CONTRACT RECRUITER

Contract Recruiter needed for New York City Retail brand, is responsible for recruiting qualified candidates to fill corporate positions within their creative services division (merchandising, design, buying, planning)

Responsibilities 

• The individual is responsible for building strong local internal relationships with members of the local Hiring Managers, Human Resources and client serving professionals, as well as external relationships, as he/she is usually the first point of contact to internal and external candidates.
• Function as main recruiting point of contact for key client groups and internal and external candidates (merchandising, design, buying, planning)
• Develop and execute on appropriate sourcing strategies, paying particular attention to diversity initiatives and creative sourcing techniques
• Maintain a constant and steady focus on the local marketplace and disseminate local market (competitive) intelligence to key client groups.
• Utilize the firm's recruitment tools and processes to execute work flow.
• Embrace the firm's branding strategy in the recruitment lifecycle.
• Use a solid understanding of the firm's tools, processes, protocols and service line knowledge to source, recruit and hire experienced-hire candidates.
• Make strong recommendations to the Hiring Managers on candidates to be interviewed and evaluated for positions within the firm.

Qualifications

• Approximately 2-7 years of full life cycle experienced-hire recruitment experience in retail or fashion industry within the Creative Services (required)
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Ability to work independently