Stephanie King

•Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and implement strategic enhancements to increase efficiency and placement success rates. •Serve as a dedicated candidate advocate, aligning talent strengths with client needs to drive high-quality contract and direct-hire placements. •Lead and mentor a subset of recruiters, providing coaching, training, and day-to-day guidance to elevate team and company performance. •Act as a subject matter expert, partnering closely with Sales team members to support industry-specific hiring strategies and market insights. •Collaborate with clients to understand hiring goals, position requirements, and organizational culture to ensure successful matches. •Maintain strong relationships with candidates throughout the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring a positive, transparent, and consultative experience. •Support process improvement initiatives and contribute to team best practices to increase efficiency and placement success rates. •Utilize advanced sourcing strategies including Boolean search, social recruiting, networking, and referrals to identify top-tier talent. •Analyze market trends, competitor activity, and candidate availability to advise clients and internal teams on realistic hiring timelines and strategies. •Oversee full-cycle recruitment processes, from initial intake and sourcing to interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding. •Leverage applicant tracking systems (ATS) tools to organize search workflows and maintain accurate, up-to-date candidate data. •Resolve candidate and client concerns promptly, maintaining high satisfaction levels and reinforcing Dawson’s reputation for excellence.

• Build relationships, communicate, consult and influence stakeholders. • Interact with various HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and business leaders including senior-level management and leadership. • Lead all activities related to the fulfillment of talent staffing needs for OPW operating companies across North America. • Consult with business leaders on talent-related strategies and initiatives throughout the course of a search to influence decisions regarding recruitment strategy. • Advise hiring teams on the most effective sourcing strategy that will support the identification of desired talent and communicate any key labor market trends that may impact the search. • Demonstrate deep knowledge of talent acquisition, including recruiting strategy development, candidate sourcing, candidate pipelining, and selection. • Manage a team of recruiters, providing guidance, support, and development to handle the volume of requisitions by prioritizing tasks and responsibilities. • On-going training with direct reports to continue development across sourcing and recruitment strategies to identify external talent; ensuring a positive candidate experience and engagement throughout the recruitment process; including offer negotiation and pre-employment process. • Support metrics to ensure time to fill, candidate quality, and candidate experience, are within goals and drive towards continuous improvement. • Report on metrics, pull market data, and provide weekly status updates to the hiring manager/HR. • Manage requisition in the ATS (SAP Success factors) and other recruitment platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter/Indeed/Zip/Social Platforms) • Provide consultative guidance and collaborate with the hiring leader and human resource business partners across the organization, in the assessment of workforce needs and in the development of appropriate recruitment strategies.

• Assisted in the building and development of the internal executive recruitment infrastructure for long-term success across the organization. • Provided exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience using a high-touch, service-oriented, collaborative approach. • Developed appropriate and consistent communications with hiring managers and cross-functional partners to ensure a positive experience. • Ensured the presentation of high-quality, diverse candidates in accordance with goals and objectives. • Sourced, reviewed job applicants, interviewed candidates and closed top talent. • Acted as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to hiring teams, built meaningful relationships with interviewers and hiring managers to help shape the Talent Acquisition processes. • Regularly reported and presented the performance of hiring pipelines to internal stakeholders. • Protected and improved Klarna's candidate experience. • Collaborated and shared knowledge with the local and global Talent Acquisition team. • Managed candidate progression and maintain a high level of data integrity in our applicant tracking system (Lever) with the assistance of a Recruiting Coordinator. • Managed candidate relationships through final offer negotiation and confidential reference checking.

• Managed full cycle recruiting from beginning to end, while maintaining a track record of innovative sourcing while building talent communities. • Communicated directly with hiring managers and internal HR partners to further evaluate candidates after on-site interviews, keeping hiring managers informed throughout the process. • Led the entire recruitment process including requisition approval, hiring manager briefing, job advertising, candidate sourcing, application review, candidate screening, interview strategy and offer process. • Guided recruiting team by teaching best practices when sourcing talent. • Utilized job market knowledge while building, managing and maintaining a pipeline of qualified talent. • Expert knowledge of talent acquisition practices, which include employer branding, recruiting, and diversity. • Experience recruiting at the director level and above. • Quickly responded to the ever-changing priorities, adapting and applying new approaches to different scenarios. • Reviewed resume and credentials for appropriateness of skill set, experience, and knowledge in relation to position requirements. • Sourced candidates utilizing Online job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, social media channels, ATS, attending job fairs, and participating in networking events, while leveraging advertising resources and marketing strategies.

