April Sampson
Belmont,CA
Summary
With over 10 years in recruitment, I’m a talent strategist focused on full-cycle hiring, sourcing, and enhancing the candidate experience. I specialize in both active and passive recruiting, with a strong dedication to diversity and solving complex challenges with strategic, innovative solutions. My passion lies in connecting top talent to opportunities that drive business success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR RECRUITER – Marketing
Zscaler
01.2024 - Current
- Primary recruiter aligned to Marketing supporting the CMO, managing all headcount and marketing hiring, aligning TA strategies with business goals.
- Source, screen, and place top-tier marketing professionals across various Marketing roles, ensuring a pipeline of qualified candidates for both mid- and senior-level positions.
- Manage up to 18 requisitions simultaneously with an average of 15 hires per quarter.
- Develop structured interview processes for the Marketing org, aligning hiring strategies with focus areas and leading trainings, resulting in improved candidate evaluation and selection.
- Develop targeted recruitment strategies for niche marketing roles, leveraging market insights and competitive intelligence to attract high-caliber candidates.
TALENT ADVISOR (Equality) – G&A
Salesforce
01.2020 - 01.2023
- Influenced the organization’s approach to sourcing, hiring, and retaining underrepresented talent across corporate & technical functions, overseeing a high-volume diversity recruitment pipeline and over 25 simultaneous requisitions recruiting from mid-level to Vice President positions.
- Full cycle global recruiting efforts focused on bringing top talent to Salesforce with a focus on: User Experience, Public Relations, Internal Communications, Creative/Design, Product Marketing, Digital Marketing, R4R, and HR.
- Partnered with Senior Recruitment Leadership to build the team from a 300 to 700-person, high performing organization.
- Exceeded annual DE&I hiring goals by 250% in 2021 - earned the “Comet” award for outstanding performance.
- Played a key role in establishing and developing Salesforce's first diversity recruitment team; built representative candidate pipelines and assisted hiring managers in creating inclusive teams.
- Spearheaded recruitment process optimization initiatives, focusing on enhancing the candidate experience and implementing competency-based interviewing techniques.
SENIOR RECRUITER – Marketing/G&A
Salesforce
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Leveraged market data and insights to ensure the efficient and organized placement of talent from entry-level to Senior Director positions, partnering cross-functionally to meet the needs of a variety of corporate functions with a focus on Marketing.
- Exceeded placement goals quarter over quarter, owning the full-cycle recruitment processes for over 25 requisitions.
- Earned global recognition from the EVP of Employee Recruiting and the “Heavy Hitter” award for two consecutive years.
- Managed all contract hiring and forecasting for Project Manager roles within Creative scaling the PM team to 70.
- Streamlined recruitment processes, creating, implementing, and standardizing new intake processes and hiring manager survey systems to improve the hiring experience across the Americas recruitment function.
- Created best in class candidate experiences, scaled interview processes - increased Candidate Experience Net Promoter Scores from 8.5 to 9.6 over two years.
RECRUITER – CREATIVE & MARKETING
Aquent
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Oversaw the full-cycle recruitment process for Fortune 500 tech clients representing more than $1B in annual revenue – oversaw all aspects of sourcing and acquisition for multi-disciplinary creative talent, exceeding expectations across 20+ simultaneous requisitions
- Key agency clients included Salesforce, Facebook, Oracle, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Uber
- Owned recruiting initiatives for Google, ensuring the placement of top marketing and creative talent
Education
Master of Business Administration -
UOPHX
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
CSU Sacramento
Skills
- Workday
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Salesforce
- Quip
- Tableau
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Taleo
- Sharepoint
- PeopleSoft
- Greenhouse
- CEMCI
- SeekOut
- Basecamp
- Asana
- Google Suite
- Slack
- Fieldglass
Early Career:
Recruitment Marketing Manager - Twitter
Marketing Programs Manager - Benz Communications
Recruitment Marketing & Events Specialist - Salesforce
Recruitment Coordinator - Salesforce
Timeline
SENIOR RECRUITER – Marketing
Zscaler
01.2024 - Current
TALENT ADVISOR (Equality) – G&A
Salesforce
01.2020 - 01.2023
SENIOR RECRUITER – Marketing/G&A
Salesforce
01.2017 - 01.2020
RECRUITER – CREATIVE & MARKETING
Aquent
01.2015 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
CSU Sacramento
Master of Business Administration -
UOPHX
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