Tennyson W. Jones

Recruiter

Los Angeles, California, United States14 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in recruiting for content and studio teams.
Leader in LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Passionate about empowering youth through arts education.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruiting Specialist in the Entertainment industry with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingLeadershipTeachingPublic SpeakingAdvisingCustomer Service

Other Skills

SourcingCommunity OutreachData AnalysisEvent PlanningResearchMentorshipAdministrative WorkProgrammingSalesSocial MediaNonprofitsSocial NetworkingFacebookEditingMicrosoft Excel

About

Grew up with a love for storytelling and human interaction. Pocketed those passions and carried them into incredible opportunities such as: a degree in Theatre and Urban Education from Santa Clara University, countless volunteer Arts Education trips to Nicaragua and my local communities, and my current role as a member of Netflix's recruiting team. Most recently having relocated in August 2016 (via Netflix) to the Los Angeles area! Ask me about: - The world of recruiting/job searching - Relocation (from SF to LA) - My obsession with television (VOD and Broadcast) - Educating our youth via the power of the arts! My pronouns are he/him Quick Note: As much as I would love to reply to everyone’s LinkedIn message, as you can imagine the volume of incoming messages is quite high. If you are interested in an opportunity at Netflix, I encourage you to apply to a role via our jobs site and someone on the recruiting team will reach out to you if there’s a match. Jobs site: https://jobs.netflix.com/

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

3 roles

Full Cycle Recruiting

Promoted

Mar 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

As of 2021, managing recruiting for Content & Studio facing teams, including but not limited to:
Physical Production
Post Production
Music
VFX (Visual Effects)
Content Executives
Genre focuses tend to include: Unscripted/Nonfiction (including Sports/Live), Kids & Family, Animation Series
Previously partnered with and built global teams from scratch for the Post Production organization support verticals:
Dubbing
Creative Technologies & Infrastructure
Asset Management
Production Technology Support
Additional responsibilities have included:
Defining the Recruiter and Researcher workflows, and training countless new colleagues on such responsibilities
Training, mentoring, and managing the work of multiple Recruiting Researchers (Jr. Recruiters)
Partnering with business leaders and executives across both Engineering and the Netflix Studio to build out large scale global teams (including roles in newly opened offices in Japan, Singapore, Korea, India, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, and New York City).
Creation of Hiring Manager onboarding and kick-off materials
Regular data digests on hiring efforts across business groups (including a focus on diversity & inclusion in recruiting/hiring efforts).
Partnership and networking with external professional organizations, often with a specific focus on the LGBTQ+ community.

RecruitingSourcingLeadershipCommunity OutreachData Analysis

Employee Resource Group Leader - Pride@Netflix

Promoted

Jul 2015 – Jun 2021 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Founding member and leader of the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (Pride@Netflix). Responsible for launching chapters in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, and advising the launch of additional chapters globally (New York City, Salt Lake City, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, Japan, and Singapore).
Responsible for ideating and executing annual goals and visions, specifically around increasing diversity, inclusion, and equity within the LGBTQ+ community, facilitating monthly meetings, and planning annual Pride Month events, social activities, internal educational discussions, recruiting/networking initiatives, and philanthropic participation.
(Below are videos of 3 of my initiatives)

LeadershipEvent PlanningCommunity Outreach

Recruiter / Researcher

Jan 2015 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2015 - Aug 2016 - SF Bay Area based
Aug 2016 - Present - Los Angeles Area based
Research/Recruit for teams within the Content - Post Production organization (Jan - March 2018):
Dubbing
Master QC
Media Engineering & Partnerships
Formerly supporting the Product organization (Jan 2015 - 2018):
Content Operations/Distribution (now Title Operations)
Creative Services (now Product Creative)
Subtitling (now Globalization)

RecruitingResearchSourcing

Society of young inklings

After School Teacher

Oct 2014 – Jan 2015 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

The Young Inklings mission is to empower young writers to tell their unique stories through subsidized classes, one-on-one mentorships and publishing programs. They celebrate diversity and offer programs to all students without exception.

TeachingMentorship

Santa clara university

2 roles

Student Ambassador

Apr 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Administrative work (office managing, scheduling, data entry, phones)
Presented tours and panels to prospective students
Trained new employees
Managed new employees

Administrative WorkPublic Speaking

Orientation Leader

Apr 2012 – Sep 2012 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Advised hundreds of incoming students
Created programming for both incoming students and their parents
Led multiple info sessions such as technology training, course registration, and community values

AdvisingProgramming