Rachael Fresh Avila
Salt Lake City
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Corporate Talent Acquisition Partner
SeekWell
05.2025 - Current
- Recruiter for SeekWell's Corporate hiring
- Full-cycle recruiting across the U.S. for GTM, Strategy & Development, Finance, and Legal Functions
- Mentor junior recruiters and coach on best practices and processes
- Partner with Executive stakeholders to align priorities, level, and market data
- Work with compensation and total rewards to ensure internal equity and market alignment are matched
- Collaborate monthly with Finance on forecasting and hiring plans
Interim Internal Communications Manager
SeekWell
07.2025 - 09.2025
- While continuing my primary role in recruiting, I took on a side project to consult with the Internal Communications team on their content strategy and creative process. What started as a temporary advisory role quickly evolved into leading the team through a transition period as they awaited a new leader.
- During this time, I wore a lot of hats — managing projects, driving change management initiatives, holding performance conversations, and even hiring a contractor to provide additional support. One of my proudest contributions was completely redesigning the team’s internal creative process to be more efficient, collaborative, and scalable.
- It was a fast-paced, high-trust experience that blended my people skills, operational thinking, and love of building structure where it’s needed most.
Lead Volume Talent Acquisition Partner
SeekWell
04.2024 - 04.2025
- Served as Lead Recruiter for a 600-person Customer Department, overseeing high-volume hiring while partnering closely with leadership to align recruiting strategies with departmental goals.
- Owned the end-to-end hiring process for over 500 roles annually, leveraging Greenhouse to ensure a fast, thoughtful, and candidate-first experience.
- Delivered consistently strong hiring outcomes, including a 90%+ offer acceptance rate, a 17-day average time-to-fill, and 92% candidate satisfaction.
- Supported internal mobility and employee development by championing internal opportunity hiring, helping team members grow within the organization.
Human Resources Analyst
Weave
02.2023 - 04.2024
- Partnered with HR Business Partners and Recruiters to lead job benchmarking initiatives, using survey data and market insights to build competitive, equitable compensation ranges across roles.
- Served as a key data analyst for HR and Talent teams, crafting detailed reports on job structure and compensation analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Played an integral role in evolving our Performance, Feedback, and Insights program—helping to align it more closely with merit-based initiatives and organizational goals.
- Managed global equity grants for new hires, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with company compensation philosophy and industry benchmarks.
- Launched and led an internal equity education initiative, equipping employees with foundational knowledge about compensation, equity, and the “why” behind our practices.
Talent Operations & Coordination Manager
Weave
04.2021 - 02.2023
- Led the successful implementation of Greenhouse ATS during a period of rapid growth, managing the system buildout from the ground up to support scalable hiring operations.
- Managed the Recruiting Coordination team, ensuring smooth, high-quality execution of hiring workflows and candidate touchpoints.
- Launched and led the company’s first Women Employee Resource Group, championing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts and setting the stage for future ERGs.
- Partnered with the Training team to design and deliver company-wide training programs focused on interview best practices and equitable hiring processes.
- Drove automation and efficiency initiatives by evaluating existing workflows, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing scalable solutions across the recruiting lifecycle.
- Continuously assessed talent acquisition systems and tools to align with business needs, optimize recruiter capacity, and enhance the candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Streamlined recruiting data and reporting practices to support strategic decision-making, ensuring alignment with SLAs and providing clear insights for executive leadership.
- Regularly gathered and integrated candidate and hiring manager feedback to refine processes, strengthen relationships, and drive retention through a more human-centered experience.
- Partnered with People Team and Finance to continuously improve and automate our headcount planning process to ensure clarity, consistency and timeliness of hiring priorities and plans
Talent Acquisition Partner
Snap Finance
08.2019 - 04.2021
- Led contact center hiring as the primary Talent Acquisition Partner, managing full life cycle recruiting for high-volume Customer Service and Collections roles—from sourcing and phone screens to offer and pre-boarding.
- Expanded recruiting support across multiple functions, successfully filling roles in Fraud, Inside Sales, Outside Sales, and Project Management.
- Spearheaded the RFP process for a new applicant tracking system and led the implementation of Greenhouse, streamlining operations and improving overall recruiting efficiency.
Staffing Specialist
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2019
- Acted as recruiting coordinator by pre-screening applicants, scheduling interviews, completing new hire paperwork, and conducting new hire orientation
- Assisted with staffing and schedules. Responsible for maintaining employee records while ensuring corporate policy was being met
- Oversaw employee recognition such as awards and company luncheons
Education
Masters - Organizational Leadership/HR Certification
Southern New Hampshire University
03.2024
Bachelor's degree - Communication Studies
Utah State University
01.2018
High School Diploma - Generals
Clearfield High School
01.2013
Skills
- Global recruitment
- Team leadership
- Interview coordination
- Process Improvement
- Data analysis
- Applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse)
- Compensation analysis
- Interviewing techniques
Certification
- Recruiting Talent with Social Media
- Google Sheets
Languages
English
Honors-Awards
Utah State University Student Media, Intern of the Year, USUSA President's Award, Friend of the Greeks, Employee of the Month, Woman of the Year Finalist
Timeline
Interim Internal Communications Manager
SeekWell
07.2025 - 09.2025
Corporate Talent Acquisition Partner
SeekWell
05.2025 - Current
Lead Volume Talent Acquisition Partner
SeekWell
04.2024 - 04.2025
Human Resources Analyst
Weave
02.2023 - 04.2024
Talent Operations & Coordination Manager
Weave
04.2021 - 02.2023
Talent Acquisition Partner
Snap Finance
08.2019 - 04.2021
Staffing Specialist
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2019
Bachelor's degree - Communication Studies
Utah State University
High School Diploma - Generals
Clearfield High School
Masters - Organizational Leadership/HR Certification
Southern New Hampshire University