Vanessa Criddle

Experience

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  Windmill Elementary School

  Nov 2007 - Jan 2008

  Volunteer Coordinator

  Organized, coordinated, and implemented an after school art program for first and second graders.

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  MESA Living Community, McCarthy Residence Hall, LMU

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Volunteer

  Coordinated and attended monthly community service projects

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  Cascade Pass, Inc. – Children’s Publishing Company

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Marketing Intern

  While working at Cascade Pass, Inc., I researched potential partner companies in-depth for financial proposals. My research involved visiting companies' sites and gathering news articles to gauge interest in financially supporting a children's book related to environmental issues. After gauging a company's interest, I drafted financial proposals for new books and sent them to the company's headquarters. Other than my marketing internship duties, I provided general office management by taking calls, shipping book orders, organizing inventories, and offering tech support. Show less

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  Crescendo Advertising Agency

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Marketing Intern

  During this marketing internship, I assisted with TV marketing campaigns with a very specific target market of age 55+. To keep track and report on results of the TV marketing campaign, I maintained Excel spreadsheets of TV commercial schedule, including times they ran and channels they ran on. On a weekly basis, I contacted each TV network for pre-log and post-logs of scheduled TV spots. On a daily basis, I analyzed which TV networks performed for client, and which should be discontinued, based on an impression per cost model. Show less

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  KiwiCo, Inc.

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  Social Media Marketing Intern

  As a social media marketing intern, I helped form strategies and executed plans to reach out to and develop relationships with bloggers and key influencers for partnerships and promotions. My task was primarily promoting a single, holiday inspired product, which had a very specific target market. After reaching out to prospective blogger, I maintained a database of bloggers and key influencers. I used Google Analytics to report on key metrics for projects, including analyzing performing blogs and performing offers and deals. I worked closely with the marketing team to run promotions, marketing programs and social media for holiday season sales. Show less

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  Extreme Learning

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Temporary Office Assistant

  During my time at Extreme Learning, I worked with their online tutoring program @Avanza, where I helped to create Student Learning Plans and monthly progress reports and then audit for accuracy, completeness, and format. I organized and maintained office files and documents for over 20 school districts that the tutoring program supported. I utilized Salesforce and Excel for data entry of new students to the program and their Student Learning Plans. I assisted the District Communication and Human Resources departments with daily tasks. I aided the HR department with LA school district billing invoice submitted monthly, which included organizing, copying, scanning, auditing, and filing incoming parent signature forms. I worked with a team to complete daily tasks and monthly reports that were mailed en masse to student's parents. Show less

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  ManpowerGroup

  May 2013 - Jan 2014

  During this position, I assisted the recruiting team at Google by greeting candidates when they had onsite interviews by welcoming the candidate, giving them a tour, and making sure they made it to their first interview on time. As a candidate host, I offered quick and immediate support to recruiting coordinators when issues arose during a candidate’s schedule of interviews. I ensured seamless pass off to interviewers which involved providing the interview teams with reminders and timekeeping support. Overall, I securely delivered a positive Google experience to candidates during their interview process. Show less

  • Briefing Operations Specialist onsite at IBM Research Almaden

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Candidate Host Onsite at Google

    May 2013 - Sept 2013
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  LinkedIn

  Feb 2014 - Feb 2023

  Sept 2016- Sept 2018: Technical Recruiter 2Nov 2014 - Sept 2016: Technical RecruiterFeb 2014-Nov 2014 : Recruiting AssociateAs a Technical Recruiter for LinkedIn's R&D organization, I seek out talented and highly skilled software engineers who are proven in their field and are ready to tackle the challenges and scale that LinkedIn has to offer. We focus on engineers who are experts in API building, mobile development, distributed systems, tooling, performance, and data engineering. Show less

  • Senior Technical Recruiter

    Sept 2018 - Feb 2023

  • TA Project Manager

    Mar 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Technical Recruiter

    Feb 2014 - Jan 2018
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  Arcade

  May 2023 - Dec 2023

  Senior Technical Recruiter (Contract)

  Arcade’s mission is to empower the Product Led Growth Economy. We aspire to support the future generation of founders and products by raising the bar for product excellence and, in turn, providing economic freedom to builders.We want to pioneer the concept of Demo Driven Development by giving users visibility into why, how, and where users get value from their products.I'm thrilled to work with the talented teams at Arcade to recruit Full Stack Engineers that will embrace product-led thinking by getting close to users and not just understanding their needs but empathizing with the challenges they face. If you're interested in learning more please reach out to me and apply at https://www.arcade.software/careers! Show less

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  Databricks

  Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

  Recruiter, Executive TA

  Contract ended short due to budget and headcount capacity changes in FY25.

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  Snowflake

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Tech Sourcer