Manager People Acquisition

MSG Entertainment Holdings•Burbank, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Who are we hiring? The Manager, Creative Recruiting is a hands-on studio recruiter responsible for full-cycle hiring across Sphere Studios, supporting creative, immersive production, technical, post-production, and studio operations teams. The Manager is deeply embedded in the studio’s day-to-day work, partnering closely with creatives, producers, and technical leaders to bring exceptional talent into an immersive, fast-moving environment. This position balances strong execution with thoughtful partnership, ensuring the hiring process reflects the studio’s creative culture while delivering timely, high-quality talent. What will you do? Own full-cycle recruiting for a high-volume and highly specialized set of roles across creative, immersive, production, art, and technical teams—from kickoff through offer and hire. Work directly with creative leads, producers, and hiring managers to translate project needs, timelines, and creative vision into clear talent requirements. Source and engage candidates through direct outreach, referrals, creative communities, industry networks, and social platforms, with a strong focus on passive talent. Screen, assess, and guide candidates through the interview process, ensuring alignment with creative standards, technical requirements, and team culture. Coordinate interviews, manage feedback, and keep searches moving efficiently in a fast-paced, production-driven environment. Provide practical guidance to hiring managers on interview best practices, candidate evaluation, and inclusive hiring approaches. Build and maintain active pipelines of creative and technical talent to support current and upcoming immersive productions. Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, delivering a thoughtful, transparent, and engaging experience that reflects the studio’s values and creative identity. Support offer development and negotiations in partnership with People Practices, ensuring offers are competitive, aligned with internal guidelines, and responsive to production timelines. Track recruiting progress and hiring metrics, identifying issues early and adjusting approach as needed to meet delivery goals. Contribute to improving recruiting workflows, tools, and sourcing approaches to better support studio hiring needs. What do you need to succeed? 5+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, ideally within a creative studio, entertainment, immersive media, or production environment. Proven ability to recruit across creative, production, and technical roles, such as artists, designers, producers, engineers, VFX, virtual production, or immersive technology talent. Strong understanding of creative studio workflows and the pace and demands of production-driven hiring. Comfortable working closely with creatives and production teams, translating informal conversations into actionable hiring plans. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple searches simultaneously under tight timelines. Confident communicator who can build trust quickly with both candidates and hiring managers. Discretion and professionalism when working with confidential searches or high-profile talent. Genuine enthusiasm for immersive storytelling, experiential entertainment, and creative technology. Special Requirements Travel as needed #LI- Onsite

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, ideally within a creative studio, entertainment, immersive media, or production environment.
Proven ability to recruit across creative, production, and technical roles, such as artists, designers, producers, engineers, VFX, virtual production, or immersive technology talent.
Strong understanding of creative studio workflows and the pace and demands of production-driven hiring.
Comfortable working closely with creatives and production teams, translating informal conversations into actionable hiring plans.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple searches simultaneously under tight timelines.
Confident communicator who can build trust quickly with both candidates and hiring managers.
Discretion and professionalism when working with confidential searches or high-profile talent.
Genuine enthusiasm for immersive storytelling, experiential entertainment, and creative technology.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting for a high-volume and highly specialized set of roles across creative, immersive, production, art, and technical teams—from kickoff through offer and hire.
Work directly with creative leads, producers, and hiring managers to translate project needs, timelines, and creative vision into clear talent requirements.
Source and engage candidates through direct outreach, referrals, creative communities, industry networks, and social platforms, with a strong focus on passive talent.
Screen, assess, and guide candidates through the interview process, ensuring alignment with creative standards, technical requirements, and team culture.
Coordinate interviews, manage feedback, and keep searches moving efficiently in a fast-paced, production-driven environment.
Provide practical guidance to hiring managers on interview best practices, candidate evaluation, and inclusive hiring approaches.
Build and maintain active pipelines of creative and technical talent to support current and upcoming immersive productions.
Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, delivering a thoughtful, transparent, and engaging experience that reflects the studio’s values and creative identity.
Support offer development and negotiations in partnership with People Practices, ensuring offers are competitive, aligned with internal guidelines, and responsive to production timelines.
Track recruiting progress and hiring metrics, identifying issues early and adjusting approach as needed to meet delivery goals.
Contribute to improving recruiting workflows, tools, and sourcing approaches to better support studio hiring needs.