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Job Description – Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Bangalore (On-site)

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 2+ Years

Company: Squadra Media

About Squadra Media

Squadra Media is a fast-growing digital marketing and technology agency working with global brands to deliver bold, user-centric, and performance-driven solutions. We specialize in performance marketing, creative content, and tech innovations. As we continue to scale, we are seeking a proactive and driven Talent Acquisition (TA) Manager to lead our recruitment efforts and build a strong talent pipeline that supports our growth.

About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Executive will be responsible for end-to-end recruitment, employer branding, and candidate experience. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone with proven hiring experience who wants to grow into a leadership role while working in a fast-paced creative-tech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment: sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluating, and closing candidates across creative, technical, and business roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and create effective job descriptions.
• Build and maintain a talent pipeline through portals, LinkedIn, referrals, and direct sourcing.
• Use innovative strategies to attract top talent, including passive candidates.
• Ensure a smooth candidate experience from first contact to onboarding.
• Track and report recruitment metrics (time-to-hire, offer-to-join ratio, sourcing effectiveness).
• Contribute to employer branding initiatives to strengthen Squadra Media’s presence in the market.
• Coordinate with HR for smooth onboarding of new hires.

Requirements

• 2+ years of proven experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Strong background in creative and/or tech hiring (designers, developers, marketers preferred).
• Familiarity with job portals, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing platforms.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• A proactive, solution-oriented approach with a strong sense of ownership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field.
• Prior experience in a digital agency or startup environment is a plus.
• Knowledge of HR tools, ATS, or recruitment analytics.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to own and scale the hiring function in a growing creative-tech company.
• Exposure to global brands and diverse hiring needs.
• Fast career growth in a collaborative, innovative environment.
• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Ability to effectively partner with senior business leaders
• Understanding and awareness of latest talent acquisition trends and growth hacks that are relevant to multiple functions suitable for immediate hiring needs.
• Technology first and enterprise company background and understanding.
• Collaborative attitude and proactive approach in driving stakeholder team/s.
• Hands-on experience of owning up and driving immediate hiring needs of the company.
• Demonstrating ownership & accountability, long term thinking, planning & prioritizing.
• Strong negotiation skills and career guidance to the incoming talent
• Strong communication skills - Business communication , verbal and written.

• Build a Talent acquisition philosophy in order to solve for recruitment strategically and for rapid implementations in achieving recruitment needs across the organisation and global locations.
• Provide professional expertise and support in the design, development and implementation of the talent acquisition process that is required to achieve business goals and results in the creation of a right talent benchmark and establish right models to create active and proactive talent pipeline for the companies quarterly hiring goals .
• Source and engage with leadership and senior level talent for the open roles of the company
• Set up proactive talent acquisition and candidate experience management processes.
• Collaborate with leaders to get the right visibility in the talent forums in India and outside.
• Collect, analyze and maintain data gathered to inform targeted talent pool across all levels and functions
• Partner across all functions & businesses across to build various recruitment practices for diverse teams within .
• Be a go-to leader and SME’ for the leadership team for all recruitment related aspects.
• Proactively manage “Time - Quality - Cost” metric for TA to set right TA practices for the company
• Handle end to end recruitment across all functions
• Establish scalable recruitment systems, processes and tools for the company
• Build and execute the talent branding activities with short term and long term goals in mind.
• Work with senior leadership for hiring planning and spearhead the execution

• Having managed recruitment of a rapid growing tech organizations
• Managed small size global recruitment teams earlier (at least for 2-3 yrs of leading team)
• 10-12 yrs of relevant talent acquisition experience
• Having worked in tech and business recruitment in needs
• Having experience in spearheading recruitment function in a product company from 30-150 people

Our client is re-imagining skill-based education building the future of higher education. The platform educates young talent from remote India (tier - 2/3 cities/towns) on job-relevant skills and connects skilled graduates to jobs. With more than 200000+ users currently on the platform, it is growing exponentially. We are looking for the missionary talent to join us in the journey to transform higher education and build the university of the future.

