Talent Acquisition Lead

Role Overview

• Reporting to the Group HR Director, the Talent Acquisition Manager will lead the full recruitment lifecycle across The Captivate Group.
• Designing and delivering hiring strategies that attract brilliant, diverse, and values-driven talent.
• Play a key role in training and upskilling managers on effective hiring, interviewing, and candidate experience.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, shaping the group’s employer brand and developing proactive talent pipelines.
• Ensure our recruitment practices reflect our values and ambition.
• Curate a seamless candidate experience, ensuring communication is warm, transparent, and timely.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies, negotiating terms and ensuring alignment with internal standards.
• Produce regular metrics and insights on recruitment performance, time-to-hire, and diversity outcomes.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Manager or Senior Recruiter within an in-house environment, across multiple creative disciplines, is a must.
• Experience working across social media, influencer marketing, PR, retail design, and experiential events.
• Strong understanding of creative-agency structures and cross-departmental collaboration.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes at pace.
• Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring.
• Experience managing recruitment agency PSLs and negotiating commercial terms.
• Experience using various platforms and job sites to attract a diverse pool of candidates.
• Strong understanding of UK employment and data protection law.

Benefits

• Hybrid working, working from our Shoreditch HQ on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from home on Mondays and Fridays.
• 24 days of annual leave, increasing to 25 after one year and 26 after two years of service.
• 3 personal days a year which are days that you can take to give yourself a break and support your wellness and mental health.
• Work from anywhere for up to one month each year, as long as you can work on UK timezones and have a strong internet connection.
• Snacks and drinks in the office.
• Private healthcare cover and life insurance.
• Cycle to work scheme and annual season ticket loan available.
• Regular team and company socials.
• Plus more.