Jan 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Nashville, TN

• Client lead and full life-cycle recruiter for Amazon Music & Digital Acceleration, supporting their needs for software engineers, machine learning engineers, and other tech related positions.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

• As a full life-cycle recruiter on the Tech Recruiting team, I am focused on bringing in top talent for our Engineering & Infrastructure, Product and Business Intelligence organizations.
• Responsible for the entire recruiting process from intake meetings with stakeholders, to strategic talent sourcing and initial outreach through offer negotiations and on-boarding.
• Partners with key stakeholders to define hiring needs, identify sourcing strategies, structure recruitment plan, identify process improvements, and develop solutions.
• Drive sourcing strategies and capacity across the Infrastructure Recruiting team, and act as a team lead to help manage, engage, and deliver quality candidates in a fast-paced environment.
• Uses direct sourcing techniques on a variety of platforms to identify and qualify top talent for the Engineering Organization.
• Tracks metrics and leverages data to create actionable insights to continuously improve hiring processes and outcomes.

Aug 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

Mar 2019 – Aug 2019 · 5 mos

• Utilized creative strategies and direct sourcing techniques on a variety of different platforms to identify and qualify top talent for our Analytics Organization. Focus teams - Business Intelligence & Product.

Jan 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• As an Executive Recruiter, primarily serving DHR’s Retail practice, my role encompassed responsibility for all aspects of the retained executive search life cycle for Senior Management and C-level placements. Areas of specialty within the practice include: Marketing, Merchandising, Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Sales, Digital and eCommerce.
• ‘Kicking Off’ a new search; responsible for working with client and internal team to develop a position description and create a strategy. Responsibilities for heavy internal research including creating company target lists and name generation to establish initial potential candidates and an ongoing sourcing list.
• Identify candidates – contacting potential sources for referrals and recruit potential candidates. Review resumes, screen all potential interested candidates and create write up on full candidate backgrounds. Develop weekly progress reports and attend weekly client update meetings.
• Qualify candidates – assist in scheduling candidates through the internal DHR interviews and create presentations for all qualified individuals. Present our final slate of developed candidates to the client and & prepare candidates for the client interview process.
• Candidate selection and placement – perform reference checks and run background checks for finalist candidates. Keep backup candidates engaged and provide feedback to candidates not moving forward in the process.

Jul 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Guided hosts in direction of show. Provided insight daily and weekly on-air. Provided direction, pertinent topics, and daily news for the Laurence Holmes Show on 670 The Score and for the Stylz & Roman Show on US*99. Communicated with hosts and scheduled guests that related to news of the day. Managed social media accounts for Country radio station, US*99 and the morning show, Stylz & Roman. Creatively wrote articles for US99.com.

Apr 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Eugene, Oregon, United States

• Present digital advertising materials to potential clients and maintained relationships with current clients. Assist R-G Media Lab with ideas regarding social media and web development. Specialist regarding all digital advertising needs and questions. Built and maintained relationships with current account representatives at The Register Guard. Successfully sell digital advertising to new and current clients.