VICTORIA YEARY

[email protected] | 512-663-1613 |Denver, CO |LinkedIn | HR Website

SUMMARY

20 years of human resources and organizational management expertise, performing tactical and administrative duties while strategically implementing HR training and project management programs. A breadth of HR experience includes working for international consulting firms in developing countries, Native American sovereign nations, for-profit companies, non-profits, government consulting (USAID), and technology companies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Digital Content Writer | Globe Life | McKinney, TX| July 2022 to Present

 Rated top #10 insurance company serving the US and Canada

  • Interview and write monthly columns for company leaders leveraging domain knowledge, creativity, and strong writing and editing skills to collaboratively publish more than four articles monthly
  • Research and write monthly blogs for five subsidiaries’ websites leveraging product knowledge, legal and compliance usage, strong writing and editing skills, and strong project management and CRM skills for five blogs published monthly
  • Optimize and write marketing copy for search engine optimization (SEO) and conversion rate optimization (CRO), collaborate with the SEO team resulting in an additional 56 new blogs in 2023 and an uptick in conversion rate after the year prior of zero blog production
  • Responsible for compiling and updating the company’s style guide marketing resource using AP style and five company subsidiaries’ annual sales information for company-wide distribution
  • Responsible for website pages, video scripts, sales campaigns, and recruitment brochures, using strong storytelling abilities and the capability to simplify complex concepts into clear and persuasive messaging for different age demographics

 HR Copywriting | JinJi HR | Contract |        October 2022 – November 2022      

Web copywriter for a successful human resources consultant using HR expertise and knowledge, and creative content writing resulting in 70% of copy for a new website.

Organizational Communications Specialist | ITBCI |USAID | Contract | July 2022-March 2023

Organizational Transition for the United States Agency for International Development-Global Health Division

  • Engaged in a $250 M USAID project for the Global Health Bureau in the Population and Reproductive Health Office. Using organizational skills, and HR knowledge of positions, salary grades, and job duties, restructured, categorized, and wrote for four main USAID Global Health Divisions. Collaborating with Division Chiefs, used salary and job grade analysis to restructure job positions.

Technical Proposal Writer | GovOrtho LLC | Contract         | Jan 2022-April 2022

Wrote and submitted government proposals and bids.

  • Engaged in government proposal writing for government projects including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) forms and summaries resulting in writing and submitting 36 bids over four months
  • Structured website design, a bid project management platform, and public relations material using government guidelines and product knowledge in launching a new company

Program and HR Manager | CliffHouse Media | Med Spa | Contract | September 2017-December 2021

HR and Digital Content/Program Manager

  • Traveled during COVID to work with office staff in the capacity of HR leader
  • Built a content library for training and policies
  • Wrote and managed all best practices, training, onboarding, and general workflow for the company and employees

Training Content Writer | Unlock Your Talents | Denver, CO | August 2019-July 2020

A course that increases career options and creativity using individual strengths

  • Using HR expertise and skills, created an innovative online career coaching course leveraging Clifton Strengths assessments, mind mapping exercises, and a 24-video course for individuals

Head of Human Resources| Kimetrica International | Washington, DC |May 2015 -June 2017

Consulting-Agra-economics and Data Warehouse Management in Food Security
USAID- Food Security: Built infrastructure and wrote training manuals for international human resource services, policies, and programs. Managed three HR offices, two international offices in Nairobi, Kenya, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Denver, Colorado. Managed a team of HR Specialists.

  • Cost savings of 30K+; built an HR information system on a project-based platform. Worked with department directors in organizing their systems
  • 58% Improved recruiting; implementation of processes for attraction, recruitment, and retention of top talent globally; negotiated international contracts; proposed bid recruitment
  • Co-created performance management based on an AGILE model
  • The determined competitive compensation structure for international pay, ex-pat, and US-based pay levels

Senior HR Director | Social Solutions International | Rockville, Maryland | June 2018-July 2019

Consulting -Global Health Initiatives

USAID Global Health GHSI-III – Improved efficiencies and communications; leveraged the HR function to deliver effective customer-focused HR operations for international locations in South Africa, Tanzania, and Liberia.

  • Gained 20% responsiveness of employee relations issues on 250M account; 11-13% on performance management
  • Established PEO -150% cost savings of local hires in South Africa
  • Crafted and implemented learning and development with knowledge management training
  • Proposal bid recruitment-deployed ex-pats to Tanzania and Kenya in compliance with USAID; designed and implemented timeline procedures for onboarding and deploying ex-patriates

Organizational Communications Specialist| Compassion International | 2011-2012

Global non-profit children’s & family services for the underserved in developing countries

Communication specialist for executing a comprehensive, cross-functional change implementation plan for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

  • Successfully impacted and influenced Asia staff through consultative communication in a highly sensitive organizational restructure
  • Wrote all in-house communications, bi-weekly newsletters, and specific informational changes using culturally specific storytelling for eight countries for change transition
  • Ensured a successful employee transition project within eight months collaborating with eight country directors, executive leadership, and international employees

EDUCATION

  • MBA Project Management course, University of California – Los Angeles, CA
  • MA Creative Writing, University of Texas – Dallas, TX
  • BBS Behavioral Sciences & Communications, Hardin-Simmons University – Abilene, TX

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Project Management and Development: Adobe Workfront®, Atlassian® Jira/Confluence, Monday.com®, Workday, SwiftKanBan®, Lucid Chart®, and MS Excel (v-lookups, pivot, Gantt charts), MS Team, LMS- Kajabi, Teachable, WordPress LMS
  • Digital Content and Social Media: A/B Testing, SemRush, Confluence, Kentico, Adobe®Photoshop, Adobe® InDesign, Adobe®Illustrated, Adobe® XD, MS Suite and MS Teams® Mac proficient, Google Suite, social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Slack, Snapchat), WordPress®, CRM-KEAP Infusion software®
  • HRIS/ERP: ICMS®, Podio®, Box®, UltiproSoftware®, Kenexa,® SharePoint®, People Now®, Nexternal®, Big Commerce®; Boolean string search; NetSuite®; Salesforce®; Navax®
  • Organizational Management: Prosci®, ADKAR, DISC, Gallup Strength Finders®

U.S SECURITY CLEARANCE – ACTIVE