Katie Denlinger

Experienced scheduling coordinator, recruiter, and entrepreneur with 10 + years' experience owning and operating a high-volume brand marketing and event staffing company and 15+ years' experience working remotely. Excellent communicator with outstanding organizational, relationship building, and multi-tasking skills. Known for being a problem solver with a strong work ethic who thrives in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.

Recruiter at Collaborative, LLC. (2021-01 – 2026-05)

High volume staffing and recruiting in Healthcare/ Scientific, Engineering/ IT, Administrative and Manufacturing/ Light Industrial industries. Exclusively assigned to Abbott Laboratories', and their pharmaceutical division AbbVie, to manage client relationships, schedule interviews, and assess complete staffing needs.

• Achieved the highest number of placements of 6+ new recruiters within the first 2 months of employment.

Talent Acquisition Partner at New Season (2019-08 – 2020-03)

Full life-cycle recruitment; successfully placed 65+ employees within the first 4 months of employment.

• Averaged 4 hires per week while managing 55–75 open requisitions across 20 clinics nationwide.
• Researched, sourced, and built candidate pipelines, and recruited RNs, LPNs, Clinical Supervisors, Pharmacists, and Addictions Counselors
• Formed excellent relationships with all levels of management internally and within clinics including 6 Regional Directors and 20+Program Directors.
• Led weekly conference calls with Regional Directors outlining status of each clinic's open positions, progress, challenges, and needs.
• Managed a highly complex schedule of video, in-person, and phone interviews scheduling 10 phone interviews a day, 50 per week.

Sourcing Specialist at New Season (2019-05 – 2019-08)

• Promoted to a full-time, full life cycle recruiter position within 2 months of hire.
• Provided 40+ candidates weekly by using ATS, social media marketing, job board management, LinkedIn recruiter, Career Builder, Boolean searches, passive candidate development, Glassdoor, and other sourcing strategies.

Recruiter at Level Resources (2018-08 – 2019-04)

• Consistently achieved the highest sales based on recruiting efforts, across 11 offices, maintaining the top ranking throughout tenure.
• Successfully handled 30+ requisitions weekly, placed between 15-20 candidates per week, achieved and exceeded all commission goals; received 100% bonuses.
• Managed client and vendor relationships and scheduling; ensured 100% of goals were achieved.
• Completed onboarding processes including drug screens and background checks; maintained HRIS database.

Agency Director/ Owner at Brand Ambassadors, Inc. (2009-04 – 2018-04)

Hired by Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Pinnacle Vodka, Pernod-Ricard, Jameson, Brown-Forman, Southern Wine and Spirits and 50+ global brands as a promotional marketing and staffing company. Founded a high-volume, event marketing company with a focus on serving spirits and wine suppliers and distributors, covering all FL markets.

• Built a client base of 30+ leading suppliers and distributors in the adult beverage industry, covering all FL markets.
• Recruited and hired teams made up of 1000+ independent contractors statewide.
• Executed 1300 + dynamic bar, nightclub, restaurant, special event, retail, tradeshow, and other types of events annually.
• By the 2nd year of incorporation, hired as a full-time agency by leading US distributors including Republic National, Southern Wine & Spirits, Coastal, and Premier Beverage.
• Known for being an expert in new product launch; hired by 20+ brands exclusively during initial launch.
• Created and presented 30+ client proposals including all aspects of a marketing campaign, sold marketing packages.
• Collaboratively led distributor, account, & external/ internal partners, to create innovative, volume-driven programming for 100+ brands.
• Price negotiation with clients and accounts; allocated local H&R market resources including wholesaler budget, POS, labor, sponsorship, and account programs.
• Managed client budgets and spending, providing in-depth analysis of spending, provided quarterly and annual budget reports and forecasts.

North FL Market Manager at The Hive Strategic Marketing (2006-01 – 2009-04)

Managed Brown Foreman's promotional programs for developing and spirits portfolios in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Daytona, and Tallahassee.

• Increased sales by 5% per quarter per quarter, per brand, for 30 brands within 50 accounts; surpassed quotas each year averaging an increase of 150 %-250 % annually.
• Attained the highest sales, and 2nd highest sales of 200 market managers nationwide 3 years in a row.
• Recruited, hired, trained, and managed activation teams made up of 150+ promotional specialists; teams from the ground up in each market.
• Coordinated and executed 600+ events annually, completing the largest number in FL each year.
• Planned, organized, and managed 30+ high profile Jack Daniel's NASCAR, Bike Week, Biketoberfest, and FL/GA events, completing 150+ promotions per event.
• Held team training and account staff seminars each month, completed at 60 + annually.
• Managed North FL's promotional budget, processed HR paperwork, payroll, spend trackers, expense reports, and other administrative paperwork.

Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications – University of Florida (2001-01 – 2004-12)