Nicole Earnest-Payte has over 23 years of experience successfully recruiting for professionals across multiple disciplines and at multiple functional levels, largely for small to mid-sized companies on the west coast. Although experienced in recruiting for many categories and functions, within the last decade, Nicole has focused in the internet, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, advertising, and advertising technology industries. Her experience also includes the traditional advertising, financial services, software, and nonprofit sectors. Earnest Talent Acquisitions LLC' s client list includes Airbnb, 2K Games (Take-Two), Sledgehammer Games (Activision), Nexon M (Nexon), BHG, Kixeye, AdRoll, Columbus Craft Meats (Hormel), Harris Meats, Vero Foods, Fishpeople Seafood, Astor/LeBelge Chocolates, Tilting Point Media, One Kings Lane, Red Bricks Media, Carat Fusion, Mekanism, Delivery Agent, and Purple Communications. In 2020, Nicole joined 2K Games in the San Francisco Bay Area to lead our Talent Acquisition Operations and Executive Recruiting functions, after many years of consulting with the teams there and is thrilled to call 2K her home!