Brittany Ricks
Owensboro,KY
Summary
Dedicated Recruiter with more than 10 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment, sales, and leadership. Well-versed in direct-hire and consulting placements in Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, Customer Support, Administration, and Marketing.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter
Heidrick and Struggles
06.2022 - Current
- Lead strategic intake sessions with consultants and internal hiring managers to refine and elevate job descriptions, define critical search criteria, craft compelling value propositions and sell messages, and design an integrated, end-to-end recruiting strategy and process.
- Own ongoing stakeholder communication, providing clear progress updates, market insights, and data-driven recommendations. Facilitate structured pre- and post-interview debriefs to guide stakeholders toward rigorous, evidence-based hiring decisions.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners to anticipate future business needs, translate workforce plans into talent strategies, and proactively build and nurture high-quality talent pipelines.
- Execute a full lifecycle recruiting process, ensuring an exceptional candidate and client experience from sourcing and assessment through interview scheduling, approvals, offer development and negotiation, and pre-boarding, while maintaining strict data integrity across all systems.
- Leverage the Workday Recruiting module as a power user, ensuring accurate requisition management, candidate tracking, reporting, and compliance across all recruiting activities.
- Utilize social media and digital channels strategically to elevate employer brand visibility, strengthen market presence, and drive robust top-of-funnel candidate flow.
- Build and sustain a strong internal network across practices and functions to deepen understanding of business priorities and culture, strengthen your internal brand, and increase high-quality employee referrals.
- Consistently build and present diverse, well-qualified candidate slates, actively mitigating bias and promoting inclusive hiring practices throughout the process.
- Collaborated with HR team to enhance employer branding initiatives and attract top talent.
- Implemented new sourcing techniques, improving candidate pipeline quality and diversity.
- Mentored junior recruiters, providing training on best practices in talent acquisition processes.
- Analyzed recruitment metrics to identify trends and optimize hiring strategies for efficiency.
- Established strong partnerships with external search firms when necessary to source hard-to-find niche skill sets for specialized roles.
- Negotiated competitive compensation packages to secure high-quality candidates while remaining within budget constraints.
Executive Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Specialist
Ajilon/LHH
03.2019 - 06.2022
- Focused on new business development and increasing existing business with top marketing communications.
- Identified, recruited, and evaluated candidates in the areas of Human Resources, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Support, Administration, and Marketing. All levels from VP and director level to Entry-level positions.
- Industry experience includes Marketing, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, Energy, Oil, and Gas, Retail, Insurance, and Real Estate.
- Handle all communications from the sales side of the desk to the candidate side. Handling anywhere from 10-25 requisitions, account management, and candidate communication.
- Expertise is in direct hire but familiar in all aspects of high-level consultants and project-based hiring processes and communications. Serve as subject matter expert on market trends, target industries, and roles.
- Lead new hire training and mentor to new sales and talent associates on best practices to strategically implement networking strategies to increase client and candidate base. Topics include creating job postings, LinkedIn Recruiter and Bullhorn, clearing and closing candidates, and unique ways to recruit in a challenging market.
- Remote
Store Director, Market Trainer, ASM
J.Crew
06.2013 - 09.2018
- Increased profits through effective sales training and troubleshooting profit loss areas.
- Worked directly with Corporate New Store opening team as the Training Expert to hire, onboard, and train staff for two locations.
- Lead 14 stores event owners to achieve a 50% increase in districts sales during in-store events. Successfully lead and completed stores’ inventory and hit all company’s target inventory results.
Manager
Kate Spade
02.2010 - 06.2013
- Engaged clients through various events, outreach, and engagement which lead to the top percentage of return business in the company.
- Met with each associate to establish sales goals for the month.
- Responsible for all recruitment, onboarding, and training of staff
- Recognized and rewarded outstanding work performance to cultivate a positive and collaborative customer service culture.
- Led team in achieving sales targets through strategic merchandising initiatives.
- Analyzed market trends to inform product selection and promotional strategies, increasing brand visibility.
- Established performance metrics to evaluate retail operations, enhancing efficiency and productivity levels.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Western Kentucky University
Bowling GreenSkills
- Bullhorn
- Salesforce
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Workday
- Dayforce proficiency
- Full Cycle Recruitment
- Performance Management
- Training & development
- Sales and Marketing
- Stakeholder management
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter
Heidrick and Struggles
06.2022 - Current
Executive Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Specialist
Ajilon/LHH
03.2019 - 06.2022
Store Director, Market Trainer, ASM
J.Crew
06.2013 - 09.2018
Manager
Kate Spade
02.2010 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Western Kentucky University