Senior Sales Recruiter
Where and how you can work
The buzzing Canva London campus features several buildings around beautiful leafy Hoxton Square in Shoreditch. While our global headquarters is in Sydney Australia London is our HQ for Europe with all kinds of teams based here plus event spaces to gather our team and communities. Youll experience a warm welcome from our Vibe team at front of house amazing home cooked food from our Head Chef and a variety of workspaces to hang out with your team mates or get solo work done. That said we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals and so you have choice in where and how you work.
About the team
Recruiting is a core strategic driver of Canvas success - weve hired some of the best people from all over the world and it takes a curious tenacious and creative Recruiter to make sure were always discovering talent that will take Canva into the future.
As the GTM Recruiter youll develop meaningful relationships with stakeholders to understand Canvas continually evolving Product organisation. You will own the hiring efforts for our Sales Customer Success and other specialised roles within our GTM teams. Youll develop creative recruiting strategies while focusing on global sourcing diversity hiring and innovative approaches to engaging passive candidates.
You will be passionate about delivering an exceptional candidate experience and act as the primary advocate for candidates leading them through the recruiting and interviewing process and connecting them to the magic of working at Canva.
Youll be the subject matter expert partnering with the business to continuously educating us on the what where and how of sourcing strategies including market data trends and the best sourcing channels to engage top talent. Youll pioneer and lead the usage of new tools for talent mapping candidate nurturing and building market intelligence to share with the Canva teams.
At the moment this role is focused on:
- Hiring Strategies: Work with your key stakeholders to develop a proactive hiring a sourcing strategy and to understand the core role requirements for GTM roles
- Sourcing: Youll be responsible for developing and executing on sourcing strategies that deliver the strongest results and make sure were bringing top talent into the GTM teams. Identifying top talent through a variety of passive channels including bespoke country social platforms market research Boolean referrals events and sourcing campaigns. Think creatively about reinventing the way we identify top talent.
- Full life-cycle recruiting: Youll get to own the recruiting process from start to finish sourcing interviewing and hiring top talent.
- Hire the best: Your focus will be on hiring quality candidates with agility and speed. We regularly do Global searches to find the best talent for Canva.
- Partner with your hiring managers: You will work closely with your hiring managers to gain a deeper understanding of how each role fits into Canva.
- Obsess about candidate experience: At Canva we care deeply about our People. Our candidate experience isnt anything different. You are well-spoken on the phone and articulate over emails. You can effectively share the Canva story vision and culture and act as a brand ambassador.
- Data-driven: You are always trying to improve our hiring process and you will think with a data-first approach.
Youre probably a match if:
- As a GTM Recruiter your superpower is building relationships. You thrive on building partnerships both within our organization and externally recognizing the immense impact relationships have on achieving our goals.
- You bring experience with high-volume GTM recruiting consistently delivering quality hires at scale. Youre confident in analyzing recruiting metrics to drive decision-making and implementing impactful process improvements. With a process-oriented mindset you know how to improve and scale recruiting operations effectively.
- Strong closing skills are second nature to you and you navigate multiple priorities with ease in a fast-paced environment. Youre a hustler independent adaptable and highly motivated. You love what you do and dive into the details consistently delivering quality results on time while wearing many hats.
- Creativity and proactivity are at the core of your approach. You enjoy researching and staying up to date with the ever-evolving art of sourcing talent and youre not afraid to explore different platforms technology tools social networks and databases to uncover the best talent in the world.
- Your understanding of Canvas product culture and mission gives you the ability to attract the right candidates. You know how to leverage our unique offerings to showcase Canva as an enticing employer. Tact diplomacy and professionalism guide your approach and you place strong importance on creating exceptional experiences for both candidates and hiring managers.
Additional Information :
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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