Talent Acquisition Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Recruiting
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 4–7 years of professional experience working within an experiential marketing, advertising, creative, production, or entertainment agency.
- Strong understanding of the experiential marketing and creative agency ecosystem.
- Strong experience using LinkedIn Recruiter to recruit and source passive creative, production, strategy, account, or agency leadership talent.
- Strong networking and relationship-building skills to proactively identify talent based on experience attending and confidently networking at relevant industry events.
- Highly organized and capable of managing a large pipeline of relationships and candidates.
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of a search from sourcing through hire.
- Ability to effectively sell an opportunity to candidates who may not be actively looking.
- Existing relationships within the experiential and creative agency community.
- Familiarity with major experiential campaigns, agencies, brands, award shows, and industry leaders.
- Strong understanding of creative portfolios and the types of work that indicate exceptional talent.
- You are someone who is naturally a hunter who sees an incredible experiential campaign and immediately wants to know: “Who made this?”
- You can look at a major activation and figure out who the creative director, producer, strategist, or account lead was, and then find that person.
- You enjoy meeting people, starting conversations, making introductions, and building relationships. You don’t need to wait for someone to apply for a job.
- You are curious, persistent, personable, and commercially minded. You understand that recruiting exceptional creative and experiential talent is about relationships and credibility, not simply filling
Full description
ROLE: Talent Acquisition Manager
REPORTS INTO: Director of People Operations
LOCATION: Primarily remote West Coast or in Southern California preferred.
TRAVEL: Less than 15% annually - subject to the employee’s home location. Periodic in-person meetings and offsites throughout the year, along with selected industry events.
What is a Talent Acquisition Manager at Salt+ Pinch
We are looking for a highly connected, proactive, and entrepreneurial Talent Acquisition Manager to help us identify and recruit exceptional talent across the experiential marketing, creative, production, strategy, design, and agency industries. This person will operate as a talent hunter, actively going into the marketplace to find exceptional people who may not be looking for a new opportunity.
The ideal candidate understands the agency and experiential marketing ecosystem and knows how to identify who worked on a major campaign, activation, brand experience, or creative project and then build a relationship with that person. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable attending an industry event, introducing themselves to a potential candidate, researching a Creative Director on LinkedIn, sending a highly personalized message, or partnering with leadership to sell an exceptional candidate on joining the company.
Job Responsibilities
Passive Talent Hunting
- Proactively identify exceptional talent across experiential marketing, creative agencies, production, entertainment, and adjacent industries.
- Research the people behind standout campaigns, activations, events, brand experiences, and creative work.
- Identify high-performing individuals who are not actively looking for a new role and develop relationships with them.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of future candidates across key creative and business disciplines.
- Reach out to passive candidates through LinkedIn, email, networking, referrals, and industry relationships.
- Develop personalized outreach that demonstrates an understanding of the candidate’s work and career.
- Act as a talent ambassador for the company and create excitement around potential opportunities.
- Develop and sustain inclusive sourcing frameworks and interview training programs to meet and exceed annual diverse hiring metrics.
Industry Networking & Talent Scouting
- Attend experiential marketing, creative, production, entertainment, and industry networking events.
- Attend agency events, conferences, award shows, portfolio reviews, panels, and other relevant gatherings to identify potential talent.
- Build relationships with people throughout the industry, not just candidates actively engaged in a search.