Kristina Mehaffey
Frisco,TX
Summary
Dynamic recruitment professional with a proven track record in attracting and hiring top-tier talent to meet organizational objectives. Recognized for fostering collaborative team environments and delivering impactful hiring outcomes that drive business success. Expertise in aligning recruitment strategies with overarching business goals, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced team performance. Proficient in Martech, executive-level recruitment, and technical delivery, with experience in G&A, F&A, project management, and resource planning.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Talent Acquisition Consultant
KFC (Yum Brands!) & CapTalent Mgt
Plano
04.2024 - Current
- Working as a consultant for KFC US in order to assist with transition of Corporate Functions from Louisville Headquarters to Plano.
- Recruited on a freelance basis for Executive level positions for CapTalent Mgt.
Talent Acquisition Leader
TALIVITY (RECRUITICS)
Norwalk
04.2022 - 12.2023
- Led talent acquisition efforts for boutique recruitment marketing advertising agency.
- Hired 100 new employees in less than one year for client services, strategy and sales, technical delivery including product and project managers, as well as product implementation, pre and post client support, engineering roles, campaign managers (programmatic, paid social, paid media, and email).
- Trusted advisor on market salary analysis, compensation restructuring for several organizations, and TA process creation that allowed lines of business to function leaner and become more competitive and in line with current market/industry standards.
- Successfully lead engineering reorganization initiative (2023 budgeted project) by solely hiring and onboarding over 25 new employees within a 4-month timeframe. Implemented 1st executive Talent Acquisition strategy.
Lead Corporate Recruiter
EPSILON (PUBLICIS GROUPE)
Irving
09.2014 - 04.2022
- Was responsible for leading recruiting team of anywhere from 4-9 recruiters.
- Lead Engineering/Technology and Digital Media full cycle recruiting for Epsilon, Digital, and Conversant.
- Created and managed/maintained strong relationships with business partners at all levels in multiple agencies globally within Publicis Groupe.
- Acted as HRIS Project Manager Coordinator during HRIS integrations for Publicis Groupe new systems implementations/integrations for 9,000 employees.
- Was promoted to Lead Recruiter after being a Senior Recruiter for 2 years (I was a contractor for 3 years prior to that).
- Created and maintained strong business partnerships with internal clients while leading the full life cycle recruitment process for Epsilon's Technology/Platform Delivery Practice- CRM and Loyalty (PMO, PM’s, account delivery, BA’s, BSA’s, QA’s, operations, etc.) as well as Media (campaign, email, programmatic, paid social and paid search managers and analysts, Advertising Partnership/Affiliate marketing, campaign management, and media analytics), Human Resources, Cybersecurity, Digital Delivery-DX (DMP, DMS, Salesforce, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe, Oracle, etc.), Web Analytics (AI & Machine Learning) as well as all levels of Engineers.
- Promoted to be responsible for InfoSec (Cybersecurity) Organization recruitment to create the new SOC team.
- Was responsible for hiring entire DE&I team to kick off these new initiatives in alignment with both Epsilon and Publicis Groupe company cultures.
- Recruited 10 plus C-level Executives (SVP’s/VP’s) in 2019 to establish the new Enterprise Engagement team for Technology Delivery Practice.
- Collaborated with all levels of management, including executive levels, to identify hiring needs and to develop recruiting strategies to attract quality talent.
- Provided appropriate feedback throughout the interview and selection process to advise and influence hiring managers, ensuring an overall effective hire.
- Supported, developed, and maintained a thorough understanding of Epsilon’s business model, culture, department needs and talent acquisition strategy. Led UAT (during Publicis Groupe Acquisition) for Recruiting Resource Planning tool for Technology Delivery Practice, HRIS, Finance Reporting platforms, external vendor systems as well as T&E software. Joined Epsilon as a contractor and assisted in building robust team within 6 months.
Senior IT Recruiter
VERITY RECRUITING
Plano
03.2014 - 09.2014
- Was solely responsible for Information technology positions in a full cycle recruiting capacity.
- Handled full cycle recruiting for all levels of professionals.
- Team lead revenue producer.
- Utilized various resources such as CareerBuilder, Monster, Dice, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, social media, cold calling, Discovery, etc.
Staffing Manager
SNI COMPANIES- ACCOUNTING NOW
Irving
07.2012 - 03.2014
- Responsible for full cycle-qualified job requirement with hiring manager, negotiated rates/salary, coordinated client site interviews, and placement with client.
- Hired F&A professionals: Top performer for 10 out of 12 months first year
Professional Recruiter
PEYTON RESOURCE GROUP
Irving
08.2010 - 07.2012
- Placed Information Technology, Finance & Accounting, and G/A professionals on a national level.
- Created lead tracking system for recruiting team to streamline leads to Account Managers.
- 2011: 2nd highest producer nationwide.
- Successfully placed over 18 Technical employees on a permanent basis for one client at a local pre-IPO Oil and Gas Company.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Texas State University
San Marcos01.2006
BBA - Business Finance
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX01.2004
Skills
- Greenhouse
- SmartRecruiters
- SAP SuccessFactors
- Linkedin Recruiter
- ADP Workforce
- Taleo
- ZipRecruiter
- Workday
- ICIMS
- Oracle Cloud Recruiting
- Monday
- Linkedin Recruiter
- Indeed
- Facebook (FB Ads)
- Monster
- CareerBuilder
- Salesforce
- Google Ads
- Instagram & TikTok
- Jobvite
- JobDiva
- Hierology
- SAP
- LMS
- Peoplesoft
- Bamboo HR
- Career Site Creation and Mgt
- Microsoft Teams
- AI Recruiting Tools
- Copilot
- Microsoft Power BI
- Tableau
- SQL
- Jira
- Asana
- Collaborative teamwork
- Social media recruiting
- Competency-based hiring
- Behavioral interviewing
- Job posting optimization
- Recruitment marketing
- Workforce planning
- Interviewing techniques
- Managed client contracts
- Talent management
- Global recruitment
Certification
- DE&I Certification, National Diversity Council, 2023
- PRC, AIRS - ADP, 2025
- Certified Recruiting Professional
Timeline
Principal Talent Acquisition Consultant
KFC (Yum Brands!) & CapTalent Mgt
04.2024 - Current
Talent Acquisition Leader
TALIVITY (RECRUITICS)
04.2022 - 12.2023
Lead Corporate Recruiter
EPSILON (PUBLICIS GROUPE)
09.2014 - 04.2022
Senior IT Recruiter
VERITY RECRUITING
03.2014 - 09.2014
Staffing Manager
SNI COMPANIES- ACCOUNTING NOW
07.2012 - 03.2014
Professional Recruiter
PEYTON RESOURCE GROUP
08.2010 - 07.2012
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Texas State University
BBA - Business Finance
Southwest Texas State University