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About the Role

We are seeking a proactive, organized, and people-focused Talent Specialist to support recruitment across our growing US business. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a fast-paced, high-growth agency environment, supporting diverse roles and playing a key part in identifying talent, building candidate pipelines, and ensuring a high-quality candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end recruitment process across multiple US roles, from sourcing and initial screening through to offer.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and build targeted recruitment strategies.
• Write and post compelling job descriptions across relevant US job boards and platforms.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals and other channels.
• Conduct initial candidate screening and qualification calls.
• Coordinate interviews and manage candidate communication throughout the process.
• Gather and manage interview feedback, ensuring hiring managers are kept up to date.
• Support offer processes and ensure a smooth candidate experience from application to onboarding.
• Build proactive talent pipelines across key functions including social, influencer, creative, paid media and account management.
• Identify and engage with both active and passive candidates.
• Support talent mapping across the US market, particularly for priority and hard-to-fill roles.
• Develop an understanding of the US talent landscape across the social, influencer and creative industries.
• Stay close to competitor agencies and relevant talent movements to identify potential candidates.
• Build strong relationships with candidates and act as a trusted point of contact throughout the recruitment process.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand their needs and provide regular recruitment updates.
• Develop strong internal relationships across the New York and wider US teams.
• Support the management of external recruitment agencies where required.
• Help strengthen Socially Powerful’s employer brand and reputation within the US talent market.
• Maintain accurate candidate records, pipelines and hiring activity within our ATS.
• Ensure recruitment processes are organised, efficient and consistently followed.
• Support improvements to recruitment processes as the US team continues to scale.
• Track and report on key recruitment metrics including time-to-hire, pipeline health and source of hire.
• Support wider global Talent projects and initiatives where required.

Requirements

• 3–4 years+ experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or a similar people-focused role.
• Experience recruiting in the US market.
• Strong sourcing experience, ideally including LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Confident conducting candidate outreach and initial screening conversations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing multiple vacancies and priorities simultaneously.
• Proactive, self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Genuine interest in social media, influencer marketing, creativity and culture.
• Comfortable working with hiring managers and building relationships across a growing organisation.
• A strong candidate-first mindset and commitment to delivering an excellent recruitment experience.

Skills

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Sourcing
• Candidate outreach
• Screening conversations
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Organization
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Relationship building

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Hybrid (3 days in the office)

Experience Level

• 3-4 years

Benefits

• 14 days paid vacation, plus an additional day for your birthday
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan

About the Company

• Socially Powerful is a global social-first and influencer marketing agency creating culture-led work for some of the world’s biggest brands.
• Our teams bring together talent across social media, influencer marketing, creative, content, paid media and client services to deliver impactful campaigns across industries including FMCG, fashion, beauty, technology and more.
• With a growing presence in the US, we’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our New York team and help us build and scale our US talent strategy.