Debbie D. Douglas

Debbie Douglas is a Brooklyn, NY, native currently living

in New Jersey. Debbie began her HR career as an HR

Assistant at the Shubert Organization, a

theatrical management company in NY, home to

Broadway theaters across the U.S. She later joined the HR

department at Paramount, formerly MTV Networks, a

global media & entertainment conglomerate. Debbie

worked her way up from Assistant in Talent Acquisition

and was eventually promoted to Recruiter/TA Manager. In

that capacity, she managed the recruitment process from

start to finish––from sourcing candidates to negotiating job

offers. She also stepped out of her comfort zone and

explored other opportunities throughout her career.

Debbie spent time at Alloy Media + Marketing. At the

time, Alloy was known as a non-traditional youth and

media marketing company. In this role, she shifted from

sole recruitment to working as an HR Manager/Generalist.

Her main focus was employee relations, recruitment, and

training/facilitation. In addition to recruitment, she

supported various functions of performance management,

compensation, and benefits. In her time with the company,

she formalized their job posting process, established their

first AAP (Affirmative Action Plan), and assisted in

negotiating with the vendor for their first-ever ATS,

Applicant Tracking System.

Debbie inevitably returned to Paramount as Senior HR

Manager of Human Resources and Talent Management at

BET Networks. As one of the dedicated staffing resources

professionals, she focused on full-cycle recruitment and

new hire onboarding, with dedicated support in

management training and employee programs. From

there, she had a short stint at a global public relations &

communications company, Ketchum, as a senior recruiter

overseeing a small team in the NY office. She recruited for

all senior-level hires across the agency and offices in DC,

Chicago, and LA.

Her passion for media and entertainment was too much

of a draw for her to stay within the agency setting. So, she

returned to Paramount, where she recruited for all the

brands under the Paramount portfolio across various

creative functions. Debbie currently sits in the Director of

Talent Acquisition role, sourcing a diverse talent pool at

mid-management levels, including executive

management. She also acts as a consultative partner to her

internal clients. As an HR professional, her goals are to help

the company attract and hire stellar talent and bolster the

pipeline of future candidates. Having a passion for the

business of entertainment and media, Debbie tries her best

to put the "HUMAN” back in Human Resources and act as

a partner with the lines of business and internal clients she

supports.

Debbie enjoys public speaking, mentoring, and

volunteerism. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa

Alpha Sorority, Incorporated-NYC. Debbie has also sat on

the Board of Candice’s Sickle Cell Fund, Inc. (CSCF), a

small non-profit raising awareness for Sickle Cell Disease,

as well as an ongoing supporter of several non-profit

organizations such as YMF, Inc. (The Yvonne McCalla

Foundation), a breast cancer awareness non-profit, Gyrl

Wonder, and Save a Girl, Save a World.

Debbie has used her voice on various platforms, such

as Essence.com’s 2020 Virtual Essence E-Suite: The Art of

the Pivot series, NAMIC - National Association of Multi-

Ethnicity in Communications, contributor to the

PayScale.com article “How to Prepare for Your First

Interview as a New Manager” June 2019, Google Digital

Coaches, Harlem Digital Lab panelist on “How to Get the

JOB - Tips and Tricks, Best Practices, Pre and Post

Interview Advice, Job Search Tactics, and Interview

Questions,” New York Urban League - Women in Power:

Lessons in Leadership panel, The New School–Milano

Graduate School guest lecturer, Gyrl Wonder Leadership

Academy workshop facilitator, The Future of Enterprise

Podcast: “How to Curate Talent Strategies That Win,

Engage, and Retain Talent,” Circle of Change workshop

facilitator, and many more!

Debbie received her MS in Human Resources

Management from The Milano Graduate School of The

New School University in New York and a BS in Social

Work at SUNY-Stony Brook University, Long Island.

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Check out my Amazon Live Interview with Tamika Hall:

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