Wendy Katz Email & Phone Number

Englishtown, NJ, US

Dayton, New Jersey, US

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Identify, attract and manage highly skilled personnel that include UX and Product Designers, Visual Designers, Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Social Media Specialists, Sales Specialists, and Content Strategists.
• Provide strategic recruiting expertise that focuses on presenting perm and contract-based creative candidates at blue chip brands spanning SaaS, Entertainment Media, E-commerce, Global In-House Agencies and.
• Partner closely with Account Executives and key stakeholders to solve clients' hiring challenges, providing top level candidates within competitive markets.
• Conduct salary negotiations, facilitate onboarding and ensure a positive hiring experience for consultants.
• Built a large talent pool of creative professionals by leveraging best practices in talent management. Effectively sourced and recruited via a variety of staffing resources including ATS and AI tool management.

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Responsible for the full lifecycle recruitment of nationally-based creative talent for a wide range of clients spanning entertainment media, Fortune 500 corporate environments and in-house global agencies. Strategic.
• Recruiting expertise focused on the sourcing and placement of high-impact personnel that includes UX and Product Designers, Visual Designers, Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Social Media Specialists, Content.
• Closely partner and communicate daily with Account Executives to solve client's hiring challenges, providing top level candidates within competitive markets. Successfully expanded opportunities and relationships with.
• Effectively utilizes best practices in talent management and staffing via a variety of recruiting tools including ATS management, networking, candidate referrals, job boards and database searches.

Boston, MA, US

• Talent Acquisition Specialist able to develop and execute progressive recruiting strategies to attract, staff and manage high-level creative candidates within Fortune 500 companies including: Bristol Myers Squibb.
• Lead Recruiter/Account Manager for Bristol Myers Squibb Creative Studio. Strategic partner with both hiring managers and MSP in placing contract based candidates in the areas of: Account/Digital Project/Print.
• Built and managed large talent pool of creative professionals by leveraging various social media networks (i.e. Linkedin, Dribble, Behance), promoting referral programs, and utilizing advanced online candidate search.
• Expertise in the areas of Sourcing and Recruiting, Account Development, Contracting & Temp-to-Hire Lifecycle Management, and Negotiation/Closing skills.

Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Identified and pursued strategic New Jersey accounts and managed IT recruitment services in the areas of database design, programming, technical support, and Web development.
• Designated point person for high-profile New Jersey based clients including TD Ameritrade, United Health Group, Rutgers University and McGraw Hill.
• Generated targeted leads and delivered presentations with Executive Level Management.
• Independently sourced and recruited IT candidates for specific job requisitions. Developed partnerships with both Resource Development Managers and third party staffing vendors.

Littleton, CO, US

• Initiated and managed new business development within high-profile Media and Publishing companies including Quad Graphics, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, American Media Inc., Bonnier Publishing, and Bauer Publishing.
• Top producer in Temp Services Division for five consecutive years. Generated an average of 1.5 million dollars annual gross revenue in temp and temp-to-hire staffing.
• Launched and solely managed temp creative unit for editorial, interactive, graphics, and print production based staffing.
• Sourced viable client prospects and delivered sales presentation to key decision makers at client site.