May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Drives employer brand at Elsevier. 28 industry-standard employer brand awards won to date and still counting. Leading by purposeful work, growing every day and employees who care.

Apr 2017 – May 2022 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Helping to market Elsevier's work culture internally and to the outside world.
• Reputation + Reach + Experience = Talent Magnetism
• Lead the execution of strategic Employer Brand plans.
• Utilize Employer Brand industry best practices, and incorporate them into a strategic approach while building a clear path to execution.
• Deploy and build internal and external employer brand engagement for supporting company’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Build employee engagement with company’s strategy and brand.
• Align cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Social Responsibility, Diversity and Inclusion, and Corporate Marketing to create and execute a seamless brand content strategy.
• Develop and deliver the Employer Brand strategy, including plans, goals and success measures for all channels.
• Partner with leadership and recruiters globally to deliver Employer Brand goals by country or region.
• Identify and implement Employer Brand best practices, training and mechanisms for driving buy in and adoption etc..

May 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Responsible for the development, implementation and management of all internal and external communications for Global Operations.
• Working with Senior Management and Corporate Communications to create, manage and execute communication plans that are aligned with company’s strategy and key strategic initiatives for dissemination through various communication channels.
• Leading the dissemination of best practices in communications and optimizing communication channels and outlets.
• Working closely with all relevant stakeholders on all communication strategies and execution.

Apr 2009 – May 2015 · 6 yrs 1 mo

• Managing a global team of Specialists, Technical Managers and Operations Manager.
• Responsible for the implementation, management and monitoring of team’s yearly strategy. Also responsible for the management of projects, budgets and people.
• Liaise and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, as well as process experts to ensure accuracy and usability of new and existing solutions.
• Responsible for the analysis and synthesis of customer needs, acquiring in-depth knowledge of their challenges and translating into timely and effective solutions so that business targets are met.
• Recruit and manage experts in workflows and systems, to assist groups in the development, maintenance, and critical examination of procedures and processes.
• Manage, monitor and report on KPIs to promote constant continuous improvement and better practice.
• Enabling process improvement, change and increasing efficiency with training and development.
• Responsible for providing objective advice, expertise and specialist skills with the aim of helping all supported groups do their jobs effectively.

Feb 2004 – Apr 2009 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• Managed a big team of staff comprising of experienced Journal Managers and Journal Administrators. Both groups managed high level Health Sciences and Science & Technology Journals from manuscript submission to publication (both on-line and in print form).
• Liaised with various external and internal stakeholders including publishers, editors, and authors to determine journal needs and areas for improvement.
• Ensuring that journal issue production meets or exceeds set quality standards in terms of timeliness, accuracy, completeness, and electronic availability.
• Set objectives based on the Operations Strategy and managed staff performance and development.
• Empowered staff through work in progress meetings, coaching and training.
• Following Operations strategy, managed a major change regarding workflow, offshoring of work, outplacement of staff and the closing of the Journal Production site.

Mar 1998 – Feb 2004 · 5 yrs 11 mos

• Managed 14 high impact Health Science and Science & Technology journals.
• Day-to-day journal management, planning issue make-ups of assigned journals, using year plans, RF requirements, issue size and page budgets.
• Effective liaison with internal departments such as editorial and marketing as well as external academic editors, societies and authors.