# Jacquie McCarley > | Full cycle tech recruiter, Talent Ops Geek, HR opportunist | Your favorite engineer’s favorite recruiter | Community Builder & Storyteller | Asana & Scribd Alum | Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jacquie After graduating with a degree in theater and the inevitable fast track career in food service, I went back to school to pursue a nursing degree. For many reasons—that I won’t get into without a whiskey neat, sound stage, and laugh track—it didn’t pan out. So here I stand. In HR and recruiting. Enjoying the heck out of it because it leverages my gift of gab, my natural curiosity, and my mutant ability to make anyone, and I mean ANYONE, feel comfortable. I have worked in a variety of jobs across a plethora of industries– lifeguard, swim instructor, camp counselor, performer, teacher, makeup artist, countless retail and food service positions– each presented their own challenges that taught me to think on my feet, anticipate needs, and instilled a sense of service and empathy. My strongest attribute is my curiosity– it has made me into an autodidact who knows a little bit about a lot of things and gleefully dives into interesting or challenging subjects. This led to me being a bit of a swiss army knife that has a solution to just about every challenge and, occasionally, a handy little tool you didn’t know you needed. Expertise includes: Asking the wrong question at the right time Entertaining a rabid audience Customer Service & Candidate Management Copywriting & Content Management Asking the right question at the wrong time Public Speaking & Presentations MixTapeology Ethel Mermen impressions ## Work Experience ### Technical Project Manager @ Leonardo247 Jan 2026 – Present The inmate is running the asylum ### Global Talent Lead (Fractional) @ AVIDA Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### People Operations Manager (Fractional) @ Studio Ovo Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Fractional HR & Talent consultant @ JobSavvy Jan 2015 – Present | California, United States Fractional HR & Talent services for startups Resume writing & optimization Website building Interview & Career coaching Dad Jokes ### Global Talent Lead @ DianaHR (YC W24) Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Talent Partner - Product, Design, Engineering @ Kiddom Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Wordle Enthusiast Slack Squirrel Bomber Rhinestone Cowboy of Sourcing Not Your Mother's Recruiter ### Founder & Executive Producer @ Dented Can Cabaret Jan 2009 – Jan 2024 I subject the unsuspecting public to my "art." And jazz hands. ### Manager, Talent Acquisition @ Lucidworks Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area And now with added people management! Full cycle recruiting for Engineering, Product, Technical Support, Knowledge & Training Services, and anything else that comes my way including: Sales, Customer Success, Leadership, Marketing, and HR & Recruiting roles ### Talent Acquisition Manager (Founding Recruiter) @ Lucidworks Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Zoom background cataloguer, GIPHY game strong ### Talent Acquisition Partner, Product & Engineering @ Asana Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA Doge Patter Panini Artisan Yogurt Pretzel Connoisseur Snack hunter ### Recruiter, Tech & Design (Founding Recruiter) @ Scribd Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Resistance is futile. ### Lead Technical Recruiter (Founding Recruiter) @ Metromile Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 One (wo)man army. ### Contract Technical & Design Recruiter @ Indiegogo Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Step One: grow the design and creative teams Step Two: take over the world Step Three: Put on pants ### Senior Technical Recruiter & Project Manager @ The Sourcery Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Liaising about, managing expectations, cheerleading the team, firefighting, wrangling talent, advocating for my team while keeping the client forever in mind. ### Senior Recruiter @ The Sourcery Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Now with mentoring, training, and lead responsibilities! Designing weekly training modules to help new hires hone their write up, sourcing, and phone screening skills. Mentoring new hires and helping them one on one with their specific challenges through action plans, training, and cat memes. ### Technical Candidate Manager @ The Sourcery Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I dance in my chair, constantly tweak my Pandora stations, hone my LinkedIn prowess, and sparkle. Occasionally I'll throw in jazz hands. Adventures in Boolean Searches! Crafting entertaining and unique messages that highlight exactly why that specific person is a great fit for my clients and why my clients are a great fit for them! If I might brag.... Behold my the testimonials from candidates I've spoken with (points down) I also can boast a number of successful hires where I delivered exactly what my clients asked for. I was also responsible for 6 hires in one month, and 10 hires in my first 6 months including hard to fill senior level Rails engineer positions for clients with very high standards and very specific needs. (You know who you are.) ### Private Lesson Coordinator @ Highlands Recreation District Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | San Mateo, CA Part mermaid, part watchdog. An administrative position responsible for generating & answering leads; receiving & processing requests for private swim lessons via phone & email; management of personal client pool (50+ clients), scheduling, billing, and supervisory duties for training & development of staff. Achievements in this position include: development of PLC role; redesign of customer communication system; evaluation resulting in more efficient lesson tracking & payout for instructors; project manager for successful & timely overhaul of swim school, design & copy for new report cards, and training of staff. Recipient of the Starfish Award, given for making a positive difference in the workplace (2009) ### Freelance Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist @ Pink Rock Makeup & Hair Jan 2004 – Jan 2012 | Greater Los Angeles Area, Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area Errday we were hustlin', often up to my elbows in hair, makeup and fighting the "famine chic." Responsibilities included: Budget creation and implementation, hiring & management of staff, managing talent schedules, creative problem solution, coordination & collaboration with other departments. Awards: International Makeup Artist Magazine Tradeshow Competition – 2nd Place, Fantasy Beauty Makeup ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Theater Arts- Design University of California, Santa Cruz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacquiemccarley --- Source: https://flows.cv/jacquie JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jacquie/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05