Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · 2 mos

• Currently supporting technical roles for one of Aquent's financial services clients.

May 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr

• Reporting directly into the Head of People, supporting a global team of 650 employees in talent operations and full-lifecycle corporate recruitment. Operated as a collaborative partner alongside HR, Benefits, Onboarding, Learning Services, Immigration, and HRIT teams.
• Led recruitment efforts for GTM, Product, Engineering, and Product Design; working directly with SVP leaders to understand business objectives. Reviewed job descriptions and market compensation alignment along with development of candidate profiles and recruitment strategies.
• Worked within full recruitment life-cycle; leading intake sessions, managing requisitions in Dayforce, marketing new opportunities, researching role and competitive landscape, deep sourcing with well-researched keywords, candidate screenings, and providing hiring teams with highly curated pools of bar-raising talent.
• Expert in assessing and screening candidate alignment across critical technical and soft skills, leading to majority of submissions moving to first round interviews. Consistently met and delivered on time to fill metrics of 60 days; with a 90% acceptance of offer rate.
• Worked directly with HRIT group to improve, consult, and test streamlining processes within the ATS workflow. Contributions included reduction of friction during candidate application process, addition of standardized screening questions critical for hiring data.

Nov 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• In a highly competitive and fast-paced environment, led direct hire recruitment strategies for Aquent’s clients including high-growth start-ups through global fortune 10 clients; supporting marketing, design, data, and product roles.
• Directly consulted with clients and led intake sessions to understand company structure, culture, competitive landscape, business objectives, and hiring requirements.
• Worked to source and attract bar-raising and often highly nuanced talent for client organizations; ensuring authentic representation of employer brand, opportunity alignment, and total compensation. Exceeded 40% fill rate target every year, achieving an average rate of 60% through deep candidate sourcing and expert level candidate screening for alignment.
• Aligned to client’s internal interview and hiring practices; ensuring compliance, candidate submission and management within various ATS systems including Lever, Greenhouse, and Workday.
• Expertise in sourcing active and passive candidates with various tools including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, AI recruitment features, and engaging highly active professional network.

Feb 2017 – Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Illinois, United States

• Within a complex public sector agency, reported to the HR leadership and supported all functions including recruitment, hiring, employee onboarding, performance management, benefits administration, employee engagement, learning and development, compliance, and HRIS/ATS management.
• Supported 120 employees across Administration, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Law Enforcement; including non-collective and multiple bargaining unit employment agreements.
• Served as SME for HR tech-stack including implementation and management of ATS, HRIS, onboarding, and performance management systems. Developed training documentation and live learning sessions to onboard all employees, and provided support for all systems.
• Supported full life-cycle hiring process for all positions and levels within the organization. Included consulting on interview processes, hiring team selection, interview scheduling, and sitting in on the interview process along with final selection.

Mar 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Illinois, United States

• Managed studio operations including all client account management, staffing, capacity planning, business development, scoping, project timelines, and execution of all projects.
• Improved annual studio margins by 10% through restructuring staffing approach, creating more efficient internal processes, and deepening client relationships which secured additional revenue through incremental services.

Mar 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led operations for Whirlpool’s four major brands which was the second largest digital/traditional account at Digitas. Included retainer program development for $30MM in business, staffing analysis, scoping, client financial management, third party procurement, and contract development.
• Redesigned functions of the business operations team to merge with account management, to drive efficiency and deeper cross-discipline knowledge. Roll-out included development of all training content and materials, in-person training sessions, and repository of resources and tools; across three different teams.