Creative Talent Sourcer/Recruiter

Responsibilities

Sourcing & Outreach

• Source exceptional design and engineering talent across LinkedIn, portfolio platforms, social channels, creative communities, and other relevant networks.
• Build pipelines across international markets, with a focus on US and LATAM talent pools.
• Run and manage high-volume outreach campaigns across multiple channels.
• Research portfolios and identify candidates aligned with the quality bar.
• Build and maintain sourcing pipelines for multiple concurrent roles.
• Identify strong creative and technical communities across North, Central, and South America.

Screening & Evaluation

• Review applications against portfolio quality, skillset fit, rate, availability, and assessment readiness.
• Manage early candidate engagement and communication across email and messaging platforms.
• Support candidates across time zones with timely, thoughtful communication.
• Build shortlists for project-specific staffing in collaboration with the Recruitment Lead.
• Help assess candidate fit for international freelance and contract-based project work.

Talent Operations

• Coordinate assessments, including distributing tests, tracking submissions, following up, and routing results for review.
• Support compliance and contracting workflows, including background checks and onboarding documentation.
• Support expert onboarding logistics and project kick-off coordination.
• Maintain clean, accurate records in the talent database and keep the pipeline organized.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of recruiting, sourcing, or talent operations experience, ideally in creative, design, or technology recruiting.
• Based in US/LATAM time zones and able to provide meaningful coverage across North, Central, and South American working hours.
• Understanding of creative and technical talent, including distinctions among brand, product, art direction, web, UX, and advanced new media disciplines.
• Sufficient technical fluency to understand frontend engineering and design engineering roles.
• Exceptional organization and ability to manage high volume across multiple projects and candidate threads.
• Fast, responsive, entrepreneurial, resourceful, and comfortable building processes in a changing environment.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and manage real deadlines and client needs.
• Candidate-obsessed approach with strong communication and respect for the expert experience.
• Familiarity with design and engineering communities across X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Discord, Dribbble, Behance, portfolio sites, and niche creative communities.
• Globally minded, with experience recruiting international freelance or contract talent across time zones or willingness to build that capability quickly.

Nice-to-Haves

• Recruiting creative, design, engineering, or AI-adjacent talent across US and LATAM markets.
• Experience with AI-powered sourcing and outreach tools such as Juicebox, HeyReach, or Clay.
• Experience with operational platforms such as Airtable or Notion.
• Experience with compliance workflows, background checks, contractor agreements, or payment onboarding.
• Experience with global freelance or contractor recruitment at scale.
• Experience supporting distributed teams or talent communities across multiple regions.

Compensation & Work Arrangement

• 40 hours per week with flexibility; project load may vary based on client needs and pipeline volume.
• Month-to-month, open-ended contract.
• Remote role, with a strong preference for candidates based in US or LATAM to support expanded international time-zone coverage.
• Potential path to full-time employment for the right person, but not guaranteed.