Anna Taylor

• Built DEI team from the ground up; led a team focused on driving inclusive behaviors, bias mitigation, and creative ideas to support the overall growth and development of the west coast workforce. • Built and managed the implementation of D&I social communication strategy for our client, ensuring that Microsoft diversity and inclusion standards were adhered to within all social messaging campaigns. • Provided leadership and expertise in defining short and long term DEI objectives, and established metrics to inform our decision making, track and communicate progress, and evaluate the effectiveness of our programs. • Established and managed annual communications plan including a region-wide monthly DEI newsletter, quarterly community engagement blast, speaker series and learning opportunities. • Conceived, implemented, and managed the VMLY&R Diversity, Equity & Inclusion High School Outreach Program • Conceived and managed the VMLY&R Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Design Swarm at the Seattle Interactive Conference in 2017, a two-day event where 25 design students were tasked with creating internal campaigns to promote innovative approaches to diversity and inclusion initiatives within VMLY&R. • Judged final projects at the 2018 High School Minority Business Immersion Program at the Business Institute at Seattle University. • Participated as 1 of 6 panelists to share with the CTE (career & technical education) teachers across the Seattle Public School district about opportunities and equitable access to career pathways. • Managed 2019 Women in Cloud event marketing as part of DEI pro-bono initiative. • 2019 Seattle Interactive Conference, “Imagining Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive Workspaces: How Employees Drive Change,” produced original session content on importance of DEI, in-person reach estimated at 3k.

• Team Coordinator for Global Director of TRMS at Amazon.com, a global organization of over 3,000 employees. • Arranged all global travel and managed extensive international itineraries for global team. • Spearheaded annual global employee retention event for 500+ attendees, director retreat, and weekly global leads meetings. • Partnered with Human Resources Business Partners to create and implement employee development strategies.

• Managed creative department of 75 employees, providing support for meetings, presentations and events. • Arranged all local and international travel for creative leads. • Managed the Wunderman sponsor space at the Seattle Interactive Conference with over 3,000 attendees. • Led charity event with Seattle Children’s Hospital and Seattle Seahawks, raising over $5000.00.

• Managed office of 30 employees, overseeing all meetings, presentations, events and travel. • Established fully functioning HR department, employee onboarding program, and rideshare program. • Managed outside IT vendor and all technology development projects.