Makwete Mashigo Barco

About Makwete Mashigo Barco

Hi My name is Makwete. Professional hype (wo)man. Introverted people person. I am a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager with a decade of experience in the Talent Experience and Recruiting field who partners with big brands and agencies in advertising and marketing to build stellar creative, production & operations management teams. My experience spans globally recognized powerhouses like Stagwell, mid-size advertising and business agencies who punch above their weight like GALE and MARTIN* to scrappy can-do start-ups like We Are Rosie, developing custom recruiting strategies to ensure seamless internal hiring manager and candidate experiences. I\'m currently professionally kicking it at Stagwell as a member of an in-house talent acquisition team that hires talent globally across Stagwell\'s portfolio of companies which include GALE, 72andSunny, Anomaly, Assembly, Code & Theory, Crispin, Colle Mcvoy, Doner, Forsman & Bodenfors and Hunter where my areas of expertise span hiring for creative, production and operations. Clients I have hired for: Instant Pot, Delta Vacations, Core Life Eatery, Xerox, Saputo, Pyrex, Rip Van, Friendship, Bausch & Lomb, Excellus, MD Live, Modelo, Meimo, Prisoner Wine Company, Chipotle, Old Navy, DIAGEO, Meta, YouTube, GEICO, Buffalo Wild Wings, Mondelez (Oreo), Old Navy, Hasbro (Monopoly), AXE, Hanes, DIAGEO, H&R Block, MILK Pep, Hard Rock Cafe & Casino’s, Hertz, Pella

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Manager, Creative

   GALE

   Jul 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Exceptional work begins with exceptionally talented people and the Talent team at GALE is responsible for finding those people. I make use of both traditional and non-traditional methods to find and engage candidates who are the very best at what they do. As a Talent Manager and Creative Recruiting Lead I am responsible for providing the highest quality of recruiting capabilities to my Creative Directors and Managing Directors, ensuring that open roles are filled efficiently across creative, operations and production teams. I work to partner closely with creative leadership for all our North American offices and own full lifecycle recruiting and maintain excellent relations with our hiring managers, candidates, and the creative talent market. Clients: MILK, Fogo De Chao, Abbot, Wells (Blue Bunny, Bomb Pop), DIAGEO (Buchanan\'s, Don Julio,) Chipotle, Pella, IHG

Education

• University of Pretoria

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Fine and Studio Arts

  2010 — 2013

• Open Window

  Certificate, Visual Communications, Design and Visual Communications, General

  2009 — 2010

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Fine Art
• Social Media
• Curating
• Proposal Writing
• Graphic Design
• Photography
• Project Management
• Research
• Customer Service
• Front Desk Management
• Illustration