Tamsin Casadei

• Joined in project role during substantial organisational change to optimise and strengthen HRBP team for IMG's studios business.
• Year 1 - Led skills assessment initiatives across HR team, realigning priorities and mentoring team members to enhance performance and delivery, exiting underperformers and hiring replacements.
• Collaborated with executive leadership on organisational redesign, resulting in exit of 14 senior team members within 12 months and planning for 2024 company reorganisation.
• Initiated digitisation project of employee files across IMG.
• Delivered against heavy schedule of cyclical people programmes as set by US head office.
• Year 2 - Delivered organisational restructure, through collective consultation, exiting c40 employee. Supported new CTO in planning for 2025 department reorganisation
• Supported business in setting up employment in Saudi Arabia of c15 for Saudi Pro League production.
• Redeveloped compensation planning process to empower line managers and improve accountability during process.
• Year 3 - Delivered TUPE consultation process for c220 staff for long standing client, Premier League.
• Delivered Tech dept. reorg exiting c15 employees.
• Supported colleagues in global CoEs in transition from Endeavor to TKO parent company.
• Realigned IMGs DEI strategy through development of REDI committee and compiling one company budget.

New role in a mature start-up founded by Leslie Benzies in c2016 with employees in UK, Hungary, Netherlands, France, US, Canada and Poland. Responsible for building capability and delivery within HR, Talent Acquisition and Facilities.

• Reorganised TA function and workflows with business, building team from 1 to 6 enabling hire of c120 global employees in 12mths
• Restructured HR into Operations and Business Partnering, building team from 3 to 6 to support employee across multiple geographies
• Reorganised Facilities team to better support business building team from 3 to 8
• Collaborated with leaders to reorganise departments realigning activities to promote efficiency, communication and collaboration.
• Engaged multiple new suppliers for immigration (Newland Chase), referencing (HireRight), employer of record (Teamed), employer branding (This is HOME), benefits (Reward Gateway), compliance e-learning (Skillscast) etc.
• Implemented comprehensive job levelling and salary banding exercise (AON Radford) across multiple countries
• Supported business through employment process in numerous territories – France, Poland and Canada
• Supported business in engaging PEO (permanent employer organisation), Insperity, to support employment in US
• Overhauled UK employment contracts and policies, on which to base contracts and handbook in other geographies
• Successfully resolved c20 ER cases within 12mths, of which some were historical, complex and protracted.

• Employee #1, key to setting up UK studio and lead HR for London, managing 15 direct reports across multiple departments - HR, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Emerging Talent and Facilities
• Responsible for £1M HR budget and oversight of £3.5M Facilities budget
• Directed HR priorities for London in context of local and global strategies
• Directed multiple People projects and initiatives such as overhauling benefits strategy, overhauling Visa process creating savings of £80k+, multiple HR Operations improvement projects, team redesign and re-organisation, developing emerging talent and outreach programmes, various D&I initiatives including representation survey, COVID related furlough and temporary flex working, retention strategies, organisational restructures, global compensation guidelines, employee wellbeing initiatives
• Conceptualised and implemented D&I framework for London studio creating D&I Board with multiple ERGs, moving ownership out of HR and into the business
• Directed team to conceptualise and implement Culture and belonging strategies such as Enrichment Training, Speaker Series, ILM FM, ILM people newsletter, remote new hire introductions
• Directed ILM's UK and US Executive teams on all UK employment matters
• Collaborated with Disney HR partners in UK and US on daily basis engaging with centres of excellence for numerous HR projects and initiatives.

• New role to support this 'superindie' TV production company through rapid programme of growth by merger and acquisition working closely with US and Canadian studios
• Overhauled UK employment policies, HR and Recruitment processes and creation of HR team
• Strategised with Owner/Manager and global Executive team on all HR and ER related matters such as TUPE, complex senior exits
• Secured key strategic hires including COO, Sales Director, Head of Development

• Reporting to COO, co-managed team of 10 HR Coordinators/Advisors and Payroll Specialists
• Provided full range of HR and ER support through numerous people programmes including re-organisation, redundancy, performance, dismissals
• Complete overhaul of HR policies as well as developing international secondment and transfer process, policy and package with Singapore studio
• Collaborated with Executives on proactive people programmes such as skills matrices for learning and development and succession planning.

• Field-based regional HRBP role providing full range of HR and ER support for various locations across southern UK managing average caseload of 20-30 ER cases at any one time

University Course Industrial Placement