Charee Klimek

Current

Managing Partner at Vocii™
Volunteer Chief Marketing Officer at JobAngels

Past

Director, Client Partner at Bernard Hodes Group
Managing Director at JWT Employment Communications
Senior Account Manager at Shaker Recruitment Advertising and Employment Communications

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Education

Illinois Central College

Recommended

19 people have recommended Charee

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

Charee Klimek’s Summary

As Managing Partner and Principal Brand Strategist for Vocii, Charee draws on more than 16 years experience researching and articulating employer brands, implementing internal and external communication strategies and being a trusted resource for her clients. She is a true partner, advisor and change agent; having managed more than $200 million in client budgets throughout her career and extending value well past the numbers. She has lead the partnerships and fostered brands of premier organizations including UnitedHealth Group, sanofi-aventis, T-Mobile, CB Richard Ellis, 3Com, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Hospira, Motorola, and Discover Financial Services to name a few. Her career portfolio includes work with businesses that have workforces ranging from 50 employees to 75,000+ global team members.

After a fulfilling career in both the private and corporate sectors, Charee left the agency world to pursue her dream of providing her expertise to medium and small-sized businesses that simply can't afford the big agency overhead. Her vision is to offer a unique branding solution that taps the potential of a company's two most important assets: employees and customers. Her values are grounded in the belief that success is based on respect for people, integrity, teamwork, dedication and a long-term commitment to shared goals and objectives.

When you partner with Charee, you can be certain you are collaborating with someone who is dedicated to the highest level of service, has a solid track record of doing what’s right for her clients, ensuring the highest return on your investment.

Charee Klimek’s Specialties:

• Voice of Customer and Employee Brand Research and Development
• Internal and External Communication Strategy
• Social Tools for Collaborative Business Design
• Digital Brand Asset Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Project and Vendor Management

Charee Klimek’s Experience

Managing Partner

Vocii™

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Empower the voices that shape your brand™.

Vocii™, from the Latin root vōc meaning “voice, vocalize or bring to call, symbolizes the social expression of the individual and the collective voice of your business community; representing the sum of all people who have had an experience with and influence over your organizational brand.

An independent brand consultancy, Vocii focuses on the voice of your company culture by interacting with and observing your employees, managers and leadership. We uncover who you truly are and what you aspire to be.

We listen to the voices of real-life customers to understand the value and authenticity in your promise, your products and your services.

We work with you to develop a communication road map that will act as your compass for brand as business strategy and the process of aligning what you say with what you do.

We partner with your leadership to train them on how to think differently about communication and decision making that affect cultural health.

Together we define the behaviors that are required to make a positive impact on the employee and customer experience to deliver on your brand promise.

Ultimately, Vocii is here to help you ease the transition from one-way communication to participation in your communities; moving your business forward by empowering the potential that exists in your employees and customers – the voices that shape your brand.
Volunteer Chief Marketing Officer

JobAngels

(Non-Profit; Human Resources industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

It is an honor to be a part of JobAngels, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to helping people get back to work one person at a time.

JobAngels has been featured in the Los Angeles Time, Baltimore Sun, San Jose Mercury News, and hundreds of blogs, podcasts and online forums.

Join the movement and help put people back to work!

More information is available at http://www.jobangels.org.
Join the JobAngels Group here on LinkedIn or connect with us on Twitter @JobAngels or by joining our Facebook Group: JobAngels.
Director, Client Partner

Bernard Hodes Group

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 6 months)

• Working with Human Resources, provides high-level consultation and solutions that aim to increase employer brand awareness and employee engagement through effective communications.
• Develops, implements and measures internal and external communication strategies for optimal results.
• Educates stakeholders of next generation tools and technology improve 1-1 communication between "employer and candidate" and "employer and employee"
• Utilizes benchmarking and analysis tools to measure and track trends around employer brand awareness, job fit and retention.
• Uses data to drive decision making in plan and develop generational solutions.
Managing Director

JWT Employment Communications

(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

• Responsible for overall office profitability, client relationships and day-to-day operations.
• Supervised account teams to ensure a high level of customer service.
• Worked individually, as well as with the national new business team, to drive new business opportunities with in the office.
Senior Account Manager

Shaker Recruitment Advertising and Employment Communications

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 1993 — March 2006 (12 years 7 months)

• Provided strategic direction for employee communications that supported the entire employment journey: branding and recruitment to on-boarding/orientation, training/development, performance management, rewards/recognition, executive leadership speech/script writing, sales communications, events, employee/candidate satisfaction surveys.
• Orchestrated aligned effort between agency & client stakeholders (HR, Marketing, & Corporate Communications, Operations) to form task teams that guaranteed winning brand architecture from concept development to total implementation.
• Project management and hands-on involvement providing high-level consultation on talent acquisition and communication strategies; design, development and implementation of collateral materials, content, architecture & development of career sites and interactive media.
• Led, trained, mentored and motivated cross-functional teams to provide unsurpassed client service and creative excellence

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Charee Klimek’s Interests:

Employer and Consumer Brand Strategy, Internal and External Communications, Social Tools for Business, Content Management, Community Management, HR, Recruitment, Engagement, Retention, and Measurement.