Julia Peaslee
Tulsa,OK
Summary
Experienced People Programs Specialist with a strong background in talent management, facilitation, employee engagement, onboarding, and strategic communication. Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing scalable people programs that drive high performance and enhance organizational culture. Successfully onboarded over 2,100 employees and 80+ interns throughout career.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Specialist, Career Development and Communications
Raytheon
04.2023 - Current
- I lead our Raytheon Finance Onboarding program, and develop and implement Career Development programming
- I lead our entire program strategy for our Raytheon Finance Internship program
- I analyze employee data to develop new employee development initiatives, including a coaching program that I will launch in Q2 2025
- Co-designed and executed quarterly career development initiatives, increasing engagement and participation among a 2,600-employee audience by 11-18% quarter over quarter
- Topics Include: Career Progression, Career Development Panels, and Career Roadmaps
- In 2024, I onboarded over 270 employees, and created a gamified onboarding portal that improved employee satisfaction on onboarding by 12% (Pulse Survey Data, Q3 2024)
- I co-author department strategic communications including process changes, policy updates, events, and department news
- I liaise with corporate communications and manage our communications calendar
- I lead our Finance Internship Program of 40+ summer interns and intern managers, developing the program content, career development initiatives, coaching, and learning sessions
- I am the point of contact for all intern managers and provide metrics and updates on performance to senior leadership
Learning and Development Specialist
Protiviti
04.2022 - 04.2023
- Co-lead a team of 6 responsible for delivering new hire onboarding for over 800 new hires annually
- I am accountable for the co-administration of our 365-day onboarding platform to help new hires acclimate to their new organization
- In 2022, I onboarded over 340 experienced hires remotely
- Received consistent 5-star ratings on content, delivery, and engagement
- I partner with benefits, finance, and solution SMEs to update the onboarding curriculum on the company mission, values, policies, procedures, and systems
- Monitor day-to-day activities of LMS including engagement, errors, and implementing updates to learning curriculum and CPE credits
- Launched a high-potential employee mentorship program with an average satisfaction rating of 4.85/5.00 in Q4 of 2022
- Execute remote and in-person learning experiences including facilitation, administration, and event operations (6+ per month)
- Collaborate with program leaders and SMEs to plan, prepare content, and deliver learning programs using instructional design methodologies
Assistant Director, Learning and Development
University of Chicago
05.2020 - 04.2022
- Responsible for administrating and operating a core curriculum leadership development course and managing all department strategic communications
- Oversee the planning and operations of 5 annual leadership development programs, delivered on a quarterly or bi-quarterly basis
- Manage student engagement, LMS, and course operations for the course Leadership Exploration and Development (LEAD)
- Manage processing, data tracking, and relationships of 8+ learning vendors
- I grew these relationships into future partnerships across the university
- Facilitated a 10-20% attrition rate decrease through targeted student communication and engagement strategies
- Oversee targeted and developmental coaching programs for students on professional and academic challenges and goals
- Manage intake and processing of all student coaching requests and track coaching engagements
- Oversee department communications to over 2,400 active students via events page, student blog, and quarterly newsletter
Manager, Admissions
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
07.2018 - 05.2020
- Responsible for recruiting operations for MBA admissions, including hosting admissions events and management of recruiting CRM, Slate
- Conducted full cycle recruiting including application reading, resume reviews, interviews, and engaging prospective students via our CRM
- Hosted and facilitated remote and in-person prospective student events
- Designed and presented admissions data reports to department leadership, including communications data and DE&I statistics
- Manage Slate CRM communications operations to prospective students by partnering with marketing
Accounting Associate
RefuSHE
07.2017 - 07.2018
Accounting Associate
Community Tax
03.2016 - 08.2017
Education
Masters of Science - Communications
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL01.2021
Bachelor of Science - Political Science, Accounting
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL01.2015
Timeline
Principal Specialist, Career Development and Communications
Raytheon
04.2023 - Current
Learning and Development Specialist
Protiviti
04.2022 - 04.2023
Assistant Director, Learning and Development
University of Chicago
05.2020 - 04.2022
Manager, Admissions
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
07.2018 - 05.2020
Accounting Associate
RefuSHE
07.2017 - 07.2018
Accounting Associate
Community Tax
03.2016 - 08.2017
Masters of Science - Communications
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science - Political Science, Accounting
University of Illinois
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