Christopher Michael Watson

Reviewed, updated, and revised company hiring practices, vacation policies, and other human resources policies to ensure compliance with OSHA and all applicable local, state, and federal labor regulations. By creating and maintaining a positive and responsive work environment, we increased employee retention rates by over 10%, achieving a retention rate of more than 90% over a two-year period. Developed recruitment programs to increase minority recruitment and meet affirmative action requirements successfully. Led development team to build and deploy a dedicated recruitment website, which reduced year-over-year recruitment costs by 14%. Achievements included designing branding and marketing assets for a product launch that increased client engagement by 40%, illustrating a self-made children's book in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, leading the creative direction of a local nonprofit’s rebranding project, including logo, website, and promotional material, and creating and rebranding