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She currently works as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR Consultant in self-employment, a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant in a confidential role, and a Social Media Strategist, Filmmaker, and Voiceover Artist at Create Social Media. Marianne also founded ProjectMeRSG, Create Social Media, Create! Film Festival, MLCASE Consulting, Vybe, and Epic Vibes Vacations. Marianne’s strengths span full-cycle recruiting, passive-candidate outreach, executive search, recruiting operations, recruitment marketing, compliance-aware workforce planning, and the translation of business requirements into measurable talent outcomes. She has supported domestic and international clients, including distributed teams, across finance, healthcare, advertising, hospitality, and professional services. Her corporate recruiting work at American Honda Motor Company involved managing clients and attracting candidates, while her earlier work includes recruiting leadership at Burrell Communications Group/Publicis, The Walt Disney Company, Harvard University, and Financial Staffing Centre. She holds an MBA focused on Strategic Planning and Marketing Research from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, combining market-informed analysis with talent and organizational strategy. ## Services - LinkedIn Sales Navigator - Hospitality Finance - Software - Hospice Nursing - Product Marketing - Physical Therapy - Technical Engineering - ChatGPT - HubSpot - HR Recruitment - Software Engineers - Restaurant Operations - Application Engineers - Healthcare - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Medical Facilities - Workforce Analytics - I-9 Compliance - EEO/AA Compliance - Team Building - Teamwork - Budget Management - Analytical Skills - Video Editing - Social Media Marketing - Social Media Communications - Social Media Advertising - Data Analysis - Market Analysis - College Recruiting ## Highlights - Leads talent acquisition and HR consulting focused on workforce strategy, recruiting transformation, employer branding, and scalable people operations. - Founded ProjectMeRSG, Create Social Media, Create! Film Festival, MLCASE Consulting, Vybe, and Epic Vibes Vacations. - Holds an MBA in Strategic Planning and Marketing Research from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. - Led recruiting delivery at Burrell Communications Group/Publicis, aligning hiring priorities, candidate slates, and selection outcomes with leadership. - Built sourcing strategies and talent pipelines and improved recruiting workflow standards and documentation discipline at Burrell Communications Group/Publicis. - Completed full-cycle recruitment of minority advertising professionals at Burrell Communications Group across production, casting, creative, account management, media, and public relations. - Recruited financial and IT professionals at Financial Staffing Centre using 90% cold-calling outreach alongside search engines and referrals. - Built a candidate base of 300 financial and technical professionals at Financial Staffing Centre. - Developed a client base of 10 top-rated U.S. accounting and manufacturing firms at Financial Staffing Centre, including four former Big 6 accounting firms. - Maintained $10,000 to $15,000 in monthly client billings at Financial Staffing Centre. - Initiated training and development for two junior recruiters at Financial Staffing Centre. - Improved submission quality as Recruitment Manager at Financial Staffing Center through stronger intake, screening discipline, and recruiter coaching. - Managed the Ameritech New Media recruitment process through Adlab/PeopleScout and screened approximately 700 marketing, sales, technical, and customer-service applicants per month. - Reduced Ameritech New Media project costs by 20% through focused media strategy, lower advertising expenditures, and reduced administration while improving key hiring ratios. - Developed a multidimensional media plan with Ameritech New Media’s advertising agency to reach active and passive job seekers. - Created reports monitoring recruitment metrics including cost per hire, phase-success ratios, quality control, hiring ratios, and media effectiveness for Ameritech New Media. - Designed and administered two-phase pre-employment sessions, screening approximately 80 candidates per week for Ameritech New Media. - Developed computerized recruiter interview scripts with qualifying questions and 20- to 30-minute behavioral sections to improve selection ratios. - Delivered full-cycle recruitment at Walt Disney Worldwide across creative, production, finance, accounting, project management, restaurant management, loss prevention, warehouse, and other professional roles. - Developed minority-candidate recruitment strategies at Walt Disney Worldwide. - Negotiated employment offers and partnered with HR and Payroll on orientations and new-hire documentation at Walt Disney Worldwide. - Delivered full-cycle recruiting, hiring-leader partnership, ATS discipline, candidate experience, offer support, and onboarding handoff at The Walt Disney Company. - Managed clients and attracted candidates in corporate recruiting at American Honda Motor Company, Inc. - Conducted targeted sales and marketing recruiting at Advantage Solutions using channel strategy, pipeline development, market insight, and aligned screening. - Has conducted confidential VP-level