Talent Acquisition Manager

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Job description

Merge Storytelling and Technology

We MERGE storytelling with technology by offering marketing and technology clients full-service capabilities including strategy, creative, experience engineering, performance marketing, media and marketing operations platforms. MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The Northface, Marco's Pizza, Facebook, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Supernus, Seqirus, GE Healthcare, Advocate Aurora Health, Brigham Health, Indiana University Health, Fidelity and Eaton Vance. With 700+ employees across offices in Chicago, Boston, NY, Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, LA and Montreal, MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers.

Promote Health, Wealth & Happiness

We are committed to promoting health, wealth and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services and consumer products. Our deep vertical expertise and category insights stem from decade-long partnerships with our top clients.

Emerge to the Top of Your Career

At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where talented and ambitious people grow. An experience that encourages people to think higher and feel deeper. An experience where people engage minds and hearts to do the best work of their careers.

As our Talent Acquisition Manager, you will…

Be Accountable and Responsible

* Own the full recruitment life cycle (identifying, attracting, assessing, hiring and initiating the on-boarding process)
* Attract diverse top talent through employer branding, social networking, employee referrals, campus recruiting, with a refined and professional, yet personal approach
* Lead all recruitment across the network, spanning junior to senior roles, while managing internal communications and expectations with C-Suite through junior managers, as well as externally with candidates
* Design, create, and maintain Talent Acquisition (TA) processes and systems enterprise wide including:
* Applicant tracking system or other process
* Organization of position descriptions, as well as step up position clarity
* Interviewing best practices
* Internship programs
* Vendor management and selection
* Champion new ideas and initiatives and create an environment that supports innovation; use fresh perspectives, breakthrough ideas, and new paradigms to create more effective ways to hire and retain top talent
* Instill fun and energy into the culture through your infectious approach to people

These are the qualifications we're looking for

* 4+ years' experience in a recruiting role at an enterprise level, preferably 3 years experience in an advertising agency setting
* Experience recruiting for technical, media, strategy & analytics talent
* Experience developing creative strategic/sourcing techniques to fill difficult positions, uncover passive candidates, and success managing technical recruiting projects within specified time frame. Further leadership in facilitating best practices for tapping the networks of our employees is a surprise and delight
* Advanced knowledge of recruiting best practices, recruiting systems, legal compliance and overall knowledge of HR disciplines
* A willingness to be tactical as well as strategic, and to demonstrate initiative and results-orientation with a constant focus on delivery. Customer service and attentiveness to our hiring managers is a characteristic that behooves collaboration and symmetry
* Strong communication and project management skills necessary to keep many projects running concurrently
* Excellent facilitation and influencing skills required, including ability to effectively build internal and external business relationships. Strong knowledge of applicant tracking systems and onboarding solutions, and ability to fine tune them to meet business

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And here's how we live our values at MERGE

* Ability. We push ourselves to share our highest level of skill and competence. We dive in and try our hardest every day.
* Agility. We stay flexible, nimble and incredibly responsive to client and market demands. We constantly bend our thinking and shift directions often. No problem.
* Humility. Nobody ever admits to this. These are the people who push us all to be better and they take no credit. They seek new ideas and collaborate effortlessly.

MERGE welcomes and celebrates diversity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or people with abilities. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!

MERGE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

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