Courtney Dubois (She/Her)

Successfully built global leadership teams for Square Compliance, Block’s Global Policy, External Communications and Creative Studio. Developed strategic relationships with key business leaders, hiring managers, HRBP’s and F&S leaders to align on hiring goals and succession planning. Responsible for providing monthly recruiting updates, key org initiatives and project updates to leadership and present during Quarterly Business Reviews. Successfully hired senior roles for the Legal Counsel, F&S, HR, Sales Enablement, Business Development, Marketing and Product Marketing organizations through strategic partnership, client management, sourcing and full cycle recruitment. Created and implemented a scalable international recruiting program to align with company growth goals. Increased diversity by 6% YoY for the Legal Org by leading diversity initiatives, sourcing strategies and nurture programs Participated in creating content and the role out of the interview bias training which resulted in a 3% diversity growth year over year in leadership hiring. Built a comprehensive nurture program which involved in-depth competitive intelligence, development of short and long term candidate pipelines aligned to succession planning and a targeted talent location strategy resulting in a 2% conversion rate from passive to active candidates for the Compliance organization in 2023. Created repeatable, standardized hiring guides and interview competencies for traditional functions to scale and improve hiring efficiencies. Created Interviewer Deputy Program for the Compliance org decreasing time to fill by 7%. Built ongoing branding campaigns to drive passive talent engagement for the Counsel and Corporate Affairs organizations. Designed and hosted networking events for leadership roles within the Compliance organization resulting in hires. Mentorship: successfully mentored new recruiting talent.

Managed, mentored, and developed a team of 7 full-cycle corporate recruiters. Partnered with the leadership in the office of the CFO to set hiring goals and annual hiring and succession planning in partnership with F&S and HRBP’s. Developed strategic relationships with key business leaders and hiring managers to guide hiring needs. Led recruiting communications; created and distributed weekly open requisitions report to organizational leaders. Developed and presented quarterly business reviews of hiring results, projects and key initiatives to the global recruiting organization and internal partners. Created and implemented an Interview Training Program and a learning program for internal candidates. Drove forecasting initiatives; determined headcount targets and quarterly-ending numbers. Co-created weekly development program for the Corporate Recruiting Team.

Led a team of 4 recruiters and 2 coordinators focused on sourcing and full cycle recruitment of talent aligned to F&S, Legal, HR, Communications, Marketing, Sales Enablement, IT and Facilities in a fast-paced and rapidly scaling global business. Managed overall recruiting strategy and execution for Yelp’s G&A functions globally. Partnered with HRBP’s, F&S, Compensation and Eng Recruiting Leads to grow the business organization. Grew the G&A org 180% YoY Presented quarterly and annual hiring data to VP of HR and org leaders including hiring results, key hires, time to fill, reason for and when in the process declines occurred and areas for opportunity. Created and executed competency based hiring guides and interview rubrics decreasing time to fill by 12%. Developed and implemented a strategic sourcing plan using LinkedIn Campaigns to attract, engage and hire key business talent globally. Part of the taskforce responsible for identifying, testing and implementing new ATS.

Developed collaborative partnerships with hiring managers to achieve staffing and recruiting objectives. Led full cycle recruitment for studio executive, G&A roles, senior art staff, technical directors, audiovisual professionals, production, user interfacing, IT, QA testing, intern, animation, and visual effects roles. Implemented a strategic sourcing plan to identify key studio talent. Identified, sourced, and interviewed top-tier global talent consistently exceeding hiring goals. Researched and implemented alternative recruitment channels; developed an effective pipeline of qualified candidates to meet immediate and future needs of corporate divisions. Successfully recruited and filled senior positions including Senior Producers, Studio Leads, Senior Art and Technical Directors, Senior User Interface Artists, Marketing, Finance, HR, Real Estate, QA Testers, and Interns; communicated job requirements, employee benefits, company history, and values to candidates. Responsible for partnering with various recruiting events and conferences including the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), Game Developers Conference (GDC), and the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) to showcase the Lucasfilm employer brand, connect, engage and hire talent. Negotiated employment candidate opportunities, completed reference checks, and maintained ATS entries.

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