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• Engaged global partners in Corporate, International & DTC fostering strong relationships & connections between partners to alleviate business challenge, share resources & information & increase understanding of.
• Ongoing project review to identify project objectives, stakeholders, project plan, timeline, and access alignment with strategic priorities for HR PMO office executive leadership approval. Initiated launch/hand-off of.
• Setup robust employee location data review tools & efficient process flows for maintaining location data accuracy across the enterprise resulting in the elimination of 1500 duplicate or outdated locations in system.
• Oversaw HR data reviews & updates for ~5K positions moving to new office in NYC including client support & comms.
• Implemented Smartsheet Control Center platform & automations to improve efficiency of reviewing & maintaining all PMO project tools and dashboards and decrease time-to-launch by 50%.

• Established and maintained project intake & review process for segment providing recommended resource allocation, project plan & timeline and level of alignment with business strategic priorities to executive.
• Maintained 2023 restructure Smartsheet reports, dashboards and position mapping requests for former DMED centers of excellence, international regions and corporate groups.
• Led project to migrate 500+ Hulu employees & contingent workers from Hulu Workday to Disney SAP for payroll and HR system of record.
• Drove efforts to transition 700+ positions to correct legal entity partnering with TA, HRBPs, Finance, Communications and Org Management to ensure least impactful employee experience.
• Managed Hulu access SOX compliance process and streamlined efforts to compile various reports into one dashboard for weekly review with audit partners.

• Pursued an HR Certificate from UCLA Extension & an MBA from Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business

• HR Talent-Training, Development & Scheduling
• Analyzed workforce planning, led talent acquisition set/monitored goals. Documented/resolved performance issues. Managed conflict resolution
• Managed HRIS changes for 500+ staff
• Identified, trained, & developed staff with 9 acceptances into management training for succession planning
• Initiated training & development needs assessments identifying operation deficiencies, built training schedule, overhauled training materials for onboarding and ongoing programs for regulatory training and compliance.
• Provided job-specific training for cost-effective staffing at 30+ venues to improve guest services

• Managed schedules for 50 daily team members providing superior guest experience and customer support.
• Taught animation, physics, and effective leadership to students in 3rd-12th grade focusing on Disney’s leadership style and teamwork.
• Partnered with Sales team to sell programs to potential clients in Southern California area.

• Completed Harvard Business Publishing Certificate. Trained in Disney creativity, global expansion, and technology.

Cypress, California

• Prepared $350k annual revenue budget, analyze variances, & reconcile booking payments. Manage Google AdWords budget & campaigns via Google Analytics & Facebook Ads
• Increased occupancy to 85% tripling revenue in Y1 & drove business expansion through marketing initiatives, including development of new website & collateral design
• Scrutinized 10 competitor websites & social media to create competitive marketing strategies & digital ads
• Initiated quarterly mail marketing campaign to promote specials for past guests & produced marketing swag
• Negotiated contract with payment processing vendor resulting in higher cash inflow

• HR Generalist/Recruiter/Talent Acquisition
• Implemented Workable applicant tracking system (ATS) & created database of over 2000 resumes/profiles.
• Performed full-cycle recruiting for this Silicon Valley and SoCal Consulting firm hiring 24 employees annually.
• Guided HR services to high tech & rapidly growing startups & used social media to attract qualified candidates.
• Implemented Jobvite ATS for a high growth startup client operating in 20 states and internationally, helped register in recent additional states, & researched HR requirements for outside states.
• Project managed payroll & benefits migration for 60+ start-up employees to offer more robust tailored benefits & large corporation discounts to employees across the US.

• Researched music blogs and reviewed 50+ artists’ websites to develop media content to increase artist awareness, web presence, and feedback to boost audience contributions and fan engagement.
• Developed artists’ social network profile to increase social media traffic, viral potential, and YouTube views by 10% while evaluate response rates and adjusting based on findings.
• Monitored online press to confirm success of artists’ social media and content changes.

Santa Monica, California

• Sound designed the sci-fi musical Starmites complete with over 100 sound cues filled with explosions, rockets, sci-fi space effects, and more.

Mountain View, California

• Music directed 100+ cast members in production of Charlotte's Web including creating fully orchestrated accompaniment for use during the live performances.

Menlo Park, California

• Managed call center, itemized archives and scheduled 50+ volunteers for summer production of Red.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Analytics

Certificate, Human Resources Management And Services

Awarded with Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Theatre

Activities and Societies: Musical Theatre Repertory Artistic Board; Alpha Gamma Omega

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Pulse - An A cappella Quartet; The Singing Guys - An All Male A cappella Group