executive searches. - Uses passive-candidate outreach and internal initiatives to develop talent pipelines. - Has supported domestic and international clients, including remote work with clients across the United States and internationally. - Supports compliance-aware hiring, visa-sponsorship processes, workforce-risk mitigation, ATS workflows, vendor relationships, and recruitment operations. - Partners with HR, Legal, hiring leaders, and business stakeholders to build scalable and compliant hiring practices. - Brings creative-industry experience in social media strategy, filmmaking, voiceover, cinematography, film/video production, film editing, screenwriting, casting, production planning, and film festivals. ## Experience - **Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant at Confidential** (2026-01-01–present) - **Social Media Strategist/Filmmaker/Voiceover Artist at Create Social Media** (2011-01-01–present) - **Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR Consultant at Self Employed** (2000-04-01–present) - **Sr. Human Resources Consultant at American Honda Motor Company, Inc.** (2024-06-01–2026-01-01) - **Diversity Sourcing Specialist, Strategist at Harvard University** (2021-05-01–2022-08-01) - **Sales Recruiter at Advantage Solutions** (2010-06-01–2011-04-01) — Executed targeted sourcing and recruiting for sales/marketing roles using channel strategy and pipeline development. Applied market insight to refine targeting, messaging, and screening alignment. - **Sr. Recruiter at Walt Disney Worldwide** (2000-01-01–2000-07-01) — \- Full cycle recruitment of Professional staff \(Creative, Production, Costuming, Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Restaurant Management, Loss Prevention and Warehouse\) - Developed strategies for successful recruitment of Minority candidates - Responsible for partnering with various lines of business to determine and satisfy staffing needs - Successful sourcing of candidates via Entertainment industry events, Outplacement firms, referrals, networking, Internet and direct sourcing - Negotiated offers of employment - Partnered with Human Resources and Payroll to Plan/conduct new employee orientations and process new hire documentation - **Senior Human Resources Recruiter at The Walt Disney Company** (2000-01-01–2000-07-01) — Delivered full-cycle recruiting with strong stakeholder partnership, ATS discipline, and candidate experience. Partnered with hiring leaders on qualification criteria, interview plans, and selection decisions supported offers and onboarding handoff. - **Director of Recruiting at Burrell Communications Group / Publicis** (1998-01-01–1999-10-01) — Led recruiting delivery as a strategic partner to leadership aligned hiring priorities, slates, and selection outcomes. Built sourcing strategies and pipelines strengthened recruiting operations through workflow standards and documentation discipline. - **Recruitment Director at Burrell Communications Group** (1998-01-01–1999-10-01) — \- Successful full cycle recruitment of Minority Advertising professionals \(Producers, Casting, Broadcast/Radio/Print Production, Editors, Creative, Account Managers, Media and Public Relations\) via direct sourcing, Internet, referrals and analysis of industry and market trends - Assisted VP of Human Resources with resolving Employee Relations issues - Maintained excellent relationships with vendors \(Search firms, Outplacement firms\) - Negotiated offers of employment Plan/conduct new employee orientations - Attended networking events to increase public awareness of the agency - Partnered with department managers to determine staffing needs and process - **Recruitment Manager at Financial Staffing Center** (1996-11-01–1998-11-01) — Managed recruiting delivery and workflow led priorities aligned to client demand and urgency. Improved submission quality through stronger intake, screening discipline, and recruiter coaching. - **Sr. Recruiter at Financial Staffing Centre** (1996-11-01–1998-11-01) — \- Recruitment and marketing of Financial and IT professionals utilizing cold calling \(90%\), search engines and referrals to client companies - Developed candidate base of 300 Financial and Technical professionals and client base of 10 of the top rated Accounting and manufacturing firms in the US, including four of the “Big 6” Accounting firms - Maintained client billings of $10,000-$15,000 per month - Initiated the training and development of two junior recruiters - **Account Manager at Adlab/Peoplescout** (1996-04-01–1996-10-01) — Client/Project: Ameritech New Media - Successfully screened approximately 700 Marketing/Sales, Technical and Customer Service applicants per month by managing Client's recruitment process - Reduced Client's project costs by 20% by focusing media strategies to reduce advertising expenditures and reducing administration to lower operating costs, while improving key hiring ratios - Cooperated with Client's Advertising agency to develop a multidimensional media plan of both primary and secondary media vehicles, designed to attract both active and passive job seekers - Generated reports which thoroughly monitored each component of recruitment process, including, cost per hire, phase success ratios, quality control, hiring ratios, media effectiveness - Maintained databases containing applicant test scores, EEOC reporting data and results in each phase of recruitment process - Designed scripts for and administered 