Katasha Harley

Recruit and Develop leadership staff to handle day-to-day business operations. Work with general contractor on studio and retail store build out. Established marketing and sales plan based on business targets. Manage labor, inventory and overhead costs effectively to maintain business profitability. Manage 700K budget.

Head of People for Bravely, a career development company offering coaching and learning solutions. Partnered with co-founders and led People team to build a stronger, performance-based culture. Improved compensation structure moving 100% of employees within competitive salary ranges. Launched first-ever employee engagement survey and performance management process. Implemented key business metrics for employee visibility. Established a more rational HR model with our PEO/benefits outsourced partner, reducing costs. Developed and executed HR policies and programs, workforce planning and job development, compensation and benefits and employee relations to build employee-focused human resources office culture. Consistently acted as a highly trusted partner and coach to department leaders, founders and employees.

Newly created leadership role for Food52, a consumer product goods and media company. Worked closely with CEO and her leadership team. Drove a series of significant organizational changes including more explicitly aligning diversity, inclusion initiatives to business strategy. Led integration of newly acquired company, Schoolhouse, nearly doubling headcount to 180. Results included employee engagement of 83%.

Led global learning and development function for over 3,500 employees, union and non-union, across business and editorial functions. In previous role, led a team of Human Resources business partners, providing guidance to over 2,000 leaders and employees across all business functions including Marketing, Advertising, New Product and Ventures, Engineering and Product and Design. Partnered with leaders on goal setting, succession planning, talent calibration, organizational change and employee development. Led efforts to build and scale new cross functional teams, successfully integrating 200 new employees. Collaborated with legal and compliance teams on employee relations matters, revamped policies and new training programs. Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.

Business Partner to President, Elizabeth Arden and Human Resources leader for 200 employees across Global Marketing, Global Product Development, Global Digital, Global eCommerce and Public Relations functions. Partnered with SVP, Global Human Resources on global HR projects and initiatives including creating policies for temporary and contract workers. Designed robust compensation and benefits packages to attract top employees. Spearheaded learning and development and performance management initiatives including revamping performance assessment criteria, process and training. Previous HR Director and business partner to CFO, CIO and EVP of Supply Chain, responsible for collaborating with global HR team to lead compensation planning, performance planning and succession planning for these divisions. Led recruitment, employee relations, training, performance management and other human resources initiatives. Liaison for corporate partnerships with nonprofit organizations and manage college recruitment relationships. Previous Human Resources site leader for Stamford, CT office employees, supervising exempt and non-exempt staff. Provided supervision and guidance to HR Manager for Canadian business, including managing benefits renewals.

Led and developed HR function and department in growing employee non-profit organization. Updated employee handbook and created response protocols for department. Managed human resources staff across benefits, compensation, employee relations and HRIS functions to provide day-to-day support to 8 growing charter schools across New York City. Supported union and non-union employees.

Selected by senior management and promoted into new role to assist with forming new Talent Recruitment team. Strategically sourced and recruited commercial, operational and recent MBA graduates throughout North America. Previously provided generalist support for marketing, sales, finance and creative talent at Matrix, leading haircare brand, as an HR Manager. Managed learning and talent development, succession planning, salary and bonus planning and employee relations. Coordinated immigration process for visa and green card applications to support mobility requests for domestic and international assignments. Served on leadership committee and as business partner to brand General Managers and Senior Vice Presidents. Instituted programs and employee branded business experiences that contributed to 50% less turnover.

Human Resources Advisor, Turner Broadcasting (2007-2008)
Selected by cross-company leadership team to join HR function for newly acquired network, CourtTV during its transition and rebranding to truTV. Supported Daytime Programming division in all human resources functions. Responsible for rolling out performance management program to over 300 employees; Partner with Compensation, Human Resources Information Systems, Training, Legal and Benefits departments to develop and implement programs and processes for managers and employees.

Senior Human Resources Manager, Time Inc. (2000-2007)
During tenure, held several roles in campus recruitment, training and generalist functions, culminating as Senior Human Resources Manager. Served as HR Generalist for Parenting Group, Essence, Real Simple, Fortune, Money, Business 2.0 and Time Inc. 's custom publishing division, providing counsel to employees and senior management. Launched first fully automated company-wide training website with online registration for 10K employees. Developed new processes for company-wide high school internship and college graduate rotational program hiring 100 interns and 15 recent graduates each year. Left Time Inc. for less than one year to pursue community interest in 2002. Directed job fairs to bring in local talent for long term and seasonal positions.

Child Welfare Specialist 08/2002 to 04/2003