MARY LEES

310-***-**** Hermosa Beach, CA ad15ey@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn

Career Snapshot Core Competencies

Senior Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Executive with global experience driving innovation, automation products, and implementing processes around best-in-class executive recruiting for Fortune 500 organizations.

Broad industry expertise in technology, AI and automation, marketing, data, and clean energy.

Consistently ranked in the top 5% of candidate placement.

Developed and introduced successful diversity recruitment strategies, leveraging experience working with executives from top organizations.

Ranked #1 or #2 in search placement closures from 2007 – 2014.

Built out essential recruiting function to support centralized business, creating a technology recruiting strategy during build of Disney+ platform.

Sourced and recruited the CTO for Disney Animation, securing a critical leadership role to support the iconic brand.

Averaged total annual closures of ~ 18 executives in multiple business units.

Reduced recruiting cycle time by 20% after building recruiting function from the ground up for high-growth entertainment firm.

Professional Work Experience & Highlights

MEL Consulting

Senior Director 2023 – Present

Transitioned to consulting goal, building out a book of business across the entertainment and technology sectors, still in infancy. Leverage experience in recruiting, sales, and marketing to advise key decision-makers.

•Reduced recruiting cycle time by 20% after building recruiting function from the ground up for high-growth entertainment firm.

•Lowered recruiting cycle time by 20% and reduced cost per hire by 7% while recruiting three diverse executives in six months.

•Closed three senior technology leader searches for technology start-up client.

•Developed Market Map to identify current candidate pipeline and benchmark candidates for future needs.

•Introduced cohesive talent acquisition and talent management functions to design a multi-year approach to talent strategy.

The Walt Disney Company

Director, Executive Recruiting 2013 – 2022

Built out essential recruiting function to support centralized business, creating a technology recruiting strategy during the build-out of Disney+ platform. Worked with HR partners to ensure a consistent pipeline and bench of qualified candidates.

•Sourced and recruited the CTO for Disney Animation, securing a critical leadership role for the iconic brand.

•Averaged total annual closures of ~ 20 executives across multiple business units.

•Partnered with Disney + executive team to lead hiring strategy before successful launch—18 executive hires in nine months.

•Recruited and developed 12 executive recruiters to support future hiring initiatives.

•Spearheaded an enterprise-wide diversity program for technologists, with goal of aligning enterprise strategic initiatives and resulting in an increase in diversity hires by ~20% YoY.

•Decreased cost per hire and cycle time by developing and introducing enterprise-wide processes and templates to guide executives.

•Mentored and developed team of geographically disbursed recruiters serving as critical business partners and resources for business leaders throughout the company.

•Reduced spending on external retained search by 90% within two years of assuming leadership role.

Morgan Samuels Company

Consultant/Senior Consultant – Senior Recruiter 2006 – 2013

Designed search strategy and led recruitment efforts, working primarily with entertainment, technology organizations, and renewable energy sectors. Engaged in C-Suite and SVP-level searches globally with a direct focus on the APAC and LATAM regions.

•Ranked #1 or #2 in search placement closures from 2007 – 2014.

•Spearheaded search strategy and recruitment initiatives supporting five SVP-level executives for the CEO of Yahoo!

•Placed in top 5% of rapid search closures (under 90) days YoY during tenure and top 5% in opportunistic hires from 2008-2014.

•Advised and supported decision-makers at Yahoo!, Solar City, and Realogy, resulting in winning multiple search contracts.

•Led compensation negotiations leveraging a deep understanding of candidate Net Present Value, working with senior executives to design strategies that secured top talent.

•Ranked #1 in rapid closures (under 65 days) in 2013 and #1 in additional hires based on strength of candidate slate, 2013.

•Closed 15+ CEO, CFO, and COO searches in 2013, directing successful search strategy on multiple engagements with high visibility clients, including Caesars Entertainment, Raytheon, Boeing, Solar City, and Yahoo!

Additional Experience

Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P – Attorney

Law Offices Of Michael H. Rosenstein - Attorney-at-Law

Education

University Of Miami School of Law

Juris Doctor

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Social Chair Entertainment and Sports Law Society

Loyola University

Bachelor Of Arts in Psychology

Talent Acquisition

Managing Recruiting Teams

High-Performance Recruiting

Major Account Strategies & Retention

Data Analytics & Metrics

Business Planning & Forecasting

Strong Professional & Business Acumen

Program Operationalizing

Coaching & Mentoring

C-Suite & Stakeholder Engagement

Workforce Planning

Building Talent Pipelines

Employee Value Propositions

Thought Leadership

Full Lifecyle Recruiting

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