About

Shaik Karishma is a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Animaker Inc., a B2B SaaS company that specializes in DIY, professional live and animated videos. She is an Engineer turned HR professional with over 4 years of experience in working with various SaaS startups. Karishma is passionate about helping people choose the right career and finds happiness and satisfaction in doing so. At Animaker, Karishma is responsible for hiring talent for Product, Tech, and Sales roles across all levels, from Junior to Director positions. She is well-versed in using different hiring techniques like job portals, job postings, employee referrals, LinkedIn, Naukri, Boolean Search, and Campus Drives. She works closely with the CEO to hire and build the leadership team under the CEO's guidance. Karishma has been recognized and awarded as the "Rising star HR of the year 2021" in just 8 months of joining Animaker. Before joining Animaker, Karishma worked as a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Hippo Video, a next-gen video marketing SaaS platform that leverages AI and machine learning technologies to help marketers create, edit, and personalize video content. She was the first person in the HR team and individually scaled the entire organization count from 35 to 137. Karishma was solely responsible for handling the entire Talent Acquisition process, from sourcing and screening candidates to scheduling and coordinating interviews. She successfully recruited and built teams from scratch and mentored and trained interns on recruitment. Karishma's previous experience also includes working as an Associate Consultant at RGF Professional Recruitment, where she was responsible for end-to-end recruitment of candidates for the IT sector. She worked with various SaaS startup companies like Chargebee, Fourkites, etc., to close their Tech and Sales positions. Karishma has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Engineering from SRM University. She is proficient in Search, AI, and ML technologies. Karishma has a relevant experience of 4.86 years.