Katharine began her career in NYC at the beginning of 2011 after receiving her Bachelors Degree from Colgate University (Class of 2010). Her research experience and IT background, combined with her curiosity and drive for excellence have proved invaluable while supporting sourcing and recruiting technology professionals in multiple arenas including web developers, project managers, and other recent graduates.
She is particularly interested in working with innovative companies heavily involved in ecommerce space, as well as with growing start-ups and hedge funds. In her spare time enjoys blogging, painting in egg tempera, and exploring all that NYC community – tech and otherwise - has to offer.
Current Projects Include:
✦ Source and engage talented professionals for highly sought-after positions in software development, interactive media, open-source, mobile & web technologies sectors, and financial technology sector. (Talent Scout @ Talent Hunt Group).
✦ Individualized Job-Search Consulting for Recent Grads and Tech Professionals
✦ Code Year at CodeAcademy (Coursework includes: Javascript, HTML, CSS, OOP, jQuery DOM, and Python!)
Sourcing, Recruiting, Retaining...
Helping to build the next great company.
Come work with us!
LocalVox Media Inc sells a marketing platform that helps local businesses publish and promote events, announcements and deals to a range of online channels including NearSay.com, social media channels, email messaging and to their own web sites. LocalVox Media Inc. has been named the #3 start up to watch in 2012 by Business Insider, and was recently featured on Fox News as the #1 Tech Tool for Entrepreneurs.
Using my creativity, critical thinking, and personable disposition I continually seek ways to find and connect individuals with relevant opportunities; acting as a catalyst to bring amazing people (from recent-grads to SVPs) and phenomenal organizations (innovative startups to global corporations) together to form successful professional partnerships.
I provided individual and logistical support to a series of summer programs serving students aged 12 to 22, including overseeing the office activities and needs of personnel; promptly responded to incoming communications, created and maintained a constantly evolving database of students’ travel and medical information , and updated procedures and supplies in preparation for 2011 programs.
✦ Provided technological support and service the Colgate community through walk-in and in-residence visits
✦ Performed hardware replacement, data recovery, malware removal, upgrades and general maintenance
✦ Maintained database of student work-order requests to ensure prompt follow-up and professional service
✦ Educated the student body through outreach events and the maintenance of Colgate’s Wiki Site