Sydnie Smart

Full cycle recruiting for opportunities to work across Dow Jones brands including Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Marketwatch, and more. Focused on finding top tier talent for business units including but not limited to media sales, risk sales, marketing, and corporate functions.

• Full cycle recruiting for positions across traditional, digital, and multicultural media planning, media investment, client operations, commerce, transformation, growth and project management • Recruited for Mediabrands’ three full-service agencies (Initiative, UM, Mediahub), across clients including Nike, General Mills, Ulta Beauty, Johnson & Johnson, Netflix, T-Mobile, AMEX, Constellation Brands, GEICO and more • Handled up to 20+ requisitions at a time across various levels, ranging from entry-level to Director level • Successfully led new business recruitment, identifying niche pharmaceutical media talent, meeting with senior leadership to deliver weekly reporting, status updates, and recruitment progress • Co-created “Recruitment Best Practices” training documents and deck, delivering an interactive and in-depth talent acquisition training a to a team of 40+ recruiters across the Mediabrands network • Consistently exceeded KPI’s and metrics including filled roles YTD and time-to-fill • Conducted strategic searches through LinkedIn Recruiter to identify diverse and tough to find candidates in a competitive marketplace; maintaining a strong pipeline of “available now” and “available later” talent • Developed strong relationships with hiring teams, understanding their staffing needs, informing them of market trends, and delivering the best possible candidate solutions • Maintained strong relationships with candidates, recruiting with empathy, ensuring a transparent and positive talent experience • Attended in-person career fairs and diversity partnerships events to offer resume feedback and interview tips, mock-interviews, and pitch IPG Mediabrands to build a strong pipeline of diverse talent • Trained and mentored new staff members on best practices, sourcing techniques, system processes, client information and more • Partnered with staffing agencies to evaluate freelance talent, liaising during the interview, selection, and onboarding process

• Responsible for full-cycle recruitment for contract and direct hire positions • Handled 25-30+ requisitions at a time and conducted 10-15 interviews per week • Placed wide range of talent, roles including: Sr. HR Manager, HR Assistant, Recruiting Coordinator, Recruiter, Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Receptionist, Data Entry Clerk, Customer Service Representative and more • Posted to job boards and conducted targeted searches through LinkedIn Recruiter • Interview prepped and debriefed candidates, negotiated pay rates and salaries with candidates, and maintained strong relationships with them to ensure transparency during interview process • Liaised between candidate, business development manager and hiring manager throughout end-to-end recruitment process • Conducted quality calls with candidates once onboarded to ensure continued success after placement • Successfully filled 20+ job openings within first 3 months • Received “Employee Spotlight” award for HR/Admin vertical for outstanding performance

• Marketed top talent to prospective clients through industry targeted phone calls and email campaigns • Met metrics of minimum 40 outbound calls per day, 12 business development conversations per day, and 5 client meetings per week • Virtually met with prospective and active clients to develop and maintain business relationships and generate job orders • Presented candidates to clients for temporary and direct hire job openings in the HR, administrative, customer service and facilities spaces • Coordinated with recruiters to match appropriate talent to open jobs • Screened and prepared candidates prior to presenting them to clients • Handled communication between candidate and client to coordinate seamless onboarding process

• Responsible for business development, client service, and revenue production by generating job orders • Formed and expanded business relationships through frequent communication via phone, email and in-person meetings • Collaborated with recruitment team to present clients with highly qualified candidates for job openings • Created strategic email campaigns and marketing calls resulting in development of business • Provided clients with market intel, labor statistics and hiring tips to successfully source and retain top talent • Prepared candidates for interviews, conducted reference checks, and negotiated hourly rates and salaries • Maintained relationships with both clients and candidates to ensure a successful onboarding process • Worked closely with clients and candidates to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity (Laid off due to COVID-19)

• Uploaded job postings filling 13 open positions within 2 months • Created and updated Excel spreadsheets regarding compensation benchmarking, recruitment resources, staffing timelines, etc. • Researched current company data and statistics for company-wide PowerPoint presentations • Assembled new hire packets for new employees • Created and updated company documents via Word and Publisher, such as organizational charts and employee evaluation instructions and guidelines • Filed annual performance reviews and miscellaneous documents regarding confidential employee information • Shadowed interviews alongside Human Resources Director and hiring managers with potential candidates • Communicated with other organizations via Outlook to inform them about job openings

• Created Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, job descriptions, job review forms and updated several organizational documents i.e., the company policies and procedures • Scheduled and conducted phone interviews with applicants for the Director of Human Resources • Observed in-person interviews and new employee orientations • Retained basic HR knowledge including but not limited to labor laws, benefit administration, recruitment, employee and patient confidentiality, employee development