Contract Recruiter

Omnicom; New York (NY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office 3 days/week

Job summary

Omnicom Public Relations seeks a contract Recruiter and Talent Acquisition Partner to own the full recruitment lifecycle for a busy portfolio. You will build strong stakeholder relationships, act as a trusted expert, and proactively source top talent through direct outreach and market mapping.

The role emphasizes fast-paced delivery, hands-on ownership, and collaboration across our PR agencies. The position is based in New York with in-office requirements and competitive hourly rates.

Qualifications

• Owns the end-to-end recruitment process across a busy portfolio.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Acts as a subject-matter expert on recruitment, sharing market insights and talent intelligence.
• Coaches leaders on best-practice recruitment and hiring processes.
• Senses and engages passive talent via network, outreach and market mapping.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment from sign-off to offer.
• Develop and maintain meaningful stakeholder relationships.
• Serve as a trusted recruitment expert with market insights.
• Coach leaders on best-practice hiring and interview processes.
• Source passive candidates through direct outreach and market mapping.
• Support employer branding and candidate experience initiatives.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Talent intelligence

AI recruitment tools

Passive sourcing / networking

Tools

ATS/HRIS

Job description

Agency

Omnicom Public Relations

Job Function

People and Culture

Job Subfunction

Talent Acquisition

Job Description

Omnicom Public Relations is Omnicom's reputation and influence authority, connecting clients to an ecosystem of expertise across public relations, public affairs and specialty communications. Our agencies include FleishmanHillard, Golin Ketchum, Porter Novelli and Weber Shandwick, alongside public affairs and specialty firms such as GMMB, FP1, maslansky + partners, Mercury, PLUS and Portland.

We are excited to be recruiting a contract Recruiter and Talent Acquisition Partner with a genuine passion for TA to join our team and help us hire top talent across our PR agencies. This is a hands-on role for someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership of a busy portfolio of roles and deliver quickly.

What will you be doing?

• Owning the end-to-end recruitment process for a range of positions, from sign-off to offer stage
• Growing and developing strong, meaningful relationships with stakeholders across the business
• Acting as a trusted subject matter expert for everything recruitment related, proactively sharing industry knowledge, market insight and talent intelligence
• Coaching, supporting and advising leaders across the business on best-practice recruitment
• Sourcing and engaging passive talent through your own network, direct outreach and market mapping
• Assisting with projects that support employer branding, external candidate attraction, inclusion, and platforms that increase efficiency, strengthen candidate experience and help us engage the best talent

Ideal experience

• Proven experience owning the end-to-end recruitment process
• An excellent network, ideally with experience recruiting in one or more of the following areas: public relations, healthcare, analytics, or creative
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management experience, with the ability to influence effectively
• Self-motivated, with the ability to use your own initiative; you thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to new systems and processes
• Strong technical recruiting skills, including using AI tools safely and critically in a work setting

$50-60 per hour

To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

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