Avature). However with my background I quickly developed a project to screen any referrals that came in. This way I could learn the L’Oreal core competencies and hone my interview skills, plus it ensured that every referral was screened regardless of openings. When my manager went on maternity leave I took over many requisitions handling the full cycle recruitment and partnership with the HR Business partners.

One of the recent ways I've been able to hone my passion for de-mystifying the job search for junior talent is through FindSpark, a community dedicated to setting up every young creative for career success. I have been honored to be a speaker at both events and workshops and to serve as an advisory board member to an organization I truly believe in.

I spent 4 years at Maslansky which is a language strategy and communication consulting firm. I was the 6th employee hired in NY. Half of my time was spent on the client side as part of a research team developing and executing sound market research and delivering communication insights and recommendations to clients across industries (PepsiCo, Bank of America, pharmaceuticals, food)I then transitioned to operations where I was in charge of full scope of logistics for our focus group and quantitative surveys. I worked with vendors and the internal research teams to ensure the right people were in the room for each group. Throughout my time I was the de facto HR person. Handling full cycle recruitment for all roles. I also redesigned and built a new strategy for our internship program and managed the 12 interns a year in our program. This is where I fell in love with the People Function

Provided support to DIRECTV sales team along the East Coast. Conducted research and provided recommendations for local market events. Routed advertising for approval and maintained advertising database records.

Assisted students and professors in Research Methods course with classwork, hypothesis testing, and research insights. Held office hours weekly and managed schedules and inputs for the research lab while studies were active.