CAREY TAYLOR

TALENT ACQUISITION | STRATEGY | PARTNERSHIPS {Connecting people and brands}

About Me

A quick snapshot of who I am

Carey Taylor

New York, NY I Europe
I have had the pleasure of working with some of the finest Talent, teams, and digital innovators in the world. My career started with talent acquisition and account direction and expanded to partnerships, creative resources, business development, and brand strategy (for incredible companies) in the USA and Europe.

Expertise

This is what I do

Recruit, hire, motivate and represent top creative, digital and IT industry professionals. Talent include designers, art directors, creative directors, strategists, producers, IT, marketing, digital, UX/UI, production, directors, photographers, writers, influencers, artists and other creative service professionals.

Lead and implement recruiting and hiring processes in accordance with diversity and inclusion initiatives, preferred supplier framework, and talent mapping.

Provide coaching, counseling, mentoring, and career development to talent and teams. Improving work relationships, morale, and increasing productivity and retention. Serve as a mentor and speaker for various organizations.

Defining brand vision and positioning that drives, shapes and influences audience engagement and increases revenue. Set creative vision, direct teams and develop creative briefs while ensuring continuity throughout development and roll-out of storytelling.

Provide a clear roadmap that orchestrates all relevant digital channels and tactics (i.e. websites, content marketing, networking on social media, e-commerce, search and social advertising, SEO, marketing automation, apps, media/blogger outreach, etc.) into one actionable plan.

Create and orchestrate communications including: proposals, RFP's, negotiations, licensing contracts, marketing materials, email campaigns, newsletters, promotional materials, social media content, PR, crisis control procedures, hiring/onboarding, and best digital practices to follow worldwide.

Connecting clients with partners and content that engages audiences and leverage brands regionally, nationally and internationally.

Manage clients, talent and projects simultaneously and provide resourceful and creative solutions for challenges while reaching goals.

Proactively build new business and grow existing business and sales while pitching managing budgets, projects, negotiations, contract agreements, KPI goals, ROI metrics with SMARTe objectives.

Client History

Some of the great companies I've worked with

Advertising and Media Agencies: Acxiom, Barbarian, Deutsch, Digitas, Draft, FCB Health, Genuine, Havas, Hill Holliday, IPG (Interpublic group companies), Jack Morton, JWT, Kaplan Thaler, McCann Worldgroup, Mullen, Omnicom, Publicis, R/GA, Saatchi, Starcom, Studio Banana, TEXTO, Vee, Zenith, additional design houses and agencies

Arts and Leisure: Big Apple Circus, Brooklyn Public Library, Lincoln Center, Museum of Natural History, NYSC (New York Sports Clubs), Tribeca Film Festival

Beauty: Avéda, Bobbi Brown, Coty, Esteé Lauder, Firmenich, L’Oreal, MAC, Sephora

Corporate: AMEX, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, JP Morgan, KPMG, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, and other Fortune 500 companies

Food and Beverage: Dannon/Danone, Don Julio, Godiva Chocolates, Fruitière CHABERT (cheese), Le District, Nestlé, Thomas Le Prince (fruit, jam, juice, purée, cider), Seyssel Wine

Media: AMC, Disney, ESPN, Getty Images, Google, Michael Bay – The Institute, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Time Warner, Warner Bros., V12, Yahoo, commercials, films and video

Publishing: Condé Nast, DC Comics, Disney, Elle Magazine, Hearst, Meredith, Scholastic, Time Inc., Vogue

Retail: Bloomingdale’s, Burberry, Cole Haan, IWC watches, Kate Spade, Limited Brands, Macy’s, Nike, Old Navy, The Gap, PINK, Sophie la girafe, Vulli, Tiffany’s, Victoria’s Secret

Talent/Staffing Agencies: Aquent, Elysian, Manpower, Marketsource

Portfolio and references available upon request