Susan Bauer-Nelson

Experience

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  Assistant Editor

  Oct 1994 - May 1995

  Mirabella Magazine
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  Assistant Fashion Director

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Donna Karan Interntional
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  Viacom

  May 1996 - Mar 2008

  Scaled a department servicing one channel to that of one servicing an entire network. Simultaneously oversaw and managed the production of series, specials, and live events in studio and on location while leading multiple teams of employees and facilitating all aspects of creative and logistical design; consistently partnered with film and television production constituents including crew, creative, artist management, locations/venues, fiscal, and legal. Managed strategic vendor outreach and negotiation resulting in doubling the amount of industry contacts to over 2000 vendors in areas needed for product placement and production trade outs. Recruited and developed 13 full-time employees and rotating teams of between 15 – 20 project-based freelancers; developed cross-functional program for departmental interns. Show less

  • Director

    Jan 2000 - Mar 2008

  • Senior Editor

    May 1996 - Dec 1999
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  Career & Internship Center Adjunct Faculty

  Sept 1998 - Jun 2011

  Fashion Institute of Technology

  Devised lectures, structured learning environments, and used role-playing to enhance the career skills of students interning throughout the fashion industry.

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  Graduate Studies Career Services Coordinator

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2012

  LIM College

  Conceived, developed and led a career services department for MBA students and adult learners seeking certificates and graduate degrees; counseled and advised a multicultural community of domestic and international students and alumni on all aspects of career preparation, engaged and grew employer network, and created and facilitated unique recruiting events. Maintained continuous 100% graduate post-graduation employment statistics within three months of graduation for three consecutive years; member of MBA-CSC. Developed and published content for the college website, affiliated social networking sites, and all promotional materials used to promote institutional programs within the industry to aid in the branding of new graduate programs. Produced, analyzed, and coordinated multi-faceted reports in conjunction with other areas of college to meet organizational needs including the tracking and reporting of employment metrics and the educating of stakeholders in departmental outcomes. Show less

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  Senior Director of Experiential Education & Career Management

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2016

  Provided overall strategy and leadership for a comprehensive career services department supporting career management, employer management, alumni career services, and experiential education. Included the development and oversight of programs and credited internship curricula inclusive of policy compliance, program evaluation and assessment. Collected, analyzed and reported on data and analytics of all departmental outcomes to best tell the departmental narrative to both internal and external constituents alike. Led a full-time staff of 13 and an adjunct staff of 30+. Sourced high level external stakeholders for seats on the industry advisory board. Counseled caseloads of both international and honors program students individually and in groups; taught courses at all levels within the College.Served on and actively contributed to senior level strategic committees including Enrollment, Leadership, Curriculum, Middle States Self-Study, Academic Council, College Council, and Digital Governance. Knowledge of international visas with an emphatic multicultural sensibility and understanding of global cultures and traditions as they relate to the workplace. Founder of Philanthropy Club putting students in contact with organizations supporting and championing women in the workplace. Show less Determined the strategic direction of employer development and management to identify, cultivate, and establish new partnerships with companies without formal recruiting relationships with the College. Innovated, delivered, and assessed unique employer events and programs to enhance and build upon the LIM College brand as well as the institutional mission and strategy for growth and enrollment. In addition, evaluated job & internship offers and other metrics & employment trends in an effort to educate staff, address concerns, report on industry developments and departmental and student successes.Developed and managed unique bi-annual on-campus recruiting events and programming resulting in a 200% increase in student attendance and engagement within one year. Developed Tier System of Employer Cultivation resulting in employers “rising through the ranks” before being granted access to a full menu of recruiting benefits. Aligned cultivation efforts with career advisors based on industry sector; trained staff on best prospecting practices resulting in increased morale and productivity. Show less

  • LIM College

    Jul 2013 - Jul 2016

  • LIM College

    Jul 2012 - Jul 2013
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  Clinical Psychotherapy Intern

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

  Master's degree practicum; focus on low income and under resourced populations.

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  Yeshiva University

  Jul 2016 - now

  Enthusiastically lead a curated team of professionals responsible for contributing to record high post-graduation destination rates and the success of launching our students and alumni into impactful and meaningful careers. Strategy and disruption abound as a transformational $10M restricted endowment fund gift to rename and reposition our Center for greater success, while maintaining a personal relationship with the donor family as their dreams for the students' success are actualized. Originated new discipline specific and major indifferent career strategy model offering designated and intentional faculty and alumni "advisors", events, jobs, resources, and co-curricular mapping specific to each discipline community by using APIs and technology to create a high-touch synchronous environment for those seeking opportunities...Connections and Partnerships for Success (CAPS).Active admissions and marketing partner, implementing Tableau for data visualization of career outcomes and creating video content to further promote our institutional mission and values to prospective students and families. Simultaneously, continuing to learn and tailor resources to meet the needs of our graduate student and alumni communities to extend the lifecycle we have of supporting our YU community. Currently in process of both adopting both Salesforce and an AI web scraping tool to best hone our alumni and employer data for use in creating future placements, and mapping both the Institutional values and NACE Career Competencies to the academic curricula to instill career readiness throughout the student experience. Show less Provided leadership and strategic vision for the career education and preparation of Yeshiva University undergraduate students; inaugurated services for graduate students and alumni. Polished the Center's brand with those not familiar with Yeshiva University; curating needed employer and alumni relationships in areas of growth for the University. Adopted formal mentoring programs (PeopleGrove), created a LMS (Canvas) Resource Hub, and added a CRM to our existing CSM platform. Forged collaborative partnerships with faculty and senior university administrators to ensure that service planning, design, and delivery were aligned with campus and university goals. Show less Initiated solutions and formulated long-term strategic plans pertaining to operations, staffing, budget, program and service development, office and campus-wide events, and campus and external relations as they relate to employer engagement and relationship development. Led and executed employer relations initiatives encompassing high level of involvement with alumni community. Created original programming based on data, and driven by student and employer needs. Advised students and alumni on internship, post-graduation employment, and continuing studies topics.Create, develop and manage programming and champion underrepresented populations with a particular interest in both women in corporate and STEM related disciplines, first generation, and socioeconomically diverse students. Counsel both undergraduate and graduate students on career and, cultural and religious concerns as they pertain to the workplace. Lead and administer mentoring programs targeting different cohorts of students. Show less

  • Assistant Vice President and Executive Director

    May 2022 - now

  • Executive Director, Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development

    Aug 2018 - May 2022

  • Interim Executive Director, YU Career Center

    Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Director of Employer & Alumni Relations, YU Career Center

    Jul 2016 - Aug 2018