The Merriman Group LLC

Supporting various clients with tailor made recruiting efforts. Working on roles ranging from database administrators, software developers, marketing leadership personnel to exotic car dealers. I have worked with companies ranging in size from 7 people to 140 people while helping scale their business and exceeding hiring expectations.

Owner

Exyte

• In charge of recruiting for the Design Ops aspect of the US business which includes Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Design Engineering, VDC/BIM Engineering and Systems Technology Engineering.
• Attend and present in weekly meetings with 4 global stakeholders to update them on hiring status for over 35 roles for high priority projects throughout the company.
• Requested to help on difficult hiring projects that were over 6 months behind schedule and bring them to meeting hiring timelines and exceeding future hiring needs within two weeks.
• Mentor 3 recruiters/sourcers about processes, company selling points and overall candidate worthiness.
• Source and screen engineers prior to manager interview, propose compensation packages and create unique packages when needed to secure offer acceptance.

Senior Recruiter

Amazon Games

• Worked on previous fiscal year game engine programmer roles with no traction and created robust pipelines which led to over 5 on sites/offers.
• Ran intake calls for new roles with Hiring Managers and discussed in depth what the ideal candidate would look like.
• Led meetings in relationship to sourcing skillsets/ideas, productivity numbers, sourcer activity, successes, and failures.
• Helped mentor 4 recruiters who were not as familiar with the gaming industry and did presentations on out of the box recruiting (I.E. Discord, artstation, github, redddit).
• Created custom interviews with internal Amazon employees to use as marketing tactic to generate social media buzz and introduce prospective candidates to a senior member of the team they would be working on.

Technical Recruiter - Contract

Aquent

• Full cycle recruitment of 3D Artists, World Building Artists, Lighting Artists, Level Designers, Art Directors and Producers for the biggest gaming studios in the world such as, Microsoft, Amazon games, 343 industries, Pokémon, Minecraft, and Facebook.
• Thoroughly source out niche candidates and present them to hiring managers via write up and coordinate interview/onboarding.
• Champion creative opportunities to hire new talent such as conferences (PAX, GDC) and procuring accounts on creative sites like Artstation.

Gaming Agent

Artech Consulting

• Tasked with starting the gaming division and creating robust pipeline of talented developers, artists, programmers and project managers.
• Source, profile and submit qualified candidates for companies like 343 Industries, Mixed Reality Studios, Microsoft, Minecraft.
• Participate in intake calls with hiring managers and thoroughly investigate to find out what type of candidate is need while developing relationships with Business Development Managers and Hiring Managers to assess future needs and present potential hires.

senior gaming Recruiter

Experis Game Solutions

• In charge of recruiting video game testers, software test engineer and game developers and designers for the biggest gaming studios in the world such as, Microsoft, Amazon games, 343 industries, Pokémon, Minecraft, and Facebook
• Communicate with test managers about current and future openings, determine which previous interviewees are ready to join the projects
• Help 6 other recruiters with reaching their goals through mentoring and recruiting process development.
• Present and negotiate offers with candidates and process paperwork for them to get started on top secret Microsoft projects in Redmond and Tempe

Senior Gaming Recruiter

PDS Tech, Inc.

• Responsible for rejuvenating the IT recruitment efforts out of the Phoenix office while working Government and Aerospace contracting opportunities on all positions related to software development and engineering.
• Hiring roughly 10-12 people per month in top secret cleared positions such as Cybersecurity Analyst, Missile Flight Programmer, Spacecraft Architect, Flight Line Inspector.
• Completely qualify and submit candidates through VMS systems to MSPs while gathering feedback, setting interviews and sending out offer letters.
• Help mentor and train two sourcers/recruiters on IT positions and qualify candidates based off their sourcing efforts.

Sr. IT & Aerospace Engineering Recruiter

Corporate Job Bank

• In charge of the recruiting and administration for the State of Arizona contract using the DotStaff tool.
• Process all candidates through our ATS tool, Akken, prior to placement and ensure they fully understand and fit the requirements for each position.
• Handled the communication between State managers, Knowledge Services and Corporate Job Bank regarding upcoming positions, candidates, contracts and employees
• Mentor/trained four sourcer/recruiters on job requirements, client processes, how to interview candidates and assess their candidate worthiness.

Senior VMS Recruiter

DIVERSANT, LLC

• Aggressively recruit IT personnel for a multitude of positions in the Microsoft Stack Technology space and specialized my recruitment in C++, .NET developers and SQL DBAs.
• Fully profiles prospective candidates for proper fit into roles to be sent over clients, set up phone, in-person and final interviews.
• Negotiate compensation packages including bonus payouts, one time signing bonuses and hourly contracts.

Technical Recruiter

MGA Employee Services

• Actively employ electricians and cable technicians using advanced profiling questions.
• In charge of all cabling recruiting nationwide on Facebook, Apple and other data centers.
• Completely trained new recruiters while handling nationwide project rollouts, handled internal recruiting as well as managing 3 direct recruiters
• Build and maintain relationships with new and existing customers while updating clients with the status of workers on every jobsite.
• Spoke with foreman and project managers to make sure all needs were taken care of.

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Experienced Senior Recruiter with 9+ years of success in talent acquisition, team leadership, and process development. Proven track record of developing high-performance teams, mentoring junior recruiters, and developing innovative  recruiting processes.

I have worked on some very exciting projects like Google/Facebook data centers, top secret spacecraft projects with Boeing, supported all of the Microsoft Game Studios, Amazon Games while creating unique recruiting marketing tools and giant semiconductor facilities for the worlds biggest companies.

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