Mia Johnson
Columbus
Summary
Dynamic Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist with a proven track record, excelling in full-cycle recruiting and diversity hiring. Expert in leveraging advanced sourcing techniques and relationship management to drive strategic hiring initiatives, enhancing team performance and candidate engagement. Adept at utilizing ATS tools to optimize recruitment metrics and deliver exceptional candidate experiences.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Synopsys
Columbus
07.2025 - Current
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for technical roles across design and software engineering domains, ensuring alignment with Synopsys’s strategic hiring goals.
- Partner with senior engineering and leadership teams to forecast talent needs and craft effective sourcing strategies for niche and hard-to-fill technical positions.
- Manage full-cycle recruiting processes — from job scoping, talent mapping, and sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding — delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
- Utilize advanced sourcing techniques (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, diversity sourcing) to identify and engage top-tier global talent.
- Drive diversity hiring initiatives to enhance Synopsys’s inclusive culture and build balanced technical teams across R&D and product divisions.
- Collaborate with HR Business Partners and hiring managers to optimize recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, and offer acceptance rate.
- Mentor junior recruiters and hiring coordinators, promoting best practices and data-driven recruiting decisions.
- Leverage ATS and analytics tools like Visier to generate talent pipeline insights and improve recruitment strategy effectiveness.
- Partner with university relations and employer branding teams to strengthen Synopsys’s presence in key talent markets through events, tech talks, and digital campaigns.
Talent Acquisition Specialist II
Ansys
01.2022 - 07.2025
- Led full life-cycle recruitment within the software, cloud, release management, marketing, and infrastructure groups.
- 100+ tech hires
- Traveled to the Grace Hopper, Society of Women Engineers, and PyCon conferences.
- Planned the first company-wide Talent Acquisition social events with our Employee Resource Groups, focused on diversity and inclusion.
- Ansys is a global simulation engineering company focused on driving human advancement.
Technical Recruiter
Argo AI
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Placed top L3-L6 level talent within software, machine learning, and infrastructure.
- Averaged 201 calls, 81 tech screens, 26 onsites, and 10 offers in Q1.
- Participated in Argo's mentorship program and trained new recruiters.
- Managed the relationship with hiring managers and led new projects within HR teams.
- Argo AI was an autonomous driving technology company.
Account Manager
TEKsystems
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Managed the relationship with hiring managers, recruited candidates, scheduled interviews, assisted with onboarding new hires, and tracked candidate retention.
- Trained junior recruiters to effectively source qualified candidates.
- TEKsystems is a global IT staffing and technology services company.
Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Recruited top talent in software engineering, data analytics and enterprise applications for a variety of clients' industries.
- Full life-cycle recruitment including, cold-calling, interviewing, presenting candidates to hiring teams, scheduling, handling immigration needs, negotiation, and onboarding.
Account Manager
Larson O'Brien
01.2018 - 01.2019
- As my first professional position, I managed clients, media, and events by utilizing my marketing skills and background for both administrative and marketing responsibilities.
- Managed the two largest accounts while cultivating strong relationships with clients.
- Started a social media committee and helped the company with a rebrand.
Education
B.S. - Integrated Marketing Communications
Slippery Rock University
01.2018
Transfer Credits -
Pennsylvania State University
01.2015
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Yull Life Cycle Recruiting
- Greenhouse ATS
- Salesforce ATS
- HRIS ATS
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Immigration Policy
- Job Descriptions
- Boolean Search
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Canva
- ChatGPT/AI
- Soft Skills
- Relationship Building
- Communication
- Multitasking
- Talent sourcing
- Recruitment strategy
- Offer negotiation
- Diversity hiring
- Applicant tracking systems
- Full-cycle recruiting
- Relationship management
- Employer branding
- Candidate engagement
- Campus recruitment
Accomplishments
Top 10 Rookie & Contest Winner, TEKsystems Account Manager Northeast Region, 2020
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Synopsys
07.2025 - Current
Talent Acquisition Specialist II
Ansys
01.2022 - 07.2025
Technical Recruiter
Argo AI
01.2021 - 01.2022
Account Manager
TEKsystems
01.2020 - 01.2021
Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems
01.2019 - 01.2020
Account Manager
Larson O'Brien
01.2018 - 01.2019
B.S. - Integrated Marketing Communications
Slippery Rock University
Transfer Credits -
Pennsylvania State University