Creative Talent Sourcer/Recruiter (EMEA/APAC Coverage)

Taste Labs

8d • Remote

About The Position

Taste Labs is building the data and infrastructure layer for taste, aiming to improve AI judgment and creativity. The company has raised $18.5M in seed funding and serves frontier AI labs. TasteMakers Community is a curated expert network of designers, frontend engineers, creative technologists, and AI-native makers who collaborate with leading AI labs, tech companies, and brands. This role is crucial for scaling recruiting and talent operations to meet the demands of concurrent projects and clients across multiple regions.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of recruiting, sourcing, or talent operations experience — ideally in creative, design, or tech recruiting.
• Based in EMEA or APAC time zones. You are located outside of the U.S. and can provide meaningful coverage across European, Middle Eastern, African, and/or Asian working hours.
• You understand creative and technical talent. You can appreciate the nuances between types of designers — brand, product, art direction, web, UX, advanced new media — and have enough technical fluency to understand what frontend engineering and design engineering roles require.
• Extremely organized. You can manage high volume without dropping balls — multiple projects, hundreds of candidates, dozens of open threads, all moving simultaneously.
• Lightning fast. You respond quickly, move quickly, and do not let things sit.
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful. You thrive in environments where processes are still being built. You see gaps and fill them without being asked.
• Thrive under pressure. This is a fast-scaling operation with real deadlines and real clients. Some organized chaos comes with the territory — and you are energized by it.
• Kind and candidate-obsessed. You care deeply about the expert experience. Every person in the network should feel respected, informed, and valued.
• Tapped into the design community. You know where designers and engineers hang out online — X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Discord, Dribbble, Behance, portfolio sites, niche creative communities — and you are comfortable engaging in those spaces.
• Globally minded. You have experience recruiting international freelance or contract talent across time zones, or you are excited to build that muscle quickly.

Nice To Haves

• Recruiting creative, design, engineering, or AI-adjacent talent across EMEA and/or APAC markets.
• AI-powered sourcing and outreach tools such as Juicebox, HeyReach, Clay, or similar.
• Operational platforms like Airtable, Notion, or similar.
• Compliance workflows — background checks, contractor agreements, payment onboarding.
• Global freelance or contractor recruitment at scale.
• Experience supporting distributed teams or talent communities across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• 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 EMEA and APAC talent pools.
• Run and manage high-volume outreach campaigns across multiple channels.
• Research portfolios and identify candidates aligned with TasteMakers’ quality bar.
• Build and maintain sourcing pipelines for multiple concurrent roles.
• Help identify strong creative and technical communities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
• Review applications against selection criteria — 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.
• Coordinate the assessment process — distribute tests, track submissions, follow up, route 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 our talent database and keep the pipeline organized as we scale.
• Help improve operational coverage outside of U.S. business hours so experts and candidates feel supported globally.

Benefits

• Remote-first: Work from anywhere
• International coverage: Help us expand recruiting and expert support across EMEA and APAC time zones
• Path to full-time: For the right person, there is potential to transition to a permanent role
• Autonomy and ownership: This is not a button-pushing sourcing role — you will help shape how we find, evaluate, and onboard the best creative talent in the world

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed