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We blend the big ideas of a creative agency with the meticulous execution of a production company, bringing bold, imaginative events to life.\nWe’re collaborative, down-to-earth, and serious about delivering quality - all while finding time for lightness and fun. If you’re someone who’s curious, adaptable and excited to do meaningful work with a team that’s got your back, we’d love to hear from you.\nAbout the Role\n(Part-Time - 30 hours, Remote First)\nThis is an opportunity to become the go-to talent expert at EC, owning the day-to-day recruitment activity that helps our business attract and secure exceptional people. You'll play a visible role across the organisation, partnering closely with hiring managers to identify talent needs, find great candidates and deliver an outstanding hiring experience.\nAs Talent Lead, you'll take ownership of recruitment across permanent, freelance and emerging talent hiring. 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While you'll contribute ideas and insight to improve how we attract talent, this is a hands-on role focused on delivering hiring outcomes, reducing agency reliance and becoming a trusted recruitment partner to the business.\nKey Objectives\nBuild and maintain a proactive talent pipeline that supports current and future hiring needs across the business.\n\nReduce external recruitment spend through effective direct sourcing, talent pooling and employer brand initiatives.\n\nOwn and optimise our ATS, Teamtailor, as the central platform for recruitment, candidate experience and hiring analytics.\n\nDevelop and deliver EC's early careers strategy, including collaborating with our L&D coordinator on apprenticeships, internships, graduate pathways and emerging talent programmes.\n\nPartner with hiring managers to improve recruitment capability, consistency, quality of hire and workforce planning.\n\nRole Overview\nReporting to the Head of People, the Talent Lead is responsible for attracting, engaging and securing great talent across EC.\n\nThis role combines hands-on recruitment delivery with talent strategy, workforce planning and employer branding. You will lead end-to-end hiring processes, develop long-term talent pipelines, manage our recruitment technology and create candidate experiences that reflect EC's culture and values.\n\nSuccess in this role will be measured not only by hiring outcomes, but by your ability to build sustainable talent communities, improve recruitment efficiency and reduce reliance on external agencies.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nRecruitment & Talent Acquisition\nLead end-to-end recruitment activity across all business functions.\n\nPartner with hiring managers to understand current and future hiring requirements.\n\nChallenge and refine role briefs to ensure recruitment strategies align with business needs.\n\nDeliver high-quality candidate shortlists through direct sourcing, networking and market engagement.\n\nManage recruitment campaigns from approval through to offer acceptance.\n\nEnsure an exceptional and inclusive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.\n\nContinually improve recruitment processes to increase efficiency and hiring success.\n\nTalent Pipeline & Workforce Planning\nBuild and maintain active talent communities across key disciplines.\n\nDevelop proactive talent pipelines for critical and frequently hired roles.\n\nSupport workforce planning discussions alongside the Head of People and Leadership Team.\n\nIdentify future skills requirements and emerging talent gaps.\n\nMaintain meaningful relationships with prospective candidates, freelancers and industry contacts.\n\nTeamtailor Ownership\nAct as the business owner for our ATS, Teamtailor.\n\nEnsure all workflows, automations, reporting and candidate journeys are optimised.\n\nSupport hiring managers in using the platform effectively.\n\nMaintain accuracy, compliance and reporting standards within the system.\n\nDrive adoption and continuous improvement of recruitment technology.\n\nEmployer Brand & Market Engagement\nWork with Marketing and business leaders to strengthen EC's employer brand and Employee Value Proposition.\n\nIncrease EC's visibility within relevant industry networks and talent communities.\n\nBuild relationships with colleges, universities and industry organisations.\n\nRepresent EC at relevant networking, careers and industry events.\n\nMonitor market trends, salary benchmarking and competitor activity.\n\nEarly Careers & Emerging Talent\nDevelop and deliver EC's early talent strategy.\n\nManage apprenticeship, internship and placement schemes in collaboration with our L&D coordinator.\n\nCreate structured pathways for emerging talent to join and develop within EC.\n\nMeasure and improve the effectiveness of early careers programmes.\n\nFreelancer & Talent Community Management\nBuild, maintain and grow a high-quality network of freelance and contract talent across key disciplines.\n\nOwn freelancer onboarding processes, including right to work checks, engagement documentation and compliance requirements, working closely with People & Finance.\n\nManage and maintain an effective freelancer database, ensuring skills and engagement records remain accurate and up to date.\n\nPartner with business leaders to develop freelance resourcing strategies that support current and future project requirements.\n\nEstablish and continuously improve systems and processes that enable EC to engage talent efficiently across multiple markets and geographies.\n\nRecruitment Analytics & Reporting\nProduce regular insight and reporting on recruitment activity.\n\nTrack key metrics including time-to-hire, source effectiveness, hiring costs and agency spend.\n\nUse talent data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.\n\nProvide regular reporting and recommendations to the Head of People and Leadership Team.\n\nManage the recruitment budget, monitoring expenditure and ensuring recruitment activity delivers value for money.\n\nMaintain visibility of recruitment costs, including agency fees, advertising and other hiring-related expenditure, providing regular updates to relevant stakeholders.\n\nPeople Team Support\nWork as an active and collaborative member of the People Team, contributing to shared priorities and providing ad hoc support and cover when required.\nWho Are You?\nYou are naturally curious about people, careers and talent markets. You enjoy building relationships, spotting potential and connecting great people with exciting opportunities.\nYou combine commercial awareness with strong instincts around people and culture, helping hiring managers make informed decisions while delivering a positive candidate experience.\nYou love creating structure, improving processes and using technology to work smarter. Most importantly, you're motivated by helping people find opportunities where they can thrive.\nSkills & Experience\nEssential\nExperience within creative, events or agency or environments.\n\nSignificant experience within talent acquisition or recruitment.\n\nExperience managing end-to-end recruitment across multiple business functions.\n\nProven success in direct sourcing and reducing agency dependency.\n\nExperience using applicant tracking systems, ideally Teamtailor or similar.\n\nStrong stakeholder management and hiring manager coaching skills.\n\nExperience building talent pipelines and talent communities.\n\nStrong organisational and project management skills.\n\nDesirable\nUnderstanding of event production and associated roles\n\nExperience leading apprenticeship, graduate or internship programmes.\n\nKnowledge of employer branding and EVP development.\n\nExperience managing freelance or contingent workforce talent pools.\n\nFamiliarity with international recruitment and global talent attraction.\n\nSuccess Measures\nIn your first 12-18 months, success would look like:\nReduced external recruiter spend.\n\nIncreased proportion of hires made through direct sourcing.\n\nStrong, active talent pipelines across key business areas.\n\nHigh hiring manager satisfaction with recruitment support.\n\nImproved recruitment reporting and visibility.\n\nA well-established early careers programme.\n\nConsistent adoption and optimisation of Teamtailor.\n\nEnhanced employer brand awareness within key talent markets\n\nWhat It’s Like at EC\nAt EC, we’re a team of doers, dreamers, and down-to-earth collaborators. We thrive on creativity, care deeply about the details, and always have each other’s backs. With hybrid working, generous time off, wellbeing support, and a culture that champions your voice, your growth, and your whole self - it’s more than just a job. It’s a place to thrive. Check out our Culture & Values\nReady to Apply?\nIf this role excites you but you’re not sure you meet every requirement, we still want to hear from you. We believe in potential and are always open to people who bring passion, integrity, and a fresh perspective!\nHit “Apply” and share your CV. Need any adjustments to make the process more accessible? Just let us know - we’re happy to support you.\nWe value original thinking and real-world experience. While AI tools can be helpful, your application should reflect your own skills, perspective and career story. 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