Talent Acquisition Lead — Creative & Content Roles

SocialChaat; Panchkula; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SocialChaat is hiring a Talent Acquisition Lead to build the hiring engine behind rapid growth. You will recruit across video, production, content and design, and lead a recruitment team to scale hiring while maintaining quality.

You will source talent from platforms like LinkedIn, Naukri, referrals, and institutes, and develop pipelines for creative and D2C roles. This role is on-site in Panchkula with immediate joining.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Experience leading a recruitment team.
• Strong experience hiring for creative / media / content / marketing roles.
• Experience with high-volume or mass hiring.
• Strong understanding of D2C / e-commerce talent is a major advantage.
• Ability to build talent pipelines beyond job portals.

Responsibilities

• Build high-volume / mass hiring strategies as SocialChaat scales.
• Lead, mentor and drive the Talent Acquisition team.
• Source talent across LinkedIn, Instagram, Naukri, referrals, institutes and other channels.
• Own hiring strategy for creative and D2C-focused roles.
• Build talent pipelines for Video Editors, DOPs, Copywriters, Design, Brand Strategy, Performance Marketing & Operations.
• Set hiring targets, track recruitment metrics and continuously improve TAT, quality of hire and conversion.
• Build relationships with creative institutes, talent communities and industry networks.
• Partner with leadership and hiring managers to understand what great talent looks like.
• Create scalable recruitment processes that support bulk hiring without compromising quality.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Mass hiring

Team leadership

Creative hiring

Hiring strategy

Job description

WE’RE HIRING: TALENT ACQUISITION LEAD - Creative & Content Roles

Location - Panchkula | On-site

Experience - 2–5 Years | Full-time | Joining: Immediate (Negotiable)

Criteria - Strong experience in sourcing and hiring creative talent, particularly for roles across video, production, content and design.

ABOUT SOCIALCHAAT

We’re a house of artists building a house of brands we’re proud of.

At SocialChaat, we bring art, brands and business together, creating beautiful work that sells and building D2C brands that actually grow.

When agencies settled for 2X ROAS, we aimed for 4X.

When content was treated as just another part of marketing, we built our own studio and made it a core advantage.

We’re ambitious about the work, serious about the results, and not afraid to build differently.

That’s the SocialChaat way.

THIS IS MORE THAN A RECRUITER ROLE.

We’re expanding and we’re hiring big.

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead who can build the hiring engine behind that growth. Someone who knows how to find exceptional talent, build strong hiring strategies, lead a recruitment team, and make sure we’re not just filling positions — we’re building teams that can scale with us.

You’ll be hiring across creative, content, production, performance and operations from Video Editors, DOPs and Copywriters to Brand Strategists and operational roles.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

• Build and execute high-volume / mass hiring strategies as SocialChaat scales
• Lead, mentor and drive the Talent Acquisition team
• Develop creative ways to source exceptional talent across LinkedIn, Instagram, Naukri, referrals, institutes and other channels
• Own hiring strategy for creative and D2C-focused roles
• Build talent pipelines for roles across Video Editing, DOP, Copywriting, Design, Brand Strategy, Performance Marketing & Operations
• Set hiring targets, track recruitment metrics and continuously improve TAT, quality of hire and conversion
• Build relationships with creative institutes, talent communities and industry networks
• Partner with leadership and hiring managers to understand what great talent looks like and hire accordingly
• Create scalable recruitment processes that can support bulk hiring without compromising on quality

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment

Experience leading a recruitment team

Strong experience hiring for creative / media / content / marketing roles

Experience with high-volume or mass hiring

Strong understanding of D2C / e-commerce talent is a major advantage

Someone who thinks beyond job portals and knows how to build talent pipelines creatively

Strong ownership, communication and decision-making skills

Someone who can build the strategy and also get their hands dirty executing it

If you know how to find great people, build a strong hiring team, and scale recruitment without losing the quality of talent, we’d like to meet you.