Vanessa Torres

About Vanessa Torres

I\'m motivated by helping people change their lives for the better. I have a knack for trusting my intuition and taking leaps of faith as well as being pleasantly persistent:) For Ex: Who else leaves a decade long successful career in Advertising to shift into Recruitment or gets laid off and buys a one way ticket to Sydney, Australia with only a Visa in hand and finds a dream job. It was all scary but with a risk, it yields a award - whether it\'s a great story or a learning lesson:)Currently, I\'m a recruiter hiring Go to Market - Enterprise level Solution Engineers and Solution Architects (Pre and Post Sales) at Twilio. It\'s been a dream to work with such talent here at Twilio and have such amazing conversations with candidates. Previously, I hired online Educators (Teachers, Principles, Nurses etc) you would find at a brick and mortar school for K12.com. It was incredibly rewarding to have the impact knowing that I\'m hiring well qualified educators to help shape the future. I started my recruitment career as Tech Recruiter at Computer Futures where I was for almost two years until Covid came crashing the world to a halt. I learned the ups and downs of contract recruitment and was constantly fueled by knowing I can make a difference in someone\'s life by finding them their dream job. I learned a lot about the USCIS guidelines and felt passionate about ensuring that the most qualified candidates gets the job regardless of Visa status such as H1B/OPT/CPT. I started my advertising career in 2007 by working at Universal McCann and Initiative Media in Media Planning for companies such as Sony and Hyundai for 3 years and then realized I was a \"people person\" and switched to Advertising Sales. For 8 years I sold, planned and strategized media campaigns for Fortune 500 companies in Los Angeles, CA, Sydney, Australia and Austin, TX. In my last job in advertising, I was a Sr. AM at Ad Action, a mobile ad tech start up, where I managed 15 to 30 campaigns with a strategic and analytical mindset to ensure our customers not only had traffic but quality users. Basically, I was a glorified digital campaign analyst where I made sure to optimize mobile streams of traffic to profitability based off CPA (cost per action). Recruiting Skill-sets: Recruiting Tools: Boolean, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Zip Recruiter, Dice, and repository sites like GitHub. I loved other creative ways such as using Facebook, Meet Up events, or even Blind to find candidates.

Experience

1. Senior Talent Research Operations Platforms

   Abnormal AI

   Aug 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Over my first year, I transitioned from leading Talent Research initiatives to owning TA systems and data governance, driving standardization and operational scalability.In my role at Abnormal AI, I focused on enhancing talent acquisition through data governance and AI-driven sourcing strategies. I led initiatives to standardize workflows and improve ATS functionality, enabling recruiters to operate with greater consistency and efficiency. Additionally, I developed automated dashboards that provided critical insights into pipeline health, facilitating informed decision-making at the executive level.

Education

• The University of Kansas

  Bachelor of Science and Arts and Journalism , Journalism (Advertising/PR) and Spanish

• Universidad de Sevilla

  Idioma y Linguisticas, Espanol

Skills

• Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Digital Media
• Social Media Marketing
• Spanish
• Display Advertising
• Media Buying
• Marketing Strategy
• Management
• Indesign
• Marketing Research
• Digital Strategy
• Tableau
• Social Media
• Advertising
• Online Advertising
• Strategy