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Job type full-time
Full job description
We strongly encourage all interested applicants to apply to our open roles regardless of how many qualifications they meetMost of our posted positions have a degree of flexibility in the stated requirements.
Who we are: vivid seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending tens of millions of fans to live eventsWe believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connectionsNamed as one of built in chicago’s top 10 places to work in 2021, we believe that our people are our greatest competitive advantageTo support our people, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.
The opportunity: as a corporate recruiter you have the opportunity to directly impact the most valuable part of our company’s success; finding the best people with the skills and passion to succeed in our fast-paced, digital environment.
As the owner of end-to-end search engagements, we will look to you to lead everything from inception of candidate contact to on-boarding with finesse and speed that ensures that we secure a diverse workforce of the best and brightestYou will be empowered to use your creativity and strategic influence to deliver impactful workforce planning and hiring decisionsYou’ll partner closely with stakeholders across the organization to create meaningful interview processes and fantastic candidate experiences, helping to define how we approach solving for our most compelling organizational objective.
As a recruiter, you understand what motivates candidates and apply your expertise to foster trust-based relationships with a variety of talentIn addition to filling requisitions, you are able to manage talent initiatives that add to and maintain a holistic approach to talent strategy as you build talent pipelines, drive a portfolio of active searches, and advance talent projects, we will ensure that your ideas are heard, supported and implementedTogether with the help of a committed internal recruiting team, you will differentiate vivid seats as the employer of choice by embodying our values and proudly representing our brand.
How your role contributes to the success of vivid seats:
Source, screen, present, and close the talent in disciplines that power the vivid seats marketplaces
Advise on interview best practice, elevating how teams objectively assess talent
Recruit candidates with diverse and unique backgrounds that contribute to vivid seats vibrant and inclusive culture
Represent our teams, leaders, and brand in the local community
Provide excellent candidate experiences from initial point of contact with candidates through their first weeks at vivid seats for productive and engaging onboarding
Own end to end strategic talent acquisition projects, contributing to a best-in-class talent acquisition function
Challenge the status quo, ambitiously raising the bar for our candidates, team, and employment population
How your role expectations will progress as a senior technical recruiter in the first 30, 90, and 180 days:
30 days in
Complete new hire orientation, gaining the resources you need to be successful.
Learn how ticket marketplaces operate and how you’ll contribute to providing great experiences for our candidates.
Acclimate to team and company norms, business objectives, and vivid seats values.
Build candidate pipelines for roles, many of which you’ll find currently posted on our careers
Meet with hiring managers, set check in cadences, and advance candidates through the interview phases
90 days in
Contribute to our approaches, methods, or technologies to support overall business goals and drive team efficiencies.
Maintain, harvest and aid internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives.
Communicate with ease the objectives and technical needs of multiple teams, representing our engineering and product teams in the talent marketplace
With your manager, set and work towards personal and team goals
Fill multiple technical or product focused roles
180 days in
Apply methods to execute individual tasks that positively impacts the team.
Play an active role in continued learnings to advance skill sets necessary for team goals.
Meaningfully contribute to broader strategic talent acquisition objectives such as campus recruitment, employment branding, and diverse recruitment initiatives
Identify and drive the improvement of interview processes to meet evolving team needs
Leverage relationships across multiple teams to hone your business acumen, sharing your learnings internally and externally
What you’ll bring:
A proven career in recruiting highly sought-after talent
Strong understanding of either marketing, design, or engineering, including where to source and attract a wide range of skill sets
Strong sourcing and attraction techniques, including the ability to attract and convert passive candidates
The intrinsic motivation to take on new responsibilities; proactively partnering with teams and individuals to remove blockers and fulfill immediate hiring needs while contributing the overall talent acquisition strategy
Desire to contribute to strategic initiatives such as campus recruitment, internships, dei/non-bias training, branding, community engagement, etc.
An understanding of basic employment law and interviewing best practices (behavioral and functional)
An agile mindset, responding quickly and autonomously to change
Strong influential, analytical, communication, and organization skills, with a high attention to detail
Experience in multiple talent markets with both inhouse and agency technical recruiting is a plus
Our commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belongingMany of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.
Vivid seats provides competitive compensation; bonus incentives; flex pto; mental health days; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401k matching; monthly credits and discounts for attending live events; remote work and snack allowances; and a variety of additional workplace perks.
