Job Description

Talent Acquisition Associate

Department: People & Talent

Employment Type: Freelance

Location: EMEA - Flexible Locations

Reporting To: Lola Babalola

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers across Marketing (e.g., digital, brand, performance) and Tech (e.g., engineering, data, product) to understand hiring needs, define role requirements, and create targeted recruitment strategies.
  
  
• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process, from sourcing to offer stage, ensuring a smooth and engaging candidate experience.
  
  
• Build talent pipelines for hard-to-fill and future roles, using a mix of proactive sourcing, headhunting, and employer branding initiatives.
  
  
• Manage recruitment tools and platforms (ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards) to track and optimize performance metrics.
  
  
• Deliver DEI-focused hiring practices, ensuring diversity and inclusion are embedded into every stage of the recruitment process.
  
  
• Own recruitment analytics and reporting – monitor KPIs (e.g., time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, pipeline diversity) and present insights to stakeholders.
  
  
• Collaborate with HR and hiring managers to ensure competitive and aligned compensation structures in line with market data.
  
  
• Partner with marketing and tech leadership to shape compelling employer branding campaigns that resonate with top talent.
  
  
• Stay ahead of hiring trends, talent market insights, and recruitment technologies to keep our hiring practices competitive.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including at least 2 years in a Talent Acquisition Manager or Specialist capacity.

• Demonstrated success hiring for both technical and marketing roles, ideally in high-growth or tech-driven environments.

• Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to influence and challenge senior leadership constructively.

• Strong knowledge of sourcing techniques, recruitment analytics, and modern ATS tools (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, Workable).
  
  
• Deep understanding of EMEA hiring markets (or other relevant geographies, if applicable).

• A passion for candidate experience, diversity hiring, and data-driven recruiting.

• [Preferred but not required] Experience scaling teams during hypergrowth or transformation phases.

• Familiarity with compensation benchmarking
  
  
• Employer branding or recruitment marketing experience.
  
  
• Experience hiring across multiple regions (e.g., EMEA, LATAM, APAC).