Essence Dashtaray

Essence Dashtaray

Corporate Lead, Talent Acquisition Manager

ViacomCBS

Essence Dashtaray currently serves as a Corporate Lead, Talent Acquisition Manager at ViacomCBS. She is responsible for delivering holistic strategy for Campus to Career Programs, including recruitment, programmatic elements and retention for business segments across the company in areas like Ad Sales, Research, Business Development & Strategy, Distribution and Law. In addition, she manages recruitment processes for ViacomCBS’ portfolio of entry-level roles and post grad rotational programs within the corporate space. At ViacomCBS, she is an active member of  The BEAT+, the black employee resource group and Viacommunity, the community service arm.

She is a graduate of James Madison University where she majored in Communication Studies and minored in Sports Communication and Human Resources.