Danae Harper

Danae Harper is the current Lead Consultant for Employer Branding at Proactive Talent. Prior to this, they worked as the Director for Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Marketing at Pizza Hut for three years. Danae has extensive experience in HR leadership and employment marketing and is known for their proactive problem solving and relationship building skills.

Under their direction, the Pizza Hut national employment marketing strategy saw great success, with 6,300 restaurants in the U.S. seeing increased followers, reach, and engagement. Danae also oversaw the redesign of the Pizza Hut jobs website, which launched in December 2018. In addition to these successes, Danae was also responsible for managing the relationships with Pizza Hut's ATS vendor and employment marketing agency.

At Pizza Hut CORE, Danae led all talent acquisition needs and set recruitment process expectations for the team. Danae was also a key player in partnering with Yum! to support, facilitate, and deliver on key diversity initiatives. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, Danae was able to convey industry and marketplace trends to the organization, as well as competitive intelligence information and practical applications.

Danae's experience and successes make their the perfect candidate for their current role as Lead Consultant for Employer Branding at Proactive Talent. In this role, they are responsible for developing resources and toolkits for franchisees to build local employment marketing know-how, crafting external social media and digital messaging that

Danae Harper works with Ernst Schipper - Lead Consultant, Employer Branding, Greg Fontus - Lead Consultant, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, and Travis Triggs - Principal Consultant, Talent Attraction. Their manager is Will Staney, Founder & CEO.