Campus Talent Scout for Early Careers

Rivian; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a high-potential Emerging Talent Recruiter to identify, attract, and hire top early-career talent across internship, co-op, and rotational programs. You will lead full-lifecycle recruiting strategies and partnerships with campuses.

The role emphasizes creative sourcing, campus events, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience from first engagement to offer. This is an on-site role based in Atlanta.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, ideally university recruiting or high-volume programs.
• Proactively source candidates, build talent pipelines, and manage active pipelines.
• Creative outreach strategies and event concepts to engage early-career candidates.
• Strong event execution skills for virtual and in-person candidate experiences.
• Self-directed with ownership of hiring goals and process improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with students, university partners, and stakeholders.
• Tech-savvy with ATS, sourcing tools, and virtual collaboration software.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for early-career cohorts, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offers.
• Build and execute targeted campus sourcing strategies across networks and platforms.
• Design and execute campus and intern program events (info sessions, interview days, networking mixers).
• Partner with hiring managers to define needs, candidate criteria, and assessment models.
• Manage candidate pipeline progression in ATS with high data accuracy and timely communication.
• Drive candidate engagement to maintain high offer acceptance and reduce drop-offs.

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Campus partnerships

Sourcing strategies

Event planning

Ownership of hiring goals

Interpersonal communication

ATS proficiency

Sourcing tools

Virtual collaboration

Tools

iCIMS

Job description

Rivian is seeking a high-potential Emerging Talent Recruiter to identify, attract, and hire top early-career talent across internship, co-op, and rotational programs. You will lead full-lifecycle recruiting strategies and partnerships with campuses.

The role emphasizes creative sourcing, campus events, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience from first engagement to offer. This is an on-site role based in Atlanta.