We're united in a mission: designing meaningful workplace experiences, where people are supported. Our philosophy? Inspired people drive business wins. We come from different backgrounds, have diverse work experiences, and most of all, varied points of view. We celebrate these differences and use them as an opportunity to inspire and challenge each other. The end product? Great work, done together.
Our Story
We started livingHR to be the alternative.
livingHR was born on May 5, 2009, the product of a conversation with a supportive husband and a $1,000 initial investment. After experiencing workplaces putting profit over people, our founder went on her own to do things differently. She was determined to put the human first, honor each organization’s culture, enable access to opportunity, and offer scalable solutions to HR departments across industries.
Today, livingHR is a space where creative and talented minds come together to design inspiring workplaces. We each bring something different, and we celebrate those differences. Together, we operate like a highly collective, collaborative, and connected agency. The end product? Doing great work together with our clients, partners, and community organizations that goes way beyond consulting to actually doing the challenging work to make work better.
Our Culture Code
The Core Values Behind Everything We Do
We each live our own code and march to our own drummers, but our Culture Code is what binds us together. Our Culture Code drives us to grow personally and professionally, offer feedback and encouragement to our teammates, and find great people to join our team.
Always Be Authentic
We boldly live our truths, bringing our whole selves to the work we do and the team we do it with.
Amplify Performance
We are in pursuit of the highest and best use for technology and humans working together.
Celebrate Good Times and Great Work
We seriously love a good high five around here. Recognition and celebration are simply part of our day-to-day.
Do Brilliant Work Together
We are united by diverse experiences which broaden our lens and deepen our impact.
Embrace A Growth Mindset and Own It
We seize opportunity, chase curiosity, dare to fail, humbly learn, expertly shake it off, and eagerly pick it right back up again.
Leap Outside The Comfort Zone
We are unafraid to try, to vocalize the wild idea, to push past perimeters. We champion the best idea, not the easiest.
Think Beyond Self
We think, do, give, and lead with compassion and consideration for people without exception.
Our Team
Meet the People of livingHR
Keri Higgins-Bigelow (She/Her)
Founder + Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Amanda Herring (She/Her)
Fractional Chief Creative Officer (CCO)
Cara Hunter (She/Her)
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Michaela Kennedy (She/Her)
Chief Transformation Officer (CTO)
Lisa Letizio (She/Her)
Strategic Advisor/Principal
Allison Manne (She/Her)
Principal
Juls Fleury (She/Her)
Principal
Michele Zucco (She/Her)
SVP, Senior Client Experience
Robert Kaiser (He/Him)
SVP, People + Culture
Tanya Gibson (She/Her)
VP, Client Experience
Renee Hansen (She/Her)
Senior Director, People + Culture
Alexia Benner (She/Her)
Senior Director, Client Experience
Tahlia Y. dos Santos (She/Her)
Senior Director, Client Experience
Sam MacKinnon (She/Her)
Director, Fe league Operations
Angela Dib (She/Her)
Director, Marketing + Sales Enablement
Ciara Routly (She/Her)
Director, Creative Services
Alex Fowler (She/Her)
Director, Executive Services
Chanel Tabares (She/Her)
Senior Manager, Client Experience
Willena Long (She/Her)
Manager, Business Development
Sara Al-Mutawa (She/Her)
Manager, Creative Services
Marlene Lima-Feliciano (She/Her)
Manager, Benefits
Kari Burcham (She/Her)
Manager, Client Experience
Gabriela Varela (She/Her)
Manager, Client Experience
Terri Crowell (She/Her)
Manager, Client Experience
Susan Zartman (She/Her)
Manager, Client Experience
Meghan Whisnant (She/Her)
Manager, People Services
Nicole Grimes (She/Her)
Coordinator, People Operations
Jaia Jackson (She/Her)
Coordinator, People Operations
Gordon Weller (He/Him)
Senior Consultant, Creative - Copywriter
Jason McDade (He/Him)
Consultant, Creative - Designer
Elizabeth Shugart (She/Her)
Consultant, Creative - Designer
Shawn Barnes (She/Her)
Consultant, Creative - Designer
Hollie Watson (She/They)
Senior Consultant, Compensation
Amy Waite (She/Her)
Senior Consultant, People + Culture
Wendy Carter Stewart (She/Her)
Senior Consultant, DEIB & People + Culture
Laymon Hicks (He/Him)
Senior Consultant, Talent
Lynn Johnson (She/Her)
Senior Consultant, DEIB + People Analytics
Anadri Chisolm-Noel (She/Her)
Senior Consultant, DEIB & People + Culture
LaShae Wooden (She/Her)
Consultant, Talent
Yasmine Mukahal (She/Her)
Consultant, Talent
Careers
Open Positions
We're always looking for talent individuals to join our network. See roles we're recruiting for as well as an open positions that we're looking to fill within our own livingHR team below.
