Senior Recruitment Marketing Specialist

Pet Services of Washington, P.S.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

VCA Animal Hospitals is seeking a Senior Recruitment Marketing Specialist in Los Angeles to own and optimize multi-channel recruitment marketing campaigns across social, email, and career sites. You will turn data into actionable insights and partner with Talent Acquisition to meet local hiring goals.

The role emphasizes measurement, reporting, and collaboration with stakeholders to shape recruitment strategy and drive candidate quality and conversion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in recruitment marketing, digital marketing, employer brand, performance marketing, or related field
• Experience owning multi-channel talent attraction campaigns and reporting on measurable outcomes
• Experience with CRM and CMS platforms; proficiency in AI, PowerPoint and Excel or equivalent Google Workspace tools
• Experience with Phenom, Google Analytics, social scheduling tools, Canva, SharePoint, data visualization tools, or similar platforms
• Language proficiency - English
• Strong writing, data analysis, presentation development, and project management skills
• Experience in healthcare, veterinary, or multi-location organizations

Responsibilities

• Own execution and ongoing optimization of multi-channel recruitment marketing initiatives to improve lead quality, candidate conversion, and campaign performance
• Own recruitment marketing measurement across the candidate funnel, including job seekers, views, apply clicks, applications, lead quality, conversion rates, and ROI
• Build and present recurring reports and decks, identify trends, and translate results into recommendations to improve performance and investment decisions
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to support field teams through meetings, events, and consultations; understand local hiring needs and coordinate activation
• Own CRM campaign strategy and optimization, including audience segmentation, nurture journeys, and conversion strategies
• Create and manage recruitment marketing content and assets across social media, email/CRM, career site, and other channels
• Manage and optimize recruitment marketing platforms, CMS, landing pages, and related tools
• Develop recruiter and hiring leader enablement materials, toolkits, assets, and collateral

Skills

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Project management

Writing

English proficiency

CRM marketing

Multichannel marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Advertising

Tools

Phenom

Google Analytics

Canva

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

To create a Better World for Pets, we need top talent. Our 35,000 Associates deliver world-class medicine across 1,000 animal hospitals every day. Reporting to the Employer Brand & Recruit ment Marketing Manager and indirectly to the Sr. Manager, TA Operations , the Senior Recruitment Marketing Specialist serves as the day-to-day owner of VCA's recruitment marketing engine, translating talent priorities and employer brand strategy into measurable programs across the candidate journey.

The Senior Recruitment Marketing Specialist owns the execution, optimization, and measurement of multi-channel recruitment marketing initiatives that improve lead quality, candidate conversion, campaign performance, and the overall talent funnel. Working closely with Talent Acquisition and other partners, the Senior Recruitment Marketing Specialist manages paid and organic campaigns, CRM activation, recruitment marketing platforms, content, and performance reporting. The role turns data into actionable recommendations and clear presentation decks for stakeholders and leadership.

You're great with people, happy working independently or collaborating in an empowering and supportive team. Learning and development are part of our DNA. We believe that when our people grow, so do we. As part of the Mars family of brands, you'll have endless opportunities to expand your skills, explore the business, and set your own career path. At VCA, the future of veterinary medicine is in our hands.

Essential Responsibility/Task

• Own the execution and ongoing optimization of multi-channel recruitment marketing initiatives that improve lead quality, candidate conversion, campaign performance, and the overall talent funnel, translating talent priorities and employer brand strategy into measurable programs.
• Own recruitment marketing measurement across the candidate funnel, including job seekers, job views, apply clicks, applications, lead quality, conversion rates, channel performance, cost efficiency, and ROI.
• Build and present recurring reports and presentation decks, identify trends, and translate results into recommendations that improve campaign performance and inform marketing investment decisions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to support field teams through meetings, events, and one-on-one consultations; understand local hiring needs, recommend recruitment marketing solutions, and coordinate activation against agreed priorities.
• Own CRM campaign strategy and optimization, including audience segmentation, talent community communications, nurture journeys, and conversion strategies.
• Create and manage development of recruitment marketing content and campaign assets across social media, email/CRM, the career site, and other candidate-facing channels.
• Manage and optimize recruitment marketing platforms and digital candidate touchpoints, including career site content, landing pages, the CMS, and related tools.
• Develop and maintain recruiter and hiring leader enablement materials, including toolkits, campaign assets, and event and recruiting collateral.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree / Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in recruitment marketing, digital marketing, employer brand, performance marketing, or a related field
• Experience owning multi-channel talent attraction campaigns and reporting on measurable outcome
• Experience with CRM and CMS platforms; proficiency in AI, PowerPoint and Excel or equivalent Google Workspace tools; comfort working with digital advertising, social media, and analytics platforms
• Experience with Phenom, Google Analytics, social scheduling tools, Canva, SharePoint, data visualization tools, or similar platforms
• Language proficiency - English
• Strong writing, data analysis, presentation development, and project management skills
• Experience in healthcare, veterinary, or multi-location organizations

*All degrees will be deemed "or equivalent combination of education and experience" unless absolutely required to do the job (i.e., DVM degree for Veterinarian, Law degree for Attorney, etc.).

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven ability to translate recruitment priorities into campaign plans and independently manage work from execution through measurement
• Demonstrated experience independently executing and optimizing multi-channel recruitment or performance marketing campaigns against measurable KPIs
• Strong analytical and data storytelling skills, with experience defining and tracking marketing KPIs, evaluating funnel performance and ROI, and building clear reports and presentation decks for stakeholders and leadership
• Hands-on CRM experience with audience segmentation, lead nurturing, automated journeys, and conversion optimization
• Strong content development and project management skills across email, social media, web, and campaign channels
• Experience managing marketing platforms, external vendors, and multiple cross-functional priorities