Steve Young Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

I lead a handful of teams here at Vox Media, namely benefits, talent attraction, internal communication, and people operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

In my role, I lead Benefits, Learning & Development, and Internal Communications. I also tend to play the role of project manager and/or consultant for a lot of our larger People team projects, as well as cross-functional, core service projects. I love that my job allows me the flexibility to lean into work that could use my expertise.

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

Nottingham, Gb

The focus of everything I did can be summed up by knowing the one question I constantly asked myself and others: is what we're doing truly people-centric? From developing our learning and development strategy, sourcing a new provider for ATS or re-writing the company travel and expense policy, I kept it people-centric all day, every day. On a daily basis, I…• Found top senior talent to fill our gaps• Collaborated across the business• Developed leaders at all levels of the business• Drove People strategy• Counseled senior leaders• Enhanced HR programs and processes• Spearheaded organizational development• Designed compensation and benefits systems• Dished out advice on labor laws• Served as planner and host to social and philanthropic events• Led a team of People champions in HR, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Compensation & BenefitsAll of my day-to-day tasks add up to the following. I…• Created a safe, fun and social working environment• Drove our company values for the North America Team• Led a People Team that was supportive of and sensitive to the needs of our employees• Developed people-centric strategies and policies, both globally and regionally• Invested time to ensure the professional growth of our people, whether they were the regional GM or an Inside Sales Rep• Built internal relationships out of a desire for connectivity rather than out of necessity, leading to strong global partnerships (this one made getting shit done much easier)

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

What I did daily…• Led the full cycle recruiting process for product, retail and support functions teams to ensure talent and employee growth targets were achieved• Recruited for multiple lines of business for a wide variety of roles (application development, infrastructure, business analysis, project management and senior executives)• Recruited technology professionals in the areas of full-stack software development, data science (machine learning, natural language processing), automation/operations, open-source development, cloud computing, and mobile development• Partnered with hiring managers to understand and implement their hiring needs and goals• Identified unique and non-traditional sources to find highly skilled and specialized candidates• Built a network with top talent in the industry and maintained a pipeline to create speed to hire• Used global technology tools related to applicant tracking, candidate database and recruitment tools • Built relationships with universities and organized events to create new graduate pipeline• Identified future talent needs with cross functional partners to develop workforce planning• Designed and executed creative multi-channel opportunities for sourcing passive and active candidates • Trained business partners on functional recruitment skills and capabilities

Us

Fitness and business are two of my passions. This opportunity afforded me the ability to teach guests the functional skills of a variety of water sports, while working to grow a fledgling business into something more. My main focuses were…• Recruiting a team that had the lethal combination of being skilled athletes and natural relationship builders• Creating a marketing plan that would elevate business year-round• Ensuring total guest experience was world-class• Developing program offerings that were both relevant and innovative• Partnering with the local community to build a holistic market experience

Chicago, Il, Us

During my time with the YMCA, I served as director and consultant for many youth and teen programs. From local summer day camp to national mock legislative conferences, I provided leadership, coaching and development for both staff and participants.

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb