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Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

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Santa Monica, California, Us

Led talent acquisition efforts for this revolutionary mobile app / social media company, makers of Snapchat.▪ Sourced, interviewed, and recruited over 400 talented new staff members to help expand the company’s global offices in Seattle, Toronto, New York and Shenzhen, China.▪ Applied extensive data-driven, technology-focused recruiting expertise to craft a new end-to-end recruiting process and interview framework that has since been adopted as the company standard▪ Championed the importance of candidate advocacy, leveraging technology to ensure the smoothest candidate experience and position Snap as a highly desirable place to work▪ Designed a series of new candidate intake sheets, hiring manager requests, and pitch documents for usage across the company—saving time and creating greater standardization among offices▪ Built a new LinkedIn scraping tool that allowed for deep dives into a much larger referral database, boosting the candidate response rate to 47% compared to the prior LI InMail return of 18–25%▪ Manage the company’s presence at top technical and diversity recruiting events including the Women in Tech dinner, Girls Who Code meetups, and Everything is Broken SRE meetups; additionally prepped keynote speakers to address the high-profile Grace Hopper X conference in Seattle▪ Analyzed recruiting funnel data and new hire metrics on a continual basis to adjust recruiting strategy and compensation philosophy to maximize competitiveness in the red-hot Seattle tech market

Launched an independent consultancy to provide clients with talent acquisition expertise and contract recruiting support, prior to being approached by Snapchat to take on a full-time recruiting leadership assignment.

New York, Ny, Us

Approached by this top entertainment brand to help build out and staff a high-profile new Seattle office — HBO Codelabs - building out both the HBO GO and Max teams for the operation.▪ Collaborated with the company’s New York HQ to recruit new Software Developers, UX/UI Designers, and Program Managers for the Seattle operation, growing the team to over 100 staff in < 1 year▪ Designed the office’s interview process, improved the new hire experience, and streamlined documentation in a manner that reduced new hire start up time from 3-4 weeks to <3 days▪ Set up a new “runner” interview system to be able to iterate interview loops on the fly, versus sticking with a preset routine, allowing for more customization and a better overall candidate experience

Seattle, Washington, Us

Recruited to lead talent acquisition and management activities for this 350-employee casual gaming developer.▪ Led the recruitment of technical and studio staff in the US, Canada, and Europe, successfully hiring 270 candidates in 2012 alone, exceeding the goal by 140 and doubling staff in the Oakland, CA office▪ Oversaw the end-to-end recruiting process—establishing creative new sourcing strategies, managing relationships with outside vendors, coaching internal managers, and providing EU staffing expertise▪ Applied international recruiting expertise, staffing the Big Fish engineering team in Cork, Ireland and partnering with the legal team to ensure compliance/expediency for H1B visas and Green Cards▪ Developed/facilitated an interview training course and related Interview Guide to educate hiring managers on conducting such meetings effectively and accurately evaluating candidate skills▪ Researched, vetted, and implemented a new ATS (Greenhouse) in order to improve process flow, automate prior manual functions, and increase engagement/transparency with hiring managers

Seattle, Wa, Us

Oversee all coaching and preparation for the men's team. Coordinated the building of a Rugby pitch on Champions field.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Retained on an interim basis to accelerate technical recruiting success for this fast-growing B2B/B2C online real estate firm.▪ Drove all technical recruitment (e.g. Engineering, IT, Data Management, Analytics) and built the company’s initial Zestimate team, growing the team from 6 to 120+ engineers in 1 year▪ Managed 20-25 open requisitions in parallel and led innovative steps to increase the applicant pool, improve talent evaluation, attract top candidates, and improve management of the recruiting pipeline▪ Selected and implemented a new ATS (Jobvite) and trained internal hiring managers on its usage

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Bellevue-based gaming company; makers of the Steam gaming engine and the “Half Life” and “Portal” game titles.▪ Oversaw the full recruitment lifecycle for the company including candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling/facilitation, background-checking, and final job offer negotiation▪ Recruited over 40 engineers, business managers, studio artists, writers, and sound engineers during tenure, assisting the organization in growing headcount by 30% in a single year▪ Advised leadership on employment branding and candidate experience strategies to improve hiring competitiveness, in addition to training internal managers on effective interviewing techniques ▪ Established the immigration visa policy for international hires and oversaw the visa application process with candidates, including a successful O-1 Visa program, to broaden talent access▪ Collected, analyzed, and applied recruitment metrics to improve the interview process

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Pioneering digital entertainment company in the Bay Area; creators of the Second Life the original virtual world experience. ▪ Managed a global team of 6 recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting coordinators in acquiring talent and filling both technical and non-technical staff positions for offices in the US, UK, and China▪ Served as a key force behind the company’s growth from < 200 employees to > 400 employees within a two-year span, placing all levels of candidate from entry-level to the executive ranks▪ Launched a series of new diversity recruitment efforts and advised leadership on ways to make the work environment more inclusive in order to reduce potential employee churn▪ Developed a more predictable budgeting system that tied the recruiting budget to the company’s quarterly forecasting numbers to avoid unpredictable overages▪ Implemented an ATS (Jobvite) to track candidate data, streamline the interview process, improve the candidate experience, and monitor a variety of valuable recruiting KPIs and data points▪ Collaborated with the legal team to establish standards for immigration visas and empower the company to attract and recruit talent from all around the globe

Seattle, Washington, Us

▪ Launched the Zestimate team, growing it from 6 engineers to 120+ in 1 year▪ Drove all technology recruitment initiatives including engineering, IT, data management, and analytics▪ Increased the applicant pool, evaluated talent, marketed the company to attract top candidates, and managed the recruiting pipeline▪ Selected and implemented ATS and trained internal hiring managers on use▪ Sourced, screened, and managed accounts and negotiations for 20–25 concurrent open requisitions▪ Collaborated with hiring managers to clarify needs and improve talent pool

Houston, Texas, Us

▪ Conducted hiring for the whole company, spanning a wide range of positions both in the US and for numerous overseas locations

New York, Ny, Us

▪ Supported the Technology Solutions Group/BFSS in setting up recruiting practices and processes▪ Hired 20+ technology staff a month, tracking down people with specialized skills as diverse as Hogan programmers, .Net developers and Technical Managers

▪ Managed the recruiting function for this enterprise wireless company in Seattle/London▪ Grew the company from 20 to 80 employees, attracting an outstanding group of employees in a highly competitive talent market and industry space▪ Hired executives including VP of Engineering, VP of Sales, CMO, and Directors of Development▪ Created and managed the recruiting budget including advertising, job fairs, agency, employee referral, and direct sourcing strategy▪ Managed a team of 2 recruiters and 2 coordinators based in the US and UK▪ Trained employees and hiring managers on recruiting processes and interviewing skills, ensuring all hires met exceptionally high-quality standards▪ Created an employee referral program

Seattle, Wa, Us

Senior Recruiter managing hiring for Amazon’s first distribution centers outside of Seattle.▪ Created hiring process for new distribution centers in Nevada and Delaware▪ Recruited all management hiring for distribution centers

New York, New York, Us

▪ Helped launch MSNBC.com, which was a tremendous task considering it was breaking into new territory▪ Hired technical, creative and editorial staff in a short time period▪ Recruited for Microsoft ITG -sourcing developers, SQL developers, and testers

▪ Gained valuable early-career experience supporting the recruiting efforts of top software companies such as Microsoft, Lotus, Gateway, and Dell

Worked on the IBM Mainframe and MidRange desk.

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