2-phased pre-employment sessions, screening approximately 80 candidates per we - **Account Manager at Peoplescout/Adlab \(Client: Ameritech New Media\)** (1996-04-01–1996-10-01) — Supported client delivery and account management coordinated staffing-related needs and internal execution. ## Education - Associate of Science, Cinematography and Film/Video Production — Los Angeles City College - Master of Business Administration, Marketing Research — University of Pittsburgh - Associate's Degree, Cinema Production — Los Angeles City College - B.S., Criminal Justice Minor: Psychology — Illinois State University - MBA, Strategic Planning and Marketing — University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business - Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice/Police Science — Illinois State University - High School, English, Math — Lockport Township High School ## FAQ ### What does Marianne do? Marianne is a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist and HR Consultant who focuses on workforce strategy, recruiting transformation, employer brand, recruiting operations, and scalable people systems. She partners with organizations on hiring systems designed to support business growth while remaining human-centered and compliance-aware. ### What are Marianne’s current roles? Marianne is currently a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR Consultant in self-employment, a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant in a confidential role, and a Social Media Strategist, Filmmaker, and Voiceover Artist at Create Social Media. ### What is Marianne strongest at? Marianne’s core strengths include talent strategy, full-cycle recruiting, passive-candidate sourcing, executive search, employer branding, recruitment marketing, ATS workflows, vendor management, workforce planning, compliance-aware hiring, and cross-functional partnership with HR, Legal, and business leaders. She seeks work where she can improve strategy, process, and operations rather than only execute an existing process. ### What ventures has Marianne founded? Marianne founded ProjectMeRSG, Create Social Media, Create! Film Festival, MLCASE Consulting, Vybe, and Epic Vibes Vacations. Her ventures span HR consulting, digital media, technology, travel, and creative industries, reflecting experience building brands, scaling operations, and leading cross-functional teams. ### What did Marianne do at Burrell Communications Group/Publicis? At Burrell Communications Group/Publicis, Marianne led recruiting delivery as a strategic partner to leadership. She aligned hiring priorities, candidate slates, and selection outcomes built sourcing strategies and pipelines and strengthened recruiting operations through workflow standards and documentation discipline. ### What did Marianne accomplish as Recruitment Director at Burrell Communications Group? As Recruitment Director at Burrell Communications Group, Marianne completed full-cycle recruitment of minority advertising professionals, including producers, casting, broadcast, radio, print-production, editing, creative, account management, media, and public-relations talent. She sourced through direct outreach, the internet, referrals, and analysis of industry and market trends partnered with department managers on staffing needs and process maintained vendor relationships negotiated offers conducted orientations assisted the VP of Human Resources with employee-relations issues and attended networking events to build agency awareness. ### What did Marianne accomplish at Financial Staffing Centre? At Financial Staffing Centre, Marianne recruited and marketed financial and IT professionals through cold calling, search engines, and referrals to client companies. Cold calling represented 90% of her outreach. She built a candidate base of 300 financial and technical professionals, developed a client base including 10 top-rated accounting and manufacturing firms in the United States—including four of the former Big 6 accounting firms—maintained monthly billings of $10,000 to $15,000, and initiated training and development for two junior recruiters. ### What did Marianne do as Recruitment Manager at Financial Staffing Center? As Recruitment Manager at Financial Staffing Center, Marianne managed recruiting delivery and workflow, aligned priorities to client demand and urgency, improved submission quality through stronger intake and screening discipline, and coached recruiters. ### What did Marianne accomplish at Adlab/PeopleScout for Ameritech New Media? At Adlab/PeopleScout on the Ameritech New Media project, Marianne managed the client recruitment process and screened approximately 700 marketing, sales, technical, and customer-service applicants per month. She reduced project costs by 20% by focusing media strategies to lower advertising expenditures and reducing administration while improving key hiring ratios. ### How did Marianne improve recruiting operations for Ameritech New Media? For Ameritech New Media, Marianne collaborated with the client’s advertising agency to build a multidimensional primary and secondary media plan for active and passive job seekers. She produced recruitment-process reports covering cost per hire, phase-success ratios, quality control, hiring ratios, and media effectiveness maintained databases with applicant test scores, EEOC reporting data, and results by recruitment phase and designed and administered two-phase pre-employment