Talent Acquisition Machine Learning

Steven Benson

Chicago IL

347-***-**** · ***************@*****.*** LinkedIn

SUMMARY

Talent Acquisition leader with 10 years of experience attracting and vetting talent across multiple industries. My specialties include: Coaching/mentoring, talent strategy & branding, technology stacks & frameworks, implementation of creative sourcing strategies, talent operations, team leadership, startup operations and HRIS. Passionate about unbiased equitable hiring experiences and building diverse candidate pools. My journey has taken me through B2B, B2C, SAAS, Media, AdTech, Entertainment, and ecommerce. EXPERIENCE

Hyperviolet, Chicago, IL 01/23-Present

Director of Talent Acquisition & Operations

Startup Visual media AI platform solution for content creators.

● Lead talent acquisition, onboarding, training, and performance management

● Built an international team onboarding product, engineering, UX design, machine learning and, ops talent

● Partnered with Marketing, Sales and CEO on various branding initiatives including website and social media presence on Linkedin & Instagram

● Utilized Loxo, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gusto and ZoomInfo to maintain a structured and equitable hiring process for candidates

Bleeker Inc, New York 02/22-12/22

Director of Careers

Bleeker is a Certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation supporting Google, Nike, Jordan and Blackrock with executive coaching and talent solutions.

● Led Career services division for Bleeker providing specialized executive recruiting for leadership, product and tech positions

● Managed an international team of 4 sourcers, 3 Talent Acquisition specialists and 2 admins

● Standardized interviews for each department, optimized ATS automations, job descriptions, and candidate communication templates

● Established multi-sequence outreach campaigns engaging 800 plus candidates per week/ 18% RR

● Consistently met monthly outreach KPI of 75% BIPOC and other underrepresented talent

● Provided career coaching and counseling services for client employees impacted by restructuring and workforce reductions

DotDash Meredith, Los Angeles 12/20-02/22

Senior Talent Acquisition Lead

Largest American media & publishing conglomerate

● Vertical leader spearheading hiring across all openings for Meredith National Media Group with a focus on underrepresented diverse talent including Product, Engineering, Data Science, Brand Content Strategy, People, Campaign Delivery, Customer Success, Sales & Marketing, Finance, and IT

● Redefined strategy, and overhauled the entire US TA model leveraging data analytics to elevate performance and process improvements using automated metric-driven approaches

● Lead a team of 8 tech Talent Acquisition Specialists and collaborated with HRIS teams for optimization of ATS, talent operations, increased visibility in the market, and first-rate candidate experience

● Reduced time to fill from 64 days (average for 2021) to 46 days average for 2022) globally, while simultaneously eliminating agency costs (resulting in $650,000 yearly cost saving)

● Increased offer acceptance rate from 67% to 76% YoY InRhythm, New York 10/19-03/20

Recruitment Branding Consultant (Contract)

Technology consulting firm focused on accelerated digital transformation

● Worked closely with CEO, Head of HR and Practice Leads in establishing a brand strategically aligned with the product and engineering community as well as increasing contribution to open source projects Alphabet/ Intersection, New York 04/18 to 01/19

Corporate Recruiter (Contract)

A branch of Google's parent company Alphabet & formed by Larry Page and Dan Doctoroff

● Partnered with the VP of Smart Cities on bringing top leadership talent to help Intersection’s global mission

● Led process optimization efforts, including implementation of StackOverflow and Hired.com

● Participated in producing and attending diversity events to build a diverse team and culture Hackerati, New York 2/13-10/17

VP of Talent & Operations

Technology consulting firm specializing in product development and emerging technologies

● Primary talent leader for the organization responsible for directing talent acquisition strategy, processes, and management of operations team

● Drove the selection, migration, and implementation of TriNet PEO, Greenhouse CTS/ATS

● Presented at “Humanicy” at the United Nations introducing, applications of technology for humanitarian purposes like 3D mapping of refugee camps and remote medical assistance via Google Glass

● Spoke on career development and diversity panels at various universities and meetups including NYU, Cooper Union, and Meetup.com

EDUCATION

MIU, Bachelors in Pre-Med/ Minor in Music

Fluent in Spanish

Software: Clubhouse, Jira, PipeDrive, StackOverflow, Greenhouse, Workday, SeekOut, Underdog.io, Outreach.io, ZoomInfo, Hired.com,10,000 Feet, Resumator, ICimms,Taleo, Crelate, Loxo, Untapped, Asana, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean X-ray & “File Type” search tools and various networking resources including Meetups, Career Fairs, Tech Day, Uncubed, HackerX, Hackathons, DroidCon, Northside Brooklyn, Reddit, Hacker News, AngelList, Twitter and Facebook.

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