Sr. Talent Acquisition & HR Specialist (TEMP to HIRE)

Hearst • New York, NY

19d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Talent Acquisition & HR Specialist will execute full-cycle recruiting for iCrossing US across strategy, engagement leadership, engineering, content, experience design, data and AI, performance marketing, and corporate functions. The role partners with hiring managers and leaders to define role outcomes, candidate profiles, sourcing approaches, assessment criteria, and candidate propositions. It also builds proactive talent pipelines, develops consistent interview processes, coordinates offers and background screenings, and supports onboarding through first-day readiness and 90-day success.

Reporting to the HR Director, the specialist provides talent advisory and market intelligence to leaders, improves recruiting practices based on outcomes and feedback, and supports talent, development, HR, and other iCrossing or Hearst initiatives. This is a full-time temporary-to-hire position based in New York, NY, with on-site attendance required at least two days per week. The current in-office policy is Tuesday and Wednesday, with additional days as required.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of in-house full-cycle recruiting experience, including direct ownership of professional, technical, or client-facing searches. Agency recruiting or staffing-firm recruiting is considered separately.
• Demonstrated success sourcing passive candidates for specialized or difficult-to-fill roles.
• Strong proficiency in LinkedIn Recruiter and a full-suite applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Working knowledge of laws and regulations governing interviewing, selection, candidate privacy, and fair hiring practices.
• Experience using talent-market data, recruiting analytics, AI-assisted research, or workflow automation to improve search effectiveness.
• Bachelor’s degree or four additional years of equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to translate business needs, client context, and role outcomes into clear success profiles and measure progress by hiring outcomes and decision quality.
• Ability to clarify ambiguous needs, diagnose constraints, weigh evidence and tradeoffs, and recommend a path forward.
• Ability to challenge unrealistic profiles, inconsistent evaluations, and unsupported decisions with evidence and a plan.
• Ability to own recruiting outcomes through a cleared, ready-to-start hire; make ownership and next steps explicit; surface risks early; and close loops across handoffs.
• Ability to align hiring managers, interviewers, candidates, HR partners, vendors, and leaders around decisions and problem-solving.
• Ability to use data, AI, and automation in recruiting while validating outputs, protecting confidential information, and applying human judgment.
• Ability to evaluate talent for capability, adaptability, and operating ability beyond familiar titles, credentials, company names, or presentation polish.

Nice To Haves

• Current working knowledge of recruiting across iCrossing’s role portfolio.
• Experience recruiting in a consultancy or in environments with highly fluid workforce planning needs.
• Experience with Greenhouse and background screenings, including relevant screening and data-handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting, from intake to onboarding, for permanent and short-term hiring needs across iCrossing US.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders to translate business needs into candidate personas, sourcing strategies, adjacent-market mapping, assessment criteria, and candidate propositions.
• Build proactive pipelines for passive and underrepresented talent, maintain relationships, and create reusable talent communities around priority capabilities.
• Design recruiter screens, interview plans, scorecards, work samples, and feedback practices for consistent candidate evaluation.
• Synthesize and coordinate interview feedback.
• Create pre-boarding packages; send and track offers; initiate and monitor background screenings; resolve or escalate verification issues; and ensure candidates are cleared before starting.
• Coordinate with Hearst HR, iCrossing HR Operations, hiring managers, office management, IT, and other partners to support onboarding, first-day readiness, and 90-day success.
• Provide talent advisory to leaders and hiring managers, challenge approaches that may narrow the candidate pool, guide stakeholders toward consensus, and connect staffing decisions to client outcomes.
• Provide market intelligence to inform talent, location, and compensation strategies.
• Track recruiting outcomes, identify recurring obstacles, and improve processes based on search results, hiring quality, stakeholder feedback, and new-hire experience.
• Administer, support, and contribute to talent, development, and HR programs as needed.
• Contribute to other iCrossing and/or Hearst projects, programs, and initiatives as needed.

Benefits

• Access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and industry events.
• Hybrid-work flexibility.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
• 401(k) plan with a company match, subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior