Executive Recruiter, Product and Design
Surprise.com, United States

Surprise.com is on a mission to make a positive impact on people, organizations, and communities. Our first product, Surprise for Teams, is the world’s first and only SuccessOS. Surprise for Teams makes it fun and irresistible to perform better, which creates a positive, long-lasting impact on people and their organizations.

We are currently looking for an Executive Recruiter with demonstrable experience in design hiring to join our team and help optimize our tremendous 2021 recruiting push.

• Specializing in the recruitment of illustrators, motion designers, animators, product designers, and executive-level design candidates;
• Operating as an authority on Surprise's style and aesthetics and effectively communicating this information to your team;

• Leading a team of geographically diverse sourcers and recruiters to actively source qualified candidates using internet databases, social media, employee referrals, etc.;
• Designing relevant tests and challenges specifically related to our product in order to qualify candidates a mission critical skill;
• Reviewing and providing feedback for design-related tests and challenges (e.g.: portfolio review; review of artistic submissions, actionable advisement of design candidates);
• Partnering with hiring teams and leaders to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies;
• Managing expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment;

• Building and maintaining a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management;

• Actively creating and implementing ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company;
• Fine-tuning our existing recruiting processes;

• Participating in special projects/recruiting initiatives, including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent, and identification of top performers for senior-level openings.

• 4+ years experience in a full lifecycle senior/lead recruiter role;
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of time, and frequent domestic travel;
• Experience recruiting design managers/directors (across all disciplines), UI/UX designers, design technologists, design researchers, and other creative job families;
• Experience designing tests, challenges and qualifying tasks for candidates;
• 4+ years of recruiting experience partnering strategically with Director and VP level hiring leaders;

• 4+ years of recruiting experience sourcing/closing/negotiating senior level candidates;

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Familiarity with design techniques and/or demonstrable design experience;
• Experience working at rapidly growing tech startups or fast paced environments;
• Ability to adapt quickly and deliver under pressure;
• Experience recruiting and closing mid to high level design talent in competitive markets;
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement;
• Ability to proactively network and establish effective working relationships;
• Strong communication, organizational and negotiation skills;
• Ability to execute recruiting strategy, including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management;
• Self-sufficient and able to work with little direct supervision;
• Strong consulting skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, as a team leader and member;
• Possession of strong analytical skills with ability to create, measure, and scale the right workflow between candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team;
• Experience recruiting in a highly competitive environment.

At Surprise.com, we’re committed to hiring builders who are inspired by our team’s guiding principle: to derive a tremendous sense of purpose from the inner quest for excellence itself, being driven from within to make anything we touch be the best it can be. We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsess about the details, and go the extra mile to show our users we love them. We are first and foremost customer driven engineering, product and design collaborate as equals to create a phenomenal end user experience.

• A team of extraordinary people, working hard to better themselves and to further our mission;
• Competitive comp and equity;
• Company-paid medical, dental and vision;
• And, of course, we get Surprises internally.

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