As a Dance/Theatre major in college I wanted to experiment with live multimedia productions so I took a one week intensive @ NYU in Final Cut Pro and was off and rolling. I spent the next three years freelancing at a mix of post-production shops here in NYC working on everything from national commercials to shorts/features to PSAs.
In search for a home, I landed at a small tech company working as an account and project manager with retail, pharmaceutical, and financial services clients all over the country. I found myself in need of more techs to work on my projects, so I fell into recruiting, and the rest is history!!
I’m a tech and creative geek. I can hold my own when talking to developers, enjoy helping designers improve their portfolio, and can talk all day about the latest trends in the digital space and beyond. And yes, I do cringe as a user when I try to open a website on my iPhone and it says to install Flash (insert face palm here.)
Having been a freelancer, I know what it is like and enjoy being on the other side and helping people to work on great projects or find their next home. I love what I do and that definitely comes across to anyone who talks to me. I also enjoy a challenge and finding a solution.
Oh, and I can also belt a mean showtune, and my homemade biscotti are pretty awesome too.
I am always looking to connect with talented digital, tech and product folks all around the globe.
Come join me @ Tigerspike!
Recruiting for Tigerspike Americas: NYC + San Fran
Email me if interested: ashley.westbrook@tigerspike.com
Talent Acquisition Manager @ Tigerspike is a global technology company that solves complex business problems by creating mobile and digital products, which improve people’s lives.
Across eight markets, Tigerspike is unique in the way we combine world-leading UI/UX design and front-end development expertise with complex back-end technical integration capability to deliver large-scale consumer and enterprise digital solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. With over 60 awards in 12 years, Tigerspike has a reputation for innovation and creates long-term partnerships with clients such as AMEX, Emirates, Kaiser Permanente, Westfield, News Corporation, DIRECTV, Novartis, ADP, Vodafone, Macy’s, Sears & SFMOMA.
Come join me @ Tigerspike!
Recruiting for Tigerspike Americas: NYC + San Fran
Email me if interested: ashley.westbrook@tigerspike.com From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Greater New York City AreaVice President/Lead Digital Recruiter @ Focused on recruiting the best of the best in NYC when it comes to anything and everything digital (web/mobile/tablet): Design, Copy, UI/UX, Product, Account, Strategy, Social, Frontend, etc.
We work with some of the best shops in NYC including design studios, brand agencies, advertising agencies, and in-house creative (technology, retail, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, CPG, media, entertainment, publishing, eCommerce, and financial services.)
Roles include (but not limited to):
*Design + Copy (Traditional and Digital)
*Brand Designer + Visual Designer
*User Experience (UX)
*Digital Designer + Creative Technologist
*Mobile + Interaction Designer
*Frontend (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular.js, Backbone.js)
*UX Researcher + Information Architect (IA)
*Digital Strategist + Content Strategist
*Digital Producer + Project Manager + Product Manager
*Web Content Manager + CMS Specialist (Wordpress, Drupal, etc)
*Video Editor + Motion Graphics
*Flash Designer + Rich Media Designer
*Web Content + Web Producer
*eCommerce Manager
*Social Media Strategist + Community Manager
*Digital Marketing (Web, Social, Email)
*SEO + SEM + Paid Search + Web Analytics
*Digital Media (Media Planner, Ad Ops)
Also always looking for great creative talent as:
*Production Artist (print and packaging)
*Package Designer (beauty, spirits, luxury brands)
*Visual Designer w/Presentation skills
*Visual Merchandising From April 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 2 months) Lead Recruiter @ Focused on recruiting the best of the best in NYC when it comes to anything and everything web, mobile, software, data centric.
Roles include (but not limited to):
*Project Manager, Product Manager
*Frontend, Web Developer, Mobile Developer (native and web app)
*Software Developer (including full stack)
*Data Analyst, Database Developer, DBA, BI, Data Warehouse
*Business Analyst, Technical Writer
*QA Analyst, QA Manager (manual and automated)
Specialties:
*XHTML, DHTML, JQuery, Prototype, Dojo, Mootools, AJAX
*Flash Actionscript, Flex, AIR, PureMVC, Brightcove
*iPhone + Android, xCode, PhoneGap/Cordova, Titanium
*PHP, Drupal, Magento, Zend, CakePHP, Code Ignitor, Smarty
*Python, Django, Ruby on Rails
*ASP.NET, C#, Sharepoint MOSS 2007, DotNetNuke, Sitecore
*.NET 3.5, WPF, WCF, WWF, Silverlight
*Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, Hadoop
*Business Intelligence, Cognos
*MySQL, SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, Crystal Reports From September 2007 to May 2015 (7 years 9 months) Account Manager/Project Manager @ Account and Project Manager for retail, pharmaceutical, government and financial services clients all over the country. Clients included: Bayer, Solvay, Novartis, Deutsche Bank, Booz Allen Hamilton, Prince William County, VA and Nalco.
Project Manager for various small and large project rollouts and cutovers both on a local and nationwide scale including all 50 states and Puerto Rico dealing with major corporations and companies, including Home Depot, Winn Dixie, CITI Financial, Target, Kohls, etc. From January 2006 to August 2007 (1 year 8 months) Freelance Video Editor @ Worked with a handful of great post-production shops here in NYC using Avid/Final Cut/After Effects to edit everything from shorts, features, commercials, TV series, documentaries, PSA's, promos, etc.
Some companies/organizations included Cannery Works, Stolen Car Productions, Valkhn Film & Video, New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT). From May 2003 to December 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Bachelors of Arts, Business Management, French, Arts @ Manhattanville College From 1999 to 2003 Berkeley Carroll School From 1996 to 1999 Ashley Westbrook is skilled in: HTML 5, Xcode, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Titanium, Final Cut Pro, PHP, Node.js, CSS3, Technical Recruiting, Adobe Creative Suite, Recruiting, Coaching, Magento
Websites:
http://www.tigerspike.com