Senior Recruiter

Craft; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

25 days annual leave

Uncapped commission

Investment in professional development

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Recruiter focused on the design industry. You will manage recruitment projects, build client relationships, and identify opportunities. Ideal candidates should have experience in design recruitment, strong negotiation skills, and a commercial mindset. The role offers a hybrid work model with benefits including a 4.5-day work week, uncapped commission, and investment in personal development.

Qualifications

• Experience in design recruitment or related creative industries.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Commercial mindset with a track record in design recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment projects for clients and Craft.
• Recruit for design studios and brand agencies.
• Grow accounts and identify potential opportunities.

Skills

Relationship-building

Negotiation

Candidate development

Commercial mindset

Job description

Overview

Senior Recruiter role at Craft. This opportunity is best suited to somebody based in London. 80% of our team work from our Manchester HQ two days a week, with remote work options and periodic in-person team meets.

Craft is a specialist recruitment partner for the design industry, working with leading design studios and creative brands. We value accountability, collaboration and excellence, and have in-house specialists across people management, marketing, operations and finance.

The job

You’ll successfully manage end-to-end recruitment projects, delivering excellence for clients and results for Craft, transforming studios, defining businesses and moving categories along the way.

To excel as a Senior Recruiter in the design world, here are the traits we consider essential:

• Committed to building meaningful, long-term relationships with your clients
• Confidently attracting and developing your candidate network
• Unearthing opportunities and taking action, backed up with top negotiation and sales management skills
• Understanding the value of, and actively embracing, good working practices
• An ambitious attitude, positive personality and consultative approach

We’ve consistently grown our company over a decade; this is a business built on positive momentum, not the rollercoaster of a typical recruitment business. 2025 is already our most successful year to date, and we’re looking to grow with intent.

This is an opportunity best suited to somebody based in London. 80% of our team work from our Manchester HQ two days a week, but our remote workers join us around once a month for key team meets.

If all of that sounds like something you want to be a part of, let’s talk.

Responsibilities

• You’ll manage end-to-end recruitment projects for clients and Craft, delivering excellence and results.
• Recruit for ambitious design studios, brand agencies and in-house creative teams.
• Grow accounts and identify potential opportunities with a commercial mindset.

Qualifications and attributes

• Experience in design recruitment or related creative industries
• Strong relationship-building, negotiation and candidate development skills
• Commercial mindset with a track record in design recruitment

Work-life, benefits and culture

• Work-life balance: 4.5-day week, flexible hours, 25 days annual leave
• Investment in our people: progression plans and personal development; invested over £2,500 per person in professional development last year
• Commission: uncapped, industry-leading in addition to base pay
• Incentives: All Agency Days, monthly perks, team trips with examples like Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Porto
• Other benefits: enhanced parental leave, 24/7 mental health support, discounted gym membership and Flexi500 bonus; remote-working role with coworking space options

EEO statement: All applicants will be considered without regard to race, nationality, religious persuasion, sexual orientation, sex, marital or parental status, physical ability, gender, or age.

Employment details

• Senior level – Mid-Senior level
• Employment type – Full-time
• Job function – Design and Management
• Industries – Design Services, Graphic Design, and Staffing and Recruiting

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