• Developed a continuous pipeline of candidates for future positions, key staffing needs, and hard-to-fill requisitions. • Prepared, extended, and negotiated competitive job offers, while handling all benefit information. • Reviewed resumes/portfolios and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience, and knowledge in relation to position requirements • Recruiting efforts focused on temporary, temp to hire, and direct hire positions by proactively sourcing candidates based on skill set and utilizing resources to recruit candidates • Conduct virtual/in-person interviews with qualified candidates in an effort to fill positions with varying levels of experience requirements • Utilized online job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, Bullhorn ATS CRM, and Reach, attending job fairs, and participating in networking events to source qualified candidates • Maintained ongoing communication with all candidates whether placed or not, active or passive, provided counseling or feedback as requested by the client, assist with any payroll or administrative issues that pertain directly to the employment of the candidate by Dawson, and communicated termination notices and feedback provided from the client as warranted • Coached candidates on interview techniques and strategies, during the offer phase, and the on-boarding process

• Assisted in the creation of brand-right, commercial fabric/trim/lace designs that reflected the conceptual direction and overall business strategy • Gathered fabric assortments from key shows according to the conceptual design direction of the season • Developed seasonal product with a focus on sourcing new ideas while anticipating the needs of the customer • Collaborated and followed-up on deliverables with key cross-functional partners throughout the development process • Utilized resources while sourcing new ideas and staying up to date on competitor research and trend analysis • Created commercially viable big ideas through raw material innovation based on current competition and trend intelligence • Partnered with MAST raw material team to negotiate fabric costs and MOQ/MCQ in or to impact the gross margin

• Tracked all development reporting, which included line plan analysis, calendar actualization, and developed versus adopted ratio in Flex PLM in order to improve the development process for future seasons • Ensured that product development activities meet timeline and quality goals set by The Brand • Negotiated and confirmed final product costs with merchant partners in order to achieve overall cost target while keeping design intent • Developed an understanding of global Development Lead-Times; Used this knowledge to coordinate quicker turnaround times with vendors

• Transferred design ideas into actual development, specified raw materials, color, and construction of each piece • Followed-up with vendors/factories on all style information, while communicating all changes and additional details daily • Partnered with vendors and raw material team to source trims and fabrics; looked at mill base to determine what supply base is best for the intended product • Traveled to regional offices/mill base/garment factories to develop product while ensuring alignment on business trends and financial goals

• Coordinated with design, merchants, and technical fit teams to ensure all production requirements (trim, fabric, quality, fit, color) are met within time constraints. • Monitored and tracked time & action calendar starting with the product development process into final bulk production, by daily communication with supply base. • Recommend and provided solutions to resolve daily issues related to the product in a speed/chase environment. • Managed weekly production and product development meetings with The Brand.

• Part of development team that managed Tween Brands, Pac Sun Inc., Victoria Secret, Express, Abercrombie, and other specialty retail accounts • Created brand right, trend right, marketable product and product lines, while pitching product line ideas to specialty retail accounts

• Assisted the design team by moving developing programs from the process of initial set up into bulk production, while ensuring the finished product met the original specifications without delays or complications • Attended trend meetings to understand design intention and tone for the season • Managed design coordinators while communicating effectively to all cross functional partners and vendors daily • Tracked all style development including; fabric swatches, trims, mock-ups, SMS samples, color chips

• Executed specific design development projects as assigned by the Designer and Design team • Prepared development packages and participated in all vendor communication and follow up related to each product • Managed development and execution of trim and artwork packages • Maintained WebPDM from initial product development to final production sample

• Traveled to accounts in L.A. presented the line and contributed in sales results • Presented the current line to buyers and department stores from the showroom, also managed daily tasks • Aided during the L.A. market with our best accounts and buyers

Helped organize and produce fashion shows for the local community Participated in fundraisers to help raise money for the surrounding area and other organizations Produced and Designed the first fashion newsletter called Fashion Forum