Global Talent Acquisition Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Establish the hiring presence of 829 Studios in Canada, with a particular focus on Ottawa and Montreal.

• Support expansion into additional international markets.

• Oversee applicant pipelines from job postings and resume evaluations through to interviews, offers, and final hiring.

• Collaborate with hiring managers to outline role specifications, develop job descriptions, and hold intake meetings.

• Engage with passive candidates and create talent pipelines in Ottawa, Montreal, and other Canadian regions.

• Utilize job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, Slack communities, local networks, universities, and events for sourcing candidates.

• Conduct research and mapping of Canadian talent markets, assessing talent availability, costs, and competitor landscape.

• Provide insights on local market conditions, including salary expectations, notice periods, benefit norms, provincial employment regulations, and hiring timelines.

• Coordinate with the EOR partner regarding offers, documentation, and onboarding transitions.

• Tailor sourcing strategies, outreach efforts, and interview scheduling to align with local market standards, languages, and time zone compatibility with US teams.

• Leverage AI tools such as Juicebox, Gem, and Metaview for sourcing, personalized outreach, interview documentation, and administrative automation.

• Prepare and extend job offers in collaboration with the People Team and assist candidates through the acceptance process.

• Maintain Ashby data and provide reports on time-to-fill metrics, hiring sources, pipeline status, and conversion rates by market.

• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience across varying languages, cultures, and time zones.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.

• Demonstrated experience in recruiting within Canada; prior hiring experience in Ottawa and/or Montreal is highly preferred.

• In-depth understanding of Canadian hiring practices, provincial employment standards, notice periods, benefits expectations, and specific considerations for Quebec.

• Familiarity with EOR and contractor hiring frameworks.

• Current experience with AI recruiting tools that have shown improvements in response rates, time efficiency, or pipeline volume.

• Strong understanding of marketing agency roles, including account and project management, paid search and social media, SEO, data analytics, marketing automation, design, content creation, strategy, and website development.

• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and an applicant tracking system (ATS); familiarity with Ashby is a plus.

• Professional working proficiency in French is a significant advantage; knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is also beneficial.

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

• Exceptional organizational and time management capabilities.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and metrics to inform decision-making.

• Self-motivated with a problem-solving approach and a positive outlook.

• Legal authorization to work in Canada is required in the application form.

🏝️ Benefits

• An inclusive workplace committed to embracing diversity and respecting all individuals' pronouns.

• Opportunities for exposure to international markets and cross-cultural recruiting experiences.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.