Job Summary:

As a Talent Acquisition Associate, you will play a crucial role in attracting, sourcing, and hiring talented individuals to meet the organization's workforce needs. You will collaborate with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand their requirements, devise effective recruitment strategies, and execute end-to-end recruitment processes.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with hiring managers to understand their talent requirements, including job descriptions, qualifications, and other relevant details.
2. Source, screen, and assess candidates using various channels such as job boards, social media platforms, professional networks, and internal databases.
3. Conduct phone screens and initial interviews to evaluate candidate qualifications, skills, and cultural fit.
4. Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and other stakeholders, ensuring a smooth and efficient recruitment process.
5. Build and maintain a strong candidate pipeline for current and future hiring needs.
6. Assist in the development and implementation of recruitment strategies to attract top talent.
7. Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the applicant tracking system (ATS).
8. Provide timely updates and feedback to candidates throughout the recruitment process.
9. Assist in negotiating and extending job offers to selected candidates.
10. Support onboarding activities for new hires, including completing pre-employment checks and paperwork.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
2. Proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Associate or in a similar recruitment role, preferably within the IT or technology industry.
3. 1-3 years of relevant experience in end-to-end recruitment processes.
4. Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools.
5. Strong sourcing and networking skills to identify and engage with potential candidates.
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple recruitment assignments.
8. Understanding of employment laws and regulations.
9. Results-oriented mindset with a focus on meeting recruitment targets and deadlines.
10. Highly organized with attention to detail.

• Designing and implementing the overall recruiting strategy.
• Interacting with stakeholders and clients for understanding requirements, drafting JDs, interviews and negotiating results (where necessary).
• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media etc.
• Conducting interviews and filtering candidates for open positions.
• Negotiating salaries and joining dates.
• Onboarding.

• Design and implement overall recruiting strategy- For Asst Manager
• Above only.
• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications.
• Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and
• objectives.
• Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to the appropriate job
• portals and other sources.
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc.
• Screen candidates' resumes and job applications.
• Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection
• tools/methods to filter candidates within the schedule
• Assess applicants’ relevant knowledge, skills, soft
• skills, experience and aptitudes.
• Onboard new employees in order to become fully integrated
• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices
• Provide analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to the
• rest of the team
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate
• relationships during the selection process
• Promote the company’s reputation as the “best place to work”

• Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification with 2+ years of professional experience in Talent Acquisition.
• 2+ years experience in full lifecycle recruiting in the IT industry.
• An expert level of knowledge in all full lifecycle recruiting components including, sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing, legal, job analysis, wage and salary trends, relationship management, and due diligence.
• Detailed analysis of the JD - to understand the client's requirement thoroughly.
• Sourcing and screening of valid profiles.
• Ensuring SLAs are met for providing the validated profiles.
• Basic Excel Skills like Vlookup, Pivot, and PPT skills
• Maintaining a detailed tracker and Scheduling the shortlisted profiles for an interview and ensuring regular following up.
• Candidate Selection offers negotiation and follow-up with joining to ensure the onboarding.
• Must be able to manage competing demands, accept generous and constructive feedback, while being extremely adaptable and flexible. 
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.

• Work closely with Hiring Managers to plan and close all assignments in the stipulated time frame.
• Develop a strong pipeline of high-caliber talent for all current and anticipated demands.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal clients, vendors, and other team members to create a partnership that yields success, predictable results, and credibility.
• Managing the selection, offers, negotiation, closing, and administrative components of the recruitment process.
• Manage mid and senior-level hiring
• Sourcing through various sourcing channels, candidate management, stakeholder management. 
• Deliver high-quality work in a high-paced, dynamic work environment consistently by managing time and effort
• Taking initiative to complete unanticipated, and verifying the completeness of your own work
• Deliver high-quality results in a timely manner, individually and through others; initiate action and accomplish goals across a wide range of teams and projects in the face of multiple demands, grow professionally by actively staying up-to-date in areas of expertise.
• Hands-on experience and in-depth understanding of various technologies
• Hands on experience in excel reporting and analyses