Associate Director, Talent Acquisition
Merge Storytelling and Technology
We MERGE storytelling and technology to promote health, wealth and happiness in the world. We help marketing and technology executives engage hearts and connect parts by offering full-service capabilities including strategy, creative communications, experience engineering, performance marketing, media, digital platform development and more.
Promote Health, Wealth & Happiness
We are committed to promoting health, wealth and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services and consumer products. Our health clients are literally on the front lines saving lives. Our wealth clients are changing the financial potential in people's lives. And our consumer clients make lives ... a little bit happier every day.
Partner with Clients of Iconic Brands
MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Facebook, Adobe, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The North Face, Fidelity, Eaton Vance, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Astellas, Seqirus, Supernus, Boston Scientific, Advocate Aurora Health, Indiana University Health and Marco's Pizza to name a few.
Work with Poets and PHD's
With 750+ employees across offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Montreal and New York City, MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that connects our poets and PHD's which enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers.
Emerge to the Top of Your Career
At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where people with ability, agility and humility can grow and do the best work of their careers.
As our Associate Director-Talent Acquisition, you will…
Be Accountable and Responsible
- Own the full recruitment life cycle (identifying, attracting, assessing, hiring and initiating the on-boarding process)
- Attract diverse top talent through employer branding, social networking, employee referrals, campus recruiting, with a refined and professional, yet personal approach
- Lead all recruitment across the network, spanning junior to senior roles, while managing internal communications and expectations with C-Suite through junior managers, as well as externally with candidates
- Design, create, and maintain Talent Acquisition (TA) processes and systems enterprise wide including:
- Applicant tracking system or other process
- Organization of position descriptions, as well as step up position clarity
- Interviewing best practices
- Internship programs
- Vendor management and selection
- Champion new ideas and initiatives and create an environment that supports innovation; use fresh perspectives, breakthrough ideas, and new paradigms to create more effective ways to hire and retain top talent
- Instill fun and energy into the culture through your infectious approach to people
These are the qualifications we're looking for
- 8+ years' experience in a recruiting role at an enterprise level with at least 3 years experience in an creative and/or advertising agency setting. Experience in recruiting for creative, media, strategy, analytics and leadership positions
- Experience developing creative strategic/sourcing techniques to fill difficult positions, uncover passive candidates, and success managing recruiting projects within specified time frame
- Further leadership in facilitating best practices for tapping the networks of our employees is a surprise and delight
- Advanced knowledge of recruiting best practices, recruiting systems, legal compliance and overall knowledge of HR disciplines
- A willingness to be tactical as well as strategic, and to demonstrate initiative and results-orientation with a constant focus on delivery
- Customer service and attentiveness to our hiring managers and candidates is a characteristic that behooves collaboration and symmetry
- Strong communication and project management skills necessary to keep many projects running concurrently
- Excellent facilitation and influencing skills required, including ability to effectively build internal and external business relationships. Strong knowledge of applicant tracking systems and onboarding solutions, and ability to fine tune them to meet business needs
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And here's how we live our values at MERGE
- Mastering our craft
- Delivering with a growth mindset
- Collaborating for shared success
MERGE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
MERGE welcomes and celebrates diversity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or people with abilities. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!