Talent Acquisition Specialist
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Senior Recruiter
Highwire PR
full-time
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Location: California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,000 - $105,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for roles across PR, integrated communications, digital, creative, and corporate functions
- Partner with hiring managers to define job requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and interview strategies
- Manage the interview process from kick-off through offer, ensuring timely and transparent communication
- Champion a best-in-class candidate experience that reflects Highwire’s values and culture
- Provide strategic hiring guidance, market insights, and data to support decision-making
- Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies and build strong pipelines for current and future hiring needs
- Use tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, networking, referrals, and events to engage passive talent
- Track and analyze pipeline health and sourcing effectiveness to inform strategy
- Partner with Director of Talent Strategy to ensure recruiting processes are efficient, scalable, and candidate-centric
- Support ATS optimization, data integrity, reporting accuracy, and creation of recruiting dashboards and metrics
- Identify and recommend improvements to recruiting workflows, documentation, and candidate communications
- Support DEI hiring initiatives through inclusive process design and data-informed strategies
- Collaborate with People team on employer branding, job descriptions, and hiring communications
- Own and manage intern recruiting strategy and execution, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and coordination
- Build and maintain relationships with universities, career centers, and DEI-focused organizations to cultivate diverse talent pipelines
- Ensure a seamless, engaging, and high-quality candidate experience throughout intern and full-time hiring processes
Requirements
- At least 5 years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on hiring within agency PR, communications, or marketing environments
- Proven success in both active and passive sourcing and closing high-quality talent
- Experience leading or playing a significant role in campus and internship recruiting programs
- Solid understanding of recruiting operations and best practices, including hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems
- Familiarity with sourcing tools and techniques (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, networking, referrals, events)
- Exceptional communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
- Strategic mindset with ability to provide hiring guidance, market insights, and data-informed recommendations
- Passion for inclusive hiring practices and delivering high-quality candidate experiences
- Proactive, organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment
