Affinity.co

Affinity is a Relationship Intelligence platform for Private Capital. We help Venture, PE Growth, Accelerators, and Corporate VC firms find, manage, and close more deals.

Account Executive

Vendition

- Served as a Full Desk Recruiter and launched go to market strategy for a new Business Services vertical, which led to bringing on annual subscription revenue
- Performed cold email outreach, cold calls, and LinkedIn videos to build an adequate pipeline of companies and qualified candidates, which led to achieving 100% monthly quota attainment

Sr. Recruiting Account Executive

- Built candidate enablement department focused on candidate interview preparation, resulting in a 22% increase in candidate placement revenue
- Worked cross-collaboratively with VPs of Talent & Marketing to create an interview bootcamp and virtual resource library 
- Coached Recruiters on best interview practices, helping decrease time to hire from 24 to 18 days
- Helped fulfill diversity hiring goals by cultivating strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations

Recruiting Enablement Manager

- Achieved annual sales quota in 7 months, exceeding the annual target by 164% in 2020 
- Worked closely with VP of Marketing to produce 90 Candidate Spotlight interviews, leading to a 40% increase in company LinkedIn engagement

Partnerships Account Executive

Athletes to Careers

- Full desk Recruiter working in a 100% commission environment recruiting athletes into Sales, Management Trainee & General Manager roles
- Consistently achieved 150% quota attainment by meeting candidate placement goals and creating national new business partnerships with companies like Paycom, Mulesoft, and Darktrace
- Executed full-cycle recruiting experience across an average of 30 partners at a given time
- Hosted recruiting enablement workshops for groups of 100+ across the West Coast, leading to an increase in qualified candidate leads  
- Created “hiring days” for several partners,  helping reduce the interview windows from 3 weeks down to one day

Full Desk Recruiter 

Zipcar

- Increased revenue with existing accounts by 30% 
- Sold Zipcar for Business use case to corporations in need of business travel use cases throughout the US, while competing against Lyft and Uber for Business
- Walked door to door in Zipcar pod areas to generate new business opportunities within 1 mile radius of pod

- Lowered attrition rate by 17% within existing corporate partnership agreements, while servicing and selling during one of Cal Football’s worst performing seasons in football history
- Consistently managed elite performance in the midst of 3 management changes and 1 acquisition 
- Designed and created an internship program consisting of 12 college students responsible for executing, fulfilling and recapping all stadium activations, on-field promotions, client appearances hospitality events 
- Helped connect 100% of interns with industry related career opportunities 
- Created sponsorship activation timelines and recaps for over 120 corporate partners to ensure exceptional customer service, communication, proof of performance and attention to detail 
- Worked with AT&T, Bank of the West, Gilead Sciences, Kaiser, Oakland airport and additional well-known brands to help increase engagement at  Cal Athletics sporting events

Partner Services & Recruiting Coordinator

Account Executive, Venture Capital & Private Equity Sales at Affinity.co

I am the ultimate connector and I'm grateful to have worked in sales and recruiting roles that have allowed me to leverage my superpower to help people.

Throughout my career, I have enjoyed working with highly motivated people who are excited about using out-of-the-box thinking to get the job done. 

Hobbies include: Listening to Podcasts (Ed Mylett, The Skinny Confidential, & School of Greatness are my favorites), Attending Comedy Shows, Networking & Fitness!

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