The George Washington University

Recruiting Programs and Operations at Squarespace

Designed shared services function of 10 providing tiered support to People Team CoEs.

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Director of People Operations

Built Talent Acquisition Programs and Operations from scratch. Created systems, scalable processes and resources to drive global company growth from 600 to 2000 over 2.5 years. 

-Workday implementation and optimizations (led implementation that launched in four months)
-Greenhouse ATS implementation and optimizations (led implementation that launched in three months)
-Global expansion
-Recruiting coordination
-Headcount planning
-People policies and programs (internal mobility, relocation, referrals, immigration)
-Recruitment marketing

Director of Talent Acquisition

Led team of four across Recruiting Operations, Programs & Early Career. 

-Internal mobility
-Interviewer training 
-Referral program
-Recruitment Marketing
-Intern and new grad hiring

Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence. We serve innovators, creatives, entrepreneurs, and more, empowering millions of people to share their stories and create an impactful, stylish, and easy-to-manage online presence. Our mission to help those with creative ideas succeed is powered through our employees. We are committed to building and developing diverse teams so that we can intimately understand, create, and support the multifaceted identities and ideas of our customers, today and into the future.

Squarespace

Team Lead, Recruiting Programs and Operations

Built the future of Squarespace through early career recruiting. Led team of two in creating and executing Squarespace’s entry-level hiring strategy across Software Engineering, Data Science, Product Design and more. 

-Built recruiting strategy including core schools, conferences, office open house
-Oversaw summer intern program, including performance management, events and full time conversion process
-Leading recruiting conference planning at Grace Hopper and NSBE
-Consulted leadership on headcount forecasting and compensation
-Created scalable interview processes

Team Lead, Early Career Recruiting

Became a Recruiter after a successful career in Communications because I loved putting talented people in positions to succeed. As a Business Operations Recruiter at Squarespace, I supported Product Management, Technical Program Management, Strategy, Marketing and Finance.

Recruiter

Previous positions included Publicist and Communications Coordinator.

I created and executed press plans for Bravo and Oxygen series, including writing press materials, scheduling press tours, media training, pitching talent, planning events, placing exclusive announcements and balancing show budgets.

In addition to my program responsibilities, I spearheaded the strategy and submissions for major awards and organized executive panel participation including applications, talking points and logistics. I also transitioned the networks’ screener distribution to a digital screening site.

NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Communications Manager, Bravo and Oxygen Media

The NBCUniversal Page Program is a 12-month rotational development experience designed for early career talent with a passion for media. With distinguished alumni and a rich legacy, the Page Program is the premier early career development experience in media. Over the course of my career in the program, I worked at NBC's Saturday Night Live, Syfy and Bravo.

Rachel (Sussman) Rose, SPHR