sessions that screened approximately 80 candidates per week. ### What selection-process work did Marianne perform for Ameritech New Media? Marianne also developed and periodically reviewed computerized recruiter interview scripts to improve selection ratios for each role. The scripts included job descriptions, qualifying-question sets, help screens, and 20- to 30-minute behavioral sections probing decision-making and organizational skills. She also scheduled and reviewed pre-employment drug and background-screen results. ### What did Marianne do at Walt Disney Worldwide? At Walt Disney Worldwide, Marianne handled full-cycle recruitment for professional staff across creative, production, costuming, finance, accounting, project management, restaurant management, loss prevention, and warehouse functions. She developed strategies to recruit minority candidates partnered with business lines on staffing needs sourced through entertainment-industry events, outplacement firms, referrals, networking, the internet, and direct outreach negotiated offers and partnered with HR and Payroll on orientations and new-hire documentation. ### What did Marianne do as a Senior Human Resources Recruiter at The Walt Disney Company? As a Senior Human Resources Recruiter at The Walt Disney Company, Marianne delivered full-cycle recruiting with stakeholder partnership, applicant-tracking-system discipline, and attention to candidate experience. She worked with hiring leaders on qualification criteria, interview plans, and selection decisions, and supported offers and onboarding handoff. ### What did Marianne do at American Honda Motor Company? Marianne served as a Senior Human Resources Consultant at American Honda Motor Company, Inc. She describes her most recent corporate recruiting role as being at Honda, where she managed clients and attracted candidates. ### What did Marianne do at Harvard University and Advantage Solutions? Marianne was a Diversity Sourcing Specialist and Strategist at Harvard University. Her background also includes targeted sales and marketing recruiting at Advantage Solutions, where she used channel strategy and pipeline development, applied market insight to refine targeting and messaging, and aligned screening for sales and marketing roles. ### What geographic and industry experience does Marianne have? Marianne has worked with domestic and international clients, mostly outside California, and has worked remotely with clients across the United States and internationally. Her industry experience includes finance, healthcare, advertising, hospitality, and professional services, as well as work with distributed and international teams. ### What sourcing and executive-search experience does Marianne have? Marianne is experienced in passive-candidate sourcing through outreach and internal initiatives, as well as multi-channel sourcing through direct outreach, referrals, networking, internet research, search engines, events, outplacement firms, and recruitment marketing. She also has experience conducting confidential VP-level executive searches and keeping candidates engaged through transparency and clear expectations. ### What is Marianne’s education? Marianne holds an MBA in Strategic Planning and Marketing Research from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice/Police Science with a Psychology minor from Illinois State University and an Associate of Science in Cinematography and Film/Video Production from Los Angeles City College. She attended Lockport Township High School, where she studied English and math. ### What HR, recruiting, analytics, and business tools does Marianne use? Marianne’s HR and business capabilities include HR recruitment, talent acquisition, recruiting, sourcing, technical recruiting, executive search, contract recruitment, college recruiting, internet recruiting, interviews, screening, hiring, job analysis, job descriptions, job fairs, onboarding, new-hire orientations, employee relations, performance management, training, team building, supervisory skills, leadership, management, business development, client relations, sales, cold calling, CRM, applicant tracking systems, Taleo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, HubSpot, workforce analytics, data analysis, market analysis, market research, strategic planning, business process improvement, analytical skills, problem solving, budget management, and budgeting. ### What compliance, marketing, industry, and creative skills does Marianne bring? Marianne’s compliance, marketing, industry, and creative skills include I-9 compliance, EEO/AA compliance, employment contracts, employment-law compliance, labor and employment law, background checks, employer branding, recruitment advertising, advertising, product marketing, social media marketing, social media communications, social media advertising, online advertising, social media, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, software, software engineers, technical engineering, application engineers, healthcare, medical facilities, hospice nursing, physical therapy, hospitality finance, restaurant operations, video editing, screenwriting, short films, film production, film editing, independent film, film festivals, film history, casting, creative writing, Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, voice over, production planning, producer, and associate producer. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariannecasemba