Judi Wunderlich

Current

Vice President, Talent at WunderLand

Past

Director - Interactive Recruiting at Aquent
Director - Creative Recruiting at Aquent
Account Director/Talent Agent at Aquent

National Sales Director at AHT
Reprographics Manager at Sears
President/Founder at WGA (Wunderlich Graphics Agency)
Creative Services Manager at Allstate

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Judi Wunderlich’s Summary

Summary:
Senior talent acquisition professional with extensive expertise in the interactive, creative, marketing and advertising industries. Proven record of developing new business, managing, mentoring and training staff, negotiating contracts and fees, and sourcing and recruiting candidates. Astute leader with an entrepreneurial bent and a solid reputation for honesty and integrity. Strategist and early adopter of new technologies including social media marketing and recruiting. Savvy marketer who understands the importance of living the brand. High energy worker who never punches a clock.

Previously:
- Director of Interactive Recruiting at Aquent
- Director of Strategic Initiatives at Aquent
- Director of Creative Recruiting at Aquent
- Account Director/Talent Agent at Aquent
- National Sales Director (digital graphics equipment), AHT, Inc., El Segundo, CA
- ReproGraphics Manager, Sears Roebuck, Hoffman Estates, IL
- President/Founder, WGA Inc. (creative staffing agency), Schaumburg and Chicago, IL
- Creative Services Manager, Allstate Insurance, Northbrook IL

Email me at jwunderlich@wunderlandgroup.com or, BETTER YET, interact with me here:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/JudiWunderlich
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Interactive-Design-Development/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Judi_Wunderlich/833415084
FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/judiwunderlich

Judi Wunderlich’s Specialties:

Talent acquisition, recruiting, contract staffing, direct hire placement, and executive search for creative and marketing professionals including: web/interactive professionals (content managers and writers, user experience designers, IA's, developers), advertising/design (creative directors, art directors, designers, copywriters, account executives), marketers (online marketing, brand managers, product managers).

Judi Wunderlich’s Experience

Vice President, Talent

WunderLand

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

Matching Creative (print and web design/writing), Marketing, Advertising, Social Media and PR Professionals with businesses in need of Talent on a contract or permanent hire basis.
Director - Interactive Recruiting

Aquent

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

October 2008 — March 2009 (6 months)

I ran the Web/Interactive recruiting practice for the Chicago branch of Aquent.

I'm also very active in the web/interactive community and in social media and have been a guest speaker at The Chicago New Media Summit (talking about the future of Chicago jobs and education in new/digital media), the Illinois Recruiter's Association (where I spoke about social media recruiting), and at universities and design schools like The School of the Art Institute (where I advised curriculum developers and career advisors on the 'real' world of jobs in design). I also run a 600+ member education and networking group (the Chicago Interactive Design/Development Meetup Group) that meets monthly to discuss current trends and best practices in online communications.

I am available for speaking engagements and training on Web 2.0 and Social Media Recruiting and Networking.
Director - Creative Recruiting

Aquent

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2005 — October 2008 (3 years)

Managed a team of recruiting managers charged with sourcing and qualifying Creative talent and filling orders from our clients - temporary, temp to hire, and permanent. Niches included web design, web development, user experience, information architecture, animation design, graphic design, art direction, creative direction, copywriting and content management, project management, marketing and branding and many more.

Created best practices around strategic sourcing, job postings, candidate management and relationship building.
Account Director/Talent Agent

Aquent

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 1999 — 2005 (6 years)

Managed a full desk including sales and account management as well as sourcing, recruiting and order filling for temp, temp to hire, and direct hire jobs in the Chicago market. Specialties were Creative jobs, both print and web. Also headed up a new initiative for Direct Hire jobs and was the Director of Creative Placements, leading the company in number of orders filled and revenue produced. Was awarded 6 top-producer (Superstar) awards for both GP and FTEs as well as the company's Holism award for going out of my way to share sales leads and talent with other offices.
National Sales Director

AHT

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)

AHT sells digital graphics products including high speed color and black and white RIPs, high quality scanners, and more.
Reprographics Manager

Sears

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year)
President/Founder

WGA (Wunderlich Graphics Agency)

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1986 — 1996 (10 years)

Started up and ran a temporary staffing firm specializing in jobs for people in the graphic arts industry - a new idea in staffing at that time. Placed graphic designers, retouchers, project managers, production managers, typesetters, desktop publishers, art directors, proofreaders and more in temporary and permanent positions with Chicago-area companies.
Creative Services Manager

Allstate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)

1981 — 1986 (5 years)