Meet Victoria
Victoria Lombardi is an experienced Career Growth Strategist with a background in global executive search, market intelligence, HR, and leadership advisory. She’s also the self-published author of a creative nonfiction collection of prose, Self-Assembly, with a passion for wellness and mindset. Her work has been published on sites like Collective World, a creative network from Thought Catalog with over 30 million monthly readers.
Currently, Victoria assists ambitious professionals in optimizing their occupational progression with an aligned, strategic career brand. She shares content, resources, and wisdom with her LinkedIn community, and often partners with corporate clients and industry-leading executives to emphasize the power of professional storytelling. She champions blending deliberate career advancement with cutting-edge self-growth techniques.
Core Competencies:
Career Branding, LinkedIn Optimization, Executive Search, Talent Intelligence, Leadership Advisory, Succession Planning, Business Writing, Employer Branding, Data Visualization, Market Research, Competitive Insights, Knowledge Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, Thought Leadership, HR, Talent Funnels, Client Relations, Business Development, Web Design, Social Media Strategy
Technical Expertise:
LinkedIn Recruiter & Talent Insights, Oracle Recruiting, Workday HRIS, ZoomInfo, Eightfold, Thrive, RocketReach, Pitchbook, WordPress, Canva, Google Analytics, Social Media Strategy, SEO (Yoast, Keywords Everywhere), MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Slack, Adobe
About the book + blog
Victoria is an author, blogger, and wellness enthusiast living in New York City. As a deeply introspective and contemplative human being, her work focuses on the patterns underlying fostering sustainable personal growth and unearthing one’s latent potential.
She launched her blog, Self Assembly Guide, in 2023 to serve as an educational resource to help young women step into the unknown, awaken their inner voice, and actualize their highest selves. This concept originated from her creative nonfiction collection of prose, Self-Assembly, which was published in June 2022.
Expanding upon the ideas in her book, the blog is full of spiritual healing tips, wellness product reviews, book recommendations, mindset advice, self discovery insights, and more!
Victoria’s philosophy is that the best investment one can make is in themselves, and she hopes to inspire you to do the same.
About branding services
Victoria offers tailored career frameworks, transformative mindset techniques, and LinkedIn visibility tactics to foster intentional professional development. She inspires forward-thinking leaders to take full ownership of their career trajectories, encouraging them to transition from employees to powerful brand ambassadors.
Additionally, Victoria has a proven track record supporting full-cycle retained searches for critical VP+ roles across Fortune 250 global brands and PE-backed businesses.
She graduated from Stony Brook University with a B.A. in Sociology and minors in Writing & Rhetoric and Health, Medicine & Society. She holds the CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer) designation from the PARWCC, as well as the SHRM-CP certification.
Additional certificates include HR Analytics and Business Writing from the Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, Leadership Indicators Candidate Assessments from Spencer Stuart, and a certificate in Executive Research from the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC).
Explore the four core pillars of the blog:
Self Assembly Guide stands by the philosophy that self mastery starts when we become fully aware of all aspects of the self: emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Self discovery
All things self expression, taking ownership, overcoming fear, vision boarding, lifestyle design, emotional wellness, identity building, and more!
Self care
All things habits, journaling techniques, self care routines, monthly & quarterly resets, life audits, digital decluttering, meaningful relationships, and more!
Self love
All things mindset + mindfulness, confidence building, seasonal wellness, spiritual healing, self belief, romanticizing your life, self awareness, and more!
Self education
All things investing in yourself, knowledge acquisition, upskilling, personal growth book recommendations, podcast recommendations, continuing education, wellness resources/ apps/ planners/ tools, online learning advice, and more!