Showcasing the HUMAN in Human Resources

How Emily Can Help Impact Your HR

Delivering best-in-class people, talent, and culture operations to bring out the best in your people and company. Get to know the person holistically behind making HR DIFFERENT.

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Emily’s Personal Values.

Due to her love of aliteration, she wanted to bring the values she holds the most dear to life. By leaning into her creativity, she felt it relevant to create specific names to encompass those values she lives by. For example, rather than naming them “productivity, she decided to name them after architypal woman, among other things, that envelope her values, as you can see below.

Working with companies who value similar things or are looking to amplify and operationalize their values within their organization and HR/People + Talent teams is incredibly important to her.

Rosie the Riveter

All things productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, drive for excellence and celebrating accomplishments.
Still I Rise

Faith, authenticity, perseverance, tenacity, resilience, servant leadership, and overcoming challenges.
Leslie Knope

Honesty, integrity, spirited moxie, communication, joy, and sense of humor.
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Beauty, adornment, presentation, delivery, showing up/showing out, and self-respect.
Unbought/Unbossed

Spirit of advocacy and justice, standing up for what is right, equal parts care + challenge, and compassion.

Recent Professional Experience.

Regardless of the industry, from digital marketing agency to SaaS technology, higher education to non-profits, or retail and cosmetic management, Emily brings 15+ years of instrumental experience in human resource and operations to impact the organizations she has worked for positively.

Check out her most recent professional experience to learn a bit more.

CTC is a digital marketing growth agency focusing on clients in the e-Commerce/DTC space. I joined the company as hire 47 and helped lead the charge in building out the people + talent functions for scalability and effectiveness, reaching 160 employees and moving from in-office to fully remote across 32+ states. I had the opportunity to launch and expand the HR tech stack with new partnerships, improving the process, workflow, and experience.
o Led and delivered best-in-class HR/People + Talent functions, including recruiting and retention, performance management/internal review process, onboarding, orientation, offboarding, culture & education, and employee relations.
o Spearheaded external employer branding initiatives maximizing reach to candidates, creating consistent posting efforts, and establishing CTC as an employer of choice in the market.
o Built and scaled People & Talent function in a rapidly growing organization and reporting on key metrics.
o Successfully transitioned to a large group level-funded plan with 0% renewal costs and launching first ever FSA and DCFSA.
o Scaled from 45 to 160+ employees, upgrading People/HR/Talent policy, processes, resources, and workflows to ensure employees and leadership have what is needed to be set up for success and ensure compliance.
o Enhanced Performance Improvement Plans and coached leadership team to use as a roadmap for success and tool for career pathing and retention.
o Launched standardized interview kits tying back to position descriptions, including assessments and values-based scorecards.
o Drove retention and employee satisfaction with End of Year Employee Total Comp Summaries and moving from accrued PTO policy to unlimited/flexible policy.
Expanded HR tech stack becoming super user and aiding in remotely scaling organization with implementation of new platforms and strategies including Hibob, ADP Workforce Now, Bennie, Greenhouse Recruiting, LinkedIn Recruiting.
o Reimagined internal employee communications content across multiple mediums to increase engagement, access to resources, and retention.
o Drove Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access best practices across hiring, compensation, onboarding, career pathing and succession planning including creating merit increase/promotion process in Hibob platform.
o Co-created Rookie Onboarding experience adapting for 100% remote work, scaling to 30+ states, reducing turnover, and retaining talent.
o Slashed administrative costs by an average of 30% on contracts for new vendors and tech partnerships.
o Partnered with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
Skills: Human Resources (HR) · Customer Service · Training · Marketing · Performance Management · Project Management · Human Resources · Operations Management · Business Development · Business Process Improvement · Onboarding · Strategic Planning · New Hire Orientations · Budget Management · Process Management · HR Policies · Workforce Planning · Recruiting · Succession Planning · Strategy · Business Analytics · Internal Communications · Employer Branding · Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) · Management · Leadership · Public Speaking · Employee Relations · Interviewing · Problem Solving · Team Building · Employee Engagement · Talent Management · Organizational Development · Negotiation
A SaaS technology company, leading all-in-one accounting and backend operations software for restaurants. As the first HR hire, I was hired to be the Head of HR and slated to build out the HR function to make it scalable for high-forecasted growth and improve employee engagement and retention. During my tenure, I assisted in growing the company from 70 employees to 325+ across 18+ states, built out the HR team to include three core pillars of support (Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Learning & Development), and implemented strategic HR tech stack to support administration functions and increase employee experience.
o Achieved organizational growth and hiring needs with 70% growth over last year across multi-state locations.
o Scaled HR function building out core pillars of People Ops, Talent Acquisition & Learning & Development during rapid growth.
o Enhanced vendor/broker relationships aiding move from SIMPLE IRA to 401K plan, ESOP, and large group benefits.
o Designed effective departmental budget and spend ensuring all operations are 100% within budget.
o Owned the strategy, development, and execution of key core functions, related KPIs and People & Culture metrics.
o Authored and designed internal marketing communications strategy with content creation for the monthly newsletter, email blasts, and launch campaigns; and internal branding awareness to promote culture with updated employee handbook, new hire onboarding, and new hire orientation training.
o Launched and drove key scalable HR Tech platforms and strategies implementing Paylocity, BuiltIn, Glassdoor, The Muse and Culture Amp, to engage and retain employees, attract top talent, aid in recruitment marketing content, leverage employer brand strategy, and increase brand awareness.
o Negotiated an average of 35% annual cost savings on contracts for vendors and tech partnerships.
o Created and launched Salary Band structure with level definitions to aid in fair & equitable hiring and to retain top talent.
o Created performance management processes, documents, and steps, and trained hiring managers/executive team.
Skills: Human Resources (HR) · Customer Service · Training · Event Planning · Marketing · Performance Management · Project Management · Human Resources · Operations Management · Business Development · Business Process Improvement · Onboarding · Strategic Planning · New Hire Orientations · Budget Management · Process Management · HR Policies · Workforce Planning · Recruiting · Succession Planning · Strategy · Business Analytics · Internal Communications · Employer Branding · Microsoft Office · Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) · Management · Leadership · Employee Relations · Interviewing · Problem Solving · Team Building · Employee Engagement · Talent Management · Organizational Development · Negotiation
A non-profit organization focusing on empowering survivors of human trafficking through their social enterprise, PURPOSE Jewelry. Hired as the first Director of Operations overseeing all HR functions and ensuring collaboration and cross-communication of all departments to ensure scalability and the global launch of new sanctuary locations.

