Hi, I’m Gabrielle Linnell.
I’m a creative and curious business designer working in talent & HR to envision bold futures, solve wicked problems, and deliver human-centered products, programs and services.
I serve as the Director of Candidate and New Hire Experience & Innovation at Fidelity Investments. I work across the enterprise talent function to strategize, streamline, and strengthen candidate experience across the business, and oversee our firm-wide onboarding program for new hires. I am also pursuing certification as a leadership and performance coach.
I am passionate about helping people navigate their careers in pursuit of growth and meaning.
I’ve spent my own career helping institutions build new digital capabilities. I developed strategic communications at Wellesley College, managed the build of a new digital platform and corresponding programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and applied human-centered design to the challenges of federal agencies in the FJORD Design & Innovation practice (now Accenture Song) at Accenture Federal Studio.
I love making connections between the questions we ask today about life, work, and love to the questions humans have been asking for hundreds and hundreds of years. I studied medieval and Renaissance literature at Wellesley College (BA, 2013) and later at Jesus College, Cambridge (MPhil, 2016), focusing on 17th-century British poetry.
Right now, I am pursuing ICF coaching certification through a program from Brown University and ACT Coaching, targeting completion by the end of 2024. When I’m not working or coaching, I love reading murder mysteries, exploring Boston, hanging out with family and friends, and learning about life from our corgi, Duncan.