What It's Like to Work Here
Staff Reviews
“I'd recommend this organization to anyone that values a human-focused work environment.”
There is a lot to love about livingHR, but I think the thing that has been the most important to me is the supportive environment. I really appreciate the teamwork and collaboration. I never feel as though I'm unsupported or have to figure anything out on my own. The other aspect I love is the transparency. From pay range to decisions that affect my work directly, I know what to expect. The CEO truly created something special here, and I'd recommend this organization to anyone that values a human-focused work environment.
Dan Duckworth (he/him)
VP, DEIB & People + Culture
“I’ve grown in ways I never would have thought possible”
I love not only what we stand for, but what we do and who I get to work with. We have an immensely talented team, and I learn so much from everyone. I’ve grown in ways I never would have thought possible, and it’s largely due to the support from every person across the board. I love that I can share unfettered feedback directly with the leaders, and that we’re open to working on things that don’t work.
Alexia Benner (she/her)
Senior Director, People + Culture
“It is more than just a job”
Such a welcoming environment where people truly care for you and want to see you thrive both professionally and personally. Totally committed to both their people internally and clients externally. It is more than just a job for sure.
Meghan Whisnant (she/her)
Manager, Delivery Support
Our Perks
Ensuring Our People Feel Valued
Compensation
Our promise is that we will always pay equitably based on how you perform and the role you are in. Always. In addition to extra incentives annually, we provide real-time incentives. These real-time incentives are tied to company successes, often due to an individual or team effort, that has markedly helped achieve a collective goal or drive use towards our ultimate purpose.
Guilt-Free
We fully understand and celebrate that we are all unique individuals with lives outside of work. That's why we want you to have full ability to care for your "life load" if you need, without guilt. Our team enjoys the freedom to take care of what they need to while remaining transparent by blocking time on their calendars during standard business hours and communicating with a buddy to ensure all client and internal initiatives have coverage.
Health Benefits
We provide employer-paid Basic Life, AD&D, LTD, and STD coverage as well as make contributions to the cost of medical and dental insurance. We ask for feedback regularly and assess our plans every year to make sure they offer affordable care options to all of our employees.
Meaningful Work
We care about impactful community involvement. We work with many non-profits offering in-kind services, encourage employees to take paid volunteer days and select non-profit beneficiaries for all of our events and webinars. Come take advantage of these opportunities and share additional ideas for how we can do more.
Mental Health Benefits
We know that life is hard, and we want our team to feel confident and cared for as they navigate the complexities that are thrown their way. We offer three options for mental health support (EAP, First Stop Health, and Virtual Visits through UHC for those enrolled), including virtual support.
Opportunity
At livingHR, we don't believe in the traditional career "ladder." Instead, we have our career lattice. This means opportunities to grow in more directions than one. Our people weave around our career lattice, trying new things and embracing new challenges and roles all the time. Our opportunities are truly endless and up to you to create. We give you the ability to impact your journey by identifying areas of interest and asking you to get involved and learn new things while having the support to set you up for success.
Parental Leave
We know how important it is for our employees to spend time with their new family members. We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave* for any team member that is a birthing parent to account for medical recovery and bonding time. For any team member that expands their family as a non-birthing parent we offer 6 weeks of paid parental leave for bonding and up to an additional 6 weeks of optional unpaid leave (12 total).
Referral Rewards
We care about making work better for humans and show appreciation to our team when they help spread the word about what we do. Referral bonuses are provided for each new client referral that signs on for one of our solutions.
Unlimited PTO
Seriously, unlimited PTO. You can use this for health days, getting away, volunteering, or anything you'd like! It's your time. There is a minimum expectation of 3 weeks (15 days) of time taken away from work each year to recharge, and more are encouraged.
We Care About You
We are proud of the giving and caring nature of our culture and our people. The entire team, including leadership, are here to help support you during life’s biggest moments.
Wellbeing Focus
We encourage taking pauses from your work and day to help reduce overwhelm. We create, enforce, and respect boundaries. Each team member has an accountability partner to encourage time when we can take the necessary space while trusting our team has our back. We also create individual Boundary Plans shared with the team to encourage each other to create space for our whole selves.
Work From Wherever
Since inception, we have worked where and how it makes sense. When we are in high-collaboration or creative design sessions or support mode, we come together in person or virtually as much as possible. When we need heads-down time, we call it #beastmode to plow through our work plans.
