What does it take to build a personal brand that opens doors, creates trust, and drives career momentum, especially in fast-paced, high-stakes environments like tech and finance? Join us for an exclusive Fairygodboss webinar hosted by BlackRock, featuring two powerhouse leaders from the Aladdin business, Katherine Batarin and Lauren Smith. Together, they’ll share actionable insights on how to craft a personal brand that aligns with your values, sets you apart professionally, and helps you navigate your career with purpose.
Whether you're climbing the ladder, pivoting into something new, or looking to lead with more intention, this conversation will walk you through what it means to show up as your authentic self and how to do so in a way that’s strategic and impactful.
During this webinar, you’ll learn about:
How to define and evolve your personal brand at every stage of your career
Lessons learned from building teams, launching startups, and navigating leadership roles in tech and finance
Practical ways to align your brand with your values, skills, and long-term goals
Branding tips for women working in complex, often male-dominated industries
The role of storytelling in shaping how others perceive your impact
Why your personal brand matters more than ever in today’s fast-changing workplace
This event will be recorded and posted here following the event. We'll also email the recording directly to everyone who registers. By registering, you agree to share your email and profile information with the participating company.
Want to attend but can’t make the webinar date work? No problem! Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording for you to watch on your own time.
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Katherine Batarin is a dynamic and strategic talent acquisition leader, currently serving as Director and Global TA Client Lead for Aladdin. In this role, she leads a global team responsible for shaping and executing the recruitment strategy across executive, experienced, and early career hiring. Her work ensures that Aladdin’s talent engine is aligned with business priorities and built for scale, agility, and excellence. Katherine’s career spans top-tier financial institutions and global technology platforms. Prior to her current role, ...
Lauren Smith leads financial and operational excellence for Aladdin, with broad responsibility for business management and budget achievement, strategic planning and governance, as well as our tech ecosystem engagements and innovation. She is responsible for ensuring alignment against our objectives, resourcing of our priorities, and oversight of our performance. Prior to BlackRock, Lauren spent most of her career in strategy leadership roles within the growth stage tech community. Most recently she co-founded and led a venture-backed ...
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