Oakland, California, United States
My very first cover letter out of college: a rhyming poem in iambic tetrameter in the rough format of a Shakespearean sonnet. Spoiler alert-- I got the job. If you want to work with me now, I'm not going to be another cookie-cutter employee because that has never been who I am. I have fun and I get things done! (Catch the rhyme?) --- I’ve got passion and charm and a smile on my face; In the office, I can keep up with quite a fast pace. I’m driven and smart, I’ve got a soft spot for art, And I can read anyone like a book. My theatre degree speaks volumes of me: Analytical? Check! Keen insight’s my specialty. Communicative? No problem! I speak with purpose and vigor. Hard-working? You betcha! With me, you’ll get an employee with rigor. So if this poem has made you take a second look, Then please let me introduce you… I’m Lindsey Cook!
I specialize in hiring for Technical Account Management, Technical Writing, Risk (Credit, Fraud, Ops), and Data Science (Finance, Payments), plus pinch-hitting across G&A as needed. Highlights: ⭐ FY2025: 121% achievement to quota ⭐ Average time to fill (TTF): 28 days ⭐ Internal Award: Rising Star 2026 🏆 ✨AI co-Captain for Global TA: Building custom AI tooling to automate candidate calibration, market research, interview analysis, and recurring recruiting workflows. Hosting weekly office hours, leading weekly education & enablement sessions, scoping top of funnel efficiency vendors, and developing strong governance frameworks. Continually delighted by how much I can do with AI.
Impacted by business closure. HR Ops and full-lifecycle recruiting at a global, bootstrapped AI EdTech startup. Hired for every team from Engineering and Product to Sales, Marketing, Design, QA, and Content. Built essential HR policies across 14 countries, owned payroll to onboarding to analytics, launched Greenhouse, rebuilt Rippling, and drove new hire eNPS to 90. Highlights: ⭐ 50 hires across all functions in 11 months ⭐ Spearheaded Great Places to Work application, which we achieved with 99% of employees rating us a great place to work ⭐ Super admin for our Rippling ecosystem ⭐ Led JazzHR → Greenhouse migration with zero hiring delays ⭐ eNPS: 90 (+5 points via integrated recruiting + onboarding strategy) ⭐ Q4 2024 Core Values Award: "Great Freakin' Attitude" 🏆
Impacted by company layoff. Full-cycle recruiting across a fast-moving digital agency during a major hybrid shift. Hired for Marketing, Ops, Account Management, HR, Finance, and Project Management. Highlights: ⭐ Scaled company from 95 → 180+ employees alongside one Technical Recruiter ⭐ 60 full time + 20 freelance hires; avg time-to-hire 35 days (FT) / 5 days (freelance) ⭐ 85%+ accepted offers & 30% reduction in time-to-fill (from 45 days to 32 days) ⭐ Built a full TA playbook: benchmarking, JD library, kickoff forms, feedback templates, and micro-ATS in Monday.com ⭐ Q4 2022 Core Values Award: "We Before Me" 🏆
Recruiting and Ops Lead at a Series B startup. Full-cycle B2C recruiting with 100% offer acceptance rate. Designed ATS (Workable) best practices and automated internal tools across teams.
Impacted by COVID-related layoff. GTM recruiting during 300%+ headcount growth in 2019 as part of a 5-person Talent team for One Point Logistics, a small freight tech startup owned by Motive, right after our Series D & unicorn status.