Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

We seek a Talent Acquisition Partner to identify and secure top marketing professionals across APAC and beyond for leading global brands. This role focuses on thoughtful, strategic recruiting rather than high-volume sourcing, emphasizing judgement, market insight, and a deep grasp of talent quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead talent searches across APAC for marketing, program, strategy, social, content, creative, and related roles.
• Utilize advanced sourcing beyond simple keyword searches using market mapping, talent profiling, referrals, and recruiter intuition.
• Develop a strong understanding of business needs and candidate fit for each hiring brief.
• Manage the entire recruitment cycle including briefing, shortlisting, process coordination, offer negotiation, and onboarding support.
• Maintain a high standard of candidate quality focused on long-term suitability rather than quick hires.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate closely with Talent and Delivery Leads to comprehend client requirements, capability gaps, and hiring context.
• Offer constructive feedback to refine hiring briefs based on market insights.
• Apply expert judgment and market knowledge to identify ideal candidates beyond title and keyword matching.
• Deliver insight into talent market dynamics, potential risks, and alternative recruitment strategies.
• Build enduring relationships with top talent to maintain a strong future workforce pipeline.

Candidate Experience and Operational Excellence

• Provide an outstanding candidate journey, ensuring consistent communication, respect, and engagement.
• Manage the recruitment process smoothly, professionally, and with thorough attention to detail.
• Contribute ideas to improve recruitment processes, communication, and talent pipeline management.
• Represent company culture positively, enhancing market appeal to high-caliber candidates.

Candidate Profile

• 3 to 5 years of recruitment experience within marketing, creative, digital, and commercial sectors in APAC, primarily agency-based with some in-house exposure preferred.
• Experience recruiting across diverse APAC markets with an understanding of local talent nuances.
• Proficient in talent mapping, market research, and proactive pipeline development.
• Passionate about employer branding, enhancing recruitment processes, and elevating hiring standards.
• Skilled in identifying top talent through insightful judgment and strategic search approaches rather than relying solely on databases and keywords.
• Highly values excellent candidate experience during recruitment.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness, proactivity, and the ability to interpret business needs beyond job descriptions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; confident in collaborating, challenging, and influencing decision-makers.
• Detail-oriented, organised, responsive, and committed to high-quality execution.
• Driven to find the perfect fit rather than simply filling vacancies.

Additional Information

Due to the volume of applicants, only successful candidates will be contacted. Candidates' data will be used throughout the application process with consent. The recruitment process may incorporate AI tools while maintaining human oversight. Currently, the company does not provide work visa sponsorship; applicants must have legal work eligibility in the hiring country.