o Managed staff and defined onboarding process, conducted new hire training and exit interviews, ensured 100% compliance with
domestic and international employees, and conducted weekly team and check-in meetings.
o Oversaw Human Resources functions, policies, and best practices.
o Authored and set up new business processes aiding in the growth and international expansion of the organization, driving change
and performance excellence.
o Created content and internal branding strategies for presentations, meetings, documents, and forms.
o Negotiated contracts and global pricing; spearheaded cost-saving initiatives creating 30% in annual savings.
o Managed Fulfillment team with 100% accuracy on order fulfillment with 40% growth over last year.
o Developed agendas and facilitated staff meetings, key meetings with cross-functional teams and annual retreat.
o Co-facilitated and executed strategic sales events with key constituents, increasing brand awareness and sales by 20%.
Skills: Human Resources (HR) · Customer Service · Training · Event Planning · Marketing · Retail · Event Management · Performance Management · Project Management · Human Resources · Operations Management · Business Development · Business Process Improvement · Onboarding · Strategic Planning · New Hire Orientations · Customer Experience · Budget Management · Process Management · HR Policies · Workforce Planning · Strategy · Business Analytics · Internal Communications · Employer Branding · Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) · Management · Leadership · Public Speaking · Employee Relations · Interviewing · Problem Solving · Team Building · Employee Engagement · Talent Management · Organizational Development · Negotiation

Recent Publications.

Due to Emily’s extensive acumen and expertise in HR, she’s been asked to participate in various publications. Most recently featured in Bennie’s Human Resource Advisory Magazine and Hibob’s Community post. Take a look at the resources below to take a deeper dive.