Highly adaptable and collaborative leader who spent 24 years as a transformative Talent leader devoted to supporting her company’s culture of innovation, inclusive and integrity. Partnered with business leaders across multiple geographies to ensure their talent is empowered in every facet of their careers. In her role as Executive Sponsor for Digitas’ North American TE&I practice, she is focused on building a more inclusive culture in which everyone has an opportunity to belong and thrive.
Accurately model and balance the Agency’s resource needs in order to build top client teams for Marketing, Creative, Promotions and Strategy and Analysis capabilities totaling over 400 employees
Partner closely with EVP/SVP leaders of client teams serving the automotive, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods industries to identify talent for their teams
Identify capacity in all regions and reassign employees to teams with billable projects, resulting in reduced freelancer and full time hire costs; share cost savings data in the form of a monthly Dashboard with Senior Leadership Team.
Developed Rotation Program which is utilized across all seven U.S. locations; enables employees to gain exposure to different clients and broaden their skills
Manage U.S. Recruiting Operations; includes developing, implementing and training a team of 20 recruiters on efficient onboarding and recruiting lifecycle processes
Responsible for the development, administration and delivery of U.S. health and welfare benefit programs, including two medical plans and 401(k) plan with over $100 million in assets
Managed the due diligence and integration of health and welfare plans for newly acquired marketing company (200 employees)
Successfully integrated the Digitas Health and Welfare and 401(k) plans following Digitas’ acquisition by Publicis Groupe, fourth largest global communications group
Manage the benefits analyst responsible for the daily maintenance of the health and welfare plans
Responsible for the corporate relocation and immigration programs; including benchmarking, policy and process development and vendor management
Led the employee performance management program; partnered with team to continuously evaluate and improve bi-annual process, communicated events and educated employees and managers
Spearheaded project to create new, online tool to capture employee review, self-assessment, goals and 360 feedback; collaborated with IT to develop business requirements, test and launch tool
Participated in vendor selection for annual plan renewals; analyzed proposals from brokers and insurers, summarized findings and recommended new plan designs
* Responsible for annual Open Enrollment; managed project plan, trained regional HR on new plan offerings, wrote presentation and seventeen page booklet summarizing benefit offerings
Managed the Employee Stock Purchase Plan Program since 2001; coordinated with third party vendor to purchase stock quarterly
* Served as primary contact for HR Generalists for guidance on employee benefit practice and policy
* Co-author of the company’s first HR Administrative Guide for regional HR Generalists
Managed the integration of health and welfare plans for newly acquired marketing company (200+ employees); communicated plan design to new employee base
* Developed quarterly statistical reporting summary of U.S. Benefit programs for HR Leadership Team
* Conducted in-depth benchmarking survey to ensure competitive benefit plan offerings, as well as a Work/Life Benefits Survey resulting in the development of Flexible Work Arrangement Policies
* Co-author of internal, monthly employee communication highlighting benefit programs
* Created annual, personalized Total Compensation and Benefits Statement for U.S. and U.K. employees
Ensured consistency and timely resolution of all employee benefit issues
* Managed the Short Term and Long Term Disability Plans, working closely with regional Human Resources team and the insurance company to adjudicate claims
* Co-Authored Leave of Absence Policies for the company, developed an HR Administrative Guide and delivered training for HR and Staffing Organization
* Conducted employee benefit survey, resulting in new benefit plan offerings such as a new Pre-Tax Transportation Program and Flexible Spending Account vendor
* Developed a relocation assistance and short-term assignment policies and process
* Presented company benefit programs during New Hire Orientation
* Managed the tuition assistance program; tracked expenses for year-end tax reporting
Assisted in implementing the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Stock Options program during the IPO
* Processed all enrollments, changes, and distributions for the 401(k) Plan
* Assisted the VP/Director of Human Resources and Compensation/Benefits Manager with numerous projects