Talent Acquisition Manager

MikeWorldWide; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MikeWorldWide is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead full-cycle recruiting across agencies and practice areas. You will source great candidates, partner with hiring managers, manage pipelines, and drive a strong candidate experience from first contact to offer.

You will build internship programs, strengthen our employer brand, and explore AI-driven approaches to recruit smarter and faster in a fast-moving agency world.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of talent acquisition or recruiting experience.
• Experience in public relations, advertising, communications, or marketing agency environments.
• Hands-on use of LinkedIn Recruiter to source passive candidates.
• Ability to manage multiple full-cycle searches independently.
• Strong interviewing, assessment and hiring-manager partnership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; highly organized and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for roles from Account Coordinator through Director levels.
• Partner with hiring managers to define profiles, search strategies, and market insights.
• Proactively source and engage candidates; build staffing pipelines and intern programs.
• Present qualified candidates and manage interview processes through offer.
• Enhance candidate experience and strengthen employer brand across agencies.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Talent sourcing

Stakeholder management

Candidate experience

Employer branding

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

AI recruiting tools

ATS

Job description

MikeWorldWide (MWW) is looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our People & Talent team. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves the search, sourcing great candidates, building relationships, partnering with hiring managers, and creating a strong candidate experience from first conversation through offer.

You’ll manage full-cycle recruiting across MWW, Hudson Lake, and Berk Communications, supporting teams across all practice areas. You’ll initially focus on roles from Account Coordinator through Account Supervisor/Account Director, with the opportunity to take on more senior searches over time. You’ll also help build talent pipelines, lead our internship program, strengthen our employer brand, and explore how AI and emerging technologies can make recruiting smarter and more effective.

We’re looking for someone who knows the agency world, has a strong eye for talent, and thrives in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for positions ranging from Account Coordinator through Account Supervisor/Account Director, with the opportunity to take on more senior searches over time
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, define candidate profiles, develop search strategies, and provide insight on talent availability, compensation expectations, and market conditions
• Proactively source, engage, and build relationships with active and passive candidates across all practice areas
• Review resumes, conduct candidate screens and interviews, present qualified candidates to hiring teams, and manage the interview process through final selection
• Prepare and extend offers, coordinate pre-hire requirements, and support candidates through acceptance of offer
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs, including employee referrals and internal candidates
• Deliver a thoughtful, high-touch candidate experience and serve as an ambassador for MikeWorldWide (including Hudson Lake and Berk) throughout the recruiting process
• Partner with practice areas to update job descriptions and job postings and help identify new ways to attract talent and strengthen MWW’s employer brand

Recruiting Operations & Innovation

• Maintain accurate candidate and requisition information within the ATS and track key recruiting activity, including pipeline and time to fill
• Leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools ,and other recruiting technologies to improve sourcing, research, outreach, and overall recruiting efficiency

Internship Program

• Manage MWW’s internship program from recruiting and selection through onboarding and program completion
• Partner with practice areas on intern needs and placements, interview candidates, manage offers, and serve as a key point of contact throughout the program
• Coordinate workshops, learning opportunities, meetings, and engagement activities
• Help identify high-performing interns for future full-time opportunities and continue to evolve the program year over year

People & Talent Team

• Collaborate with the broader People team on select talent, culture, and employee experience initiatives
• Contribute ideas and jump in where needed as part of a collaborative, fast-moving team

Must Have

• 4+ years of talent acquisition or recruiting experience
• Prior recruiting experience within a public relations, advertising, communications, or marketing agency environment
• Hands-on, daily experience using LinkedIn Recruiter to proactively source and engage passive candidates
• Experience independently managing multiple full-cycle searches at once
• Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and hiring-manager partnership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment