Talent, Experience & DEI Partner

Senior Talent, Experience & DEI Partner — Apex Digital Solutions

Chicago, IL | March 2024 – Present

• Formulated and launched 4 employee resource groups (ERGs) serving 650+ members, increasing overall employee sentiment and sense of belonging score by 22% in annual surveys.
• Partnered with 8 engineering hiring managers to implement structured interviewing processes, resulting in a 28% increase in hiring diversity over a 12-month period.
• Managed a company-wide inclusion training initiative for 420+ employees, achieving a 96% completion rate and a 15% reduction in internal workplace complaints.
• Redesigned onboarding pathways for remote workers based on feedback from 180 new hires, reducing first-year turnover by 14% and saving $40,000 in replacement costs.

Talent & Experience Partner — Ascent Capital Partners

Chicago, IL | July 2020 – February 2024

• Coordinated employee onboarding for 120+ new hires annually across 4 departments, decreasing typical transition ramp-up time by 18% based on manager feedback.
• Led the migration of candidate feedback data to Lattice platform, improving regular performance review completion rate to 98% across 3 global office locations.
• Organized 12 remote team-building events and wellness workshops for 300+ staff members, which elevated employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) by 14 points.
• Analyzed weekly exit survey responses from 65 departing employees, implementing a peer-mentorship program that reduced early career employee attrition by 16%.

Diversity recruiting, Employee experience, Inclusion strategy, Employee resource groups (ERGs), Structured interviewing, Candidate experience, Performance management, Workforce analytics, Onboarding, Offboarding, Workday, Greenhouse, Lattice, Culture Amp, Slack, Excel, Google Workspace

ERG Launch & Engagement Initiative

Role: Lead Experience Partner

Tools: Lattice, Culture Amp, Slack, Google Forms

Established 4 new Employee Resource Groups, engaging 220+ members and raising the company-wide belonging score by 18% over a 6-month timeline.

Structured Recruiting Framework

Role: DEI Project Lead

Tools: Greenhouse, Workday, Asana

Overhauled hiring rubrics and interview panels for 15 departments, which increased the diversity of new hires by 25% during the calendar year.

• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) (2022)
• Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Career advisor for Chicago women's professional association (2021-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice