Years of People and Talent Leadership
MARINA ESKANDER
Anaheim,CA
Summary
Experienced People Operations and Talent Acquisition leader with 12+yrs of expertise in High-Volume Scaling, Onboarding, Compensation Analysis, Labor Laws, Employee Experience, Retention, Culture, HRIS/ATS Implementation, and Employer Branding.
A fast-paced natural leader who develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high-caliber, professionals and catalyzes a diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.
Talents include developing people and company culture and creating organizational plans that help sustain a safe and healthy environment through high growth phases.
Overview
13
13
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Talent
Recurrent Ventures
03.2022 - Current
- Improve Company brand as an exclusive marketplace for Editorial and Technical experts
- Implement new sourcing methods (e.g. industry/brand specific job boards, career fairs, groups, etc.)
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to forecast people and hiring needs
- Track the representation goals and alignment of growth related to diversity talent acquisition programs.
- Help build data-driven sourcing and pooling strategies that meet current and future business objectives and scale with rapid changes
- Drive strategic initiatives and change management.
- Design and implement technology-enabled processes to connect Talent and People efforts
- Update, and design new recruiting procedures (e.g. job application and onboarding processes)
- Provide insight into industry trends, jobs, salaries, and other recruiting topics
- Negotiate agency contracts and develop new agency relationships
Head of Talent Acquisition, Engagement, +Inclusion
Promenade Group
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Owning the full lifecycle of talent acquisition across our multidisciplinary organization, from sourcing to offer negotiation and ongoing retention of a rapidly scaling Series B funded SaaS company in the Ecommerce and Consumer Goods space.
- Leveraged LinkedIn, Indeed, Lever, TriNet, BuiltInLA, AngelList, Dice, and Careerbuilder.
- Effectively retained 27 new hires (Sr Leads, Directors, and VPs) within the first 6 months in Marketing, Engineering, Sales and People Operations.
- Leading a team of recruiters to actively source qualified candidates using internet databases, social media, employee referrals, etc to result in the hiring of 55 new Sales Development Representatives and 25 new Account Executives in the first 6 months.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in attraction and selection by leading best practice identification strategies to continuously improve delivering diverse slates and hires.
Head of Development
SQRD Lab
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Joined team as employee #3
- Level oversight of People and Business Development of Los Angeles and Detroit labs Report directly to the owner of the laboratories.
- Leveraged ADP, Indeed, Craigslist, Jobvite, and AngelList.
- Recruiting and hiring entirety of labs (30 roles each, 15 total labs) with technical and administrative excellence for both the Los Angeles and Michigan teams
- Establishing and implementing standard operating procedures for every department.
- Human resources functions (payroll, benefits, etc) from strategy to implementation Identified investment opportunities, threats and challenges to accurately forecast company budgets.
Head of People
Emerge
08.2018 - 01.2020
- Joined team as employee #6
- Created relationships with Gusto, Greenhouse, LinkedIn, AngelList, and Dice.
- Social media leveraged-Discord, Unity, Unreal, and Reddit
- Increased size of teams by 400% with nationwide candidates Led the employer branding process on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Best Place to Work, and niche technical groups to reach the best quality candidates
- Six Sigma informed management and data collection framework.
- Diversity and Inclusion Trainings.
- Payroll & benefits.
- Creation and implementation of employee handbook.
Senior Executive Talent Partner
Adecco
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Engaged in B2B headhunting with new and existing global clients for supplemental staffing and long-term consulting engagements in the fields of Information Technology, E-Commerce, Media, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Finance.
- Utilized Bullhorn, LinkedIn, Indeed, Careerbuilder, AngelList, and ZipRecruiter.
- Specialized in long-term, permanent placement positions with room to discuss temporary positions.
- Act as a business consultant to advise clients on appropriate staffing models (staff augmentation, SOW, RPO, MSP, VMS) based on hiring goals.
- Oversaw full-cycle recruiting for 75+ vacancies each quarter.
Director of Talent Acquisition
Adobe
06.2013 - 02.2017
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for a global 30000+employee company.
- Leveraged LinkedIn, WorkDay, Indeed, AngelList, Monster, CareerBuilder, Greenhouse, Lever, and Dice
- Directly managed teams of 35+ recruiters, with emphasis split between Data Science R&D, Product Engineering, G&A, and Cloud Operations
- Managed recruitment team and educated and mentored new advisors.
Director of Recruiting
New York Life Insurance Co
07.2009 - 06.2013
- Managed recruitment team and educated and mentored new advisors.
- Utilized Insuraseek, ProAct, Oracle, Monster, and Craigslist
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for 20,000-employee company.
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Sciences
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine And Science
Master of Science - Public Health
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine And Science
Bachelor of Science - Anthropology
University of California Riverside
Skills
- Global Remote Talent Strategist
- Organizational Development
- Career Branding and Marketing
- Performance Management
- Managing Recruiting and People Operations Teams
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
- Conflict Resolution
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Employee Experience
Timeline
Head of Talent
Recurrent Ventures
03.2022 - Current
Head of Talent Acquisition, Engagement, +Inclusion
Promenade Group
07.2021 - 03.2022
Head of Development
SQRD Lab
01.2020 - 07.2021
Head of People
Emerge
08.2018 - 01.2020
Senior Executive Talent Partner
Adecco
02.2017 - 08.2018
Director of Talent Acquisition
Adobe
06.2013 - 02.2017
Director of Recruiting
New York Life Insurance Co
07.2009 - 06.2013
Master of Science - Biomedical Sciences
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine And Science
Master of Science - Public Health
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine And Science
Bachelor of Science - Anthropology
University of California Riverside
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