Senior Recruiter, Marketing & Creative

Robert Half•Chicago, IL

6d•$50,000 - $72,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Recruiter, your responsibilities will include candidate recruitment and retention, placement activities, and lead generation. You will source, evaluate, and review potential marketing and creative candidates, interview prospective candidates to assess skill set, work history, and salary requirements, and develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified talent. You will select well-matched candidates to fulfill client job orders, maintain on-going contact with professionals on contract assignments, and resolve customer service issues quickly and efficiently. Additionally, you will generate leads and market intelligence to enhance new client development efforts, maintain relationships with candidates to gain industry knowledge and obtain referrals and new business opportunities, and meet and exceed weekly business development goals.

Requirements

Must have a strong desire to build a career in recruiting by using proven negotiating and closing skills and the ability to build candidate relationships.
Ability to multi-task and persevere in a fast-paced dynamic environment with a sense of urgency.
Must have a proven track record of success and be a competitive, self-motivated individual.

Nice To Haves

2+ years’ of experience in marketing or creative-related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Source, evaluate, and review potential marketing and creative candidates utilizing cold calls, job boards, social networking and internal database, etc.
Interview prospective candidates via video, phone and/or in person to assess skill set, work history, and salary requirements.
Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified marketing and creative talent to submit to current and future client base.
Select well-matched candidates to fulfill client job orders and maintain on-going contact with marketing and creative professionals currently on contract assignments in order to ensure exceptional customer service.
Resolve any customer service issues quickly and efficiently to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Generate leads and market intelligence to enhance our new client development efforts.
Maintain relationships with candidates to gain industry knowledge and obtain referrals and new business opportunities.
Meet and exceed weekly business development goals.

Benefits

Base salary and bonus pay
Group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental)
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Life and accident insurance
Adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance
Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks
Short/long term disability
Paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time (up to 17 days per calendar year)
Up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees.