Senior Creative Recruiter

Horizontal Talent•St. Louis Park, MN

7d•$60,000 - $80,000

About The Position

We're looking for an experienced senior recruiter who understands the creative talent market and can independently lead complex searches across creative, marketing, digital, and experience design. This role requires strong recruiting judgment, credible partnership with hiring teams, and the ability to engage specialized talent in a competitive market. You will shape search strategies, assess portfolios and capabilities, advise stakeholders, and move high-quality candidates through the process with urgency and care.

Requirements

Proven success recruiting creative, marketing, digital, and experience design professionals in a staffing or high-volume talent environment
Strong understanding of creative disciplines, portfolios, talent markets, compensation, and evolving skill trends
Demonstrated ability to lead complex searches, engage passive talent, and close experienced candidates
Consultative communication skills and the confidence to advise, challenge, and align hiring stakeholders
Exceptional candidate assessment, relationship management, organization, and follow-through
Ability to balance multiple priorities while consistently delivering against quality, speed, and performance expectations
Comfort using recruiting technology, data, automation, and AI to improve search effectiveness and candidate engagement
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience

Responsibilities

Lead full-cycle recruiting for specialized creative, marketing, digital, UX/UI, content, design, and related talent
Partner with hiring leaders to translate business needs into clear role profiles, search strategies, and candidate evaluation criteria
Build targeted sourcing plans using market intelligence, professional networks, referrals, technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools
Evaluate portfolios, creative capabilities, career progression, and alignment to both the role and work environment
Deliver consultative candidate recommendations and influence selection decisions with clear, evidence-based insights
Own candidate engagement from initial outreach through interviews, offer acceptance, onboarding, and post-placement support
Develop and maintain deep talent communities across priority creative disciplines and emerging skill areas
Represent Horizontal in the creative community through networking, industry engagement, and relationship building
Manage multiple priority searches while maintaining speed, quality, candidate experience, and delivery accountability