Niani is a marketer-turned-tech recruiter-turned founder of the #HIREBLACK. #HIREBLACK started as a viral LinkedIn post requesting help in offering 19 Black womxn receive resume feedback on Juneteenth and grew into an initiative whose goal is to help 10,000 Black womxn get trained, hired, and promoted in corporate positions. #HIREBLACK is now a network of 15,000 people and counting featured on Forbes, ESSENCE, CNBC, Business Insider, LinkedIn News, theSkimm, and more.

Since its inception, #HIREBLACK has worked with companies like Amazon, Disney, Conde Nast, Niantic, Spotify, Uber, and more. Their resources have reportedly increased the total compensation of the HIREBLACK members by over $2 million.
Niani has led workshops at Advertising Week, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and NYU Stern School of Business.

Her work with HIREBLACK has been recognized with being the recipient of the 2022 NAACP Powershift Grant in 2022 and the Essence x Pine-Sol Build Your Legacy Contest in 2021. In 2020, Niani won the Future of Work grant by Create & Cultivate, was an honoree of the Future is Female award by Advertising Week, and was an honoree of the Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Women's Empowerment Institute in 2020.

Niani is also a Certified Life Coach, Certified Transformation Coach, Certified Solutions-Focus Coach, and Certified Positive- Psychology Coach.