Sourcer/Recruiter

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

THE ROLE

The Sourcer/Recruiter will play a dual role depending on business and hiring volume needs, with the premise that all leads to hiring exceptional talent.

As a Sourcer, you will develop and execute on lead generation and talent sourcing strategies that support our strategic recruiting efforts across our core divisions (Venues, Concerts, Media & Sponsorship, Corporate). You will partner closely with the Corporate Recruiting Lead and a community of recruiters and business leaders across the enterprise to successfully provide a robust candidate pipeline to achieve our recruiting objectives.

In this role, you will conduct market research to develop and implement pipeline strategies, including direct sourcing and engaging talent through industry events, diversity-focused initiatives, conferences, professional organizations, social media, and networking. You will also design impactful recruitment marketing campaigns to build strong talent pipelines and support recruiters in filling open positions.

As a Recruiter, you will be responsible for attracting and hiring the best and brightest talent for our core divisions through full-cycle recruiting for all levels of positions (non-exempt to managerial). You will partner with hiring managers and business leaders across various functions (Finance, Strategy, Marketing etc.) to identify, attract and close strong talent and provide consultative support to leaders during the hiring process.

Our ideal candidate has an eagerness to attract the best talent. Skilled at generating passive candidates at all levels and developing and implementing high-impact, innovative sourcing strategies. A solution-oriented, resourceful individual with a strong sense of urgency, and highly collaborative and customer-focused. You should have a strong sense of how to assess talent, be a business partner and consultant to your hiring managers, and be a creative, solutions-oriented negotiator.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Partner with Corporate Recruiting Lead, recruiting team members, Human Resources and hiring managers to outline and recommend ideas and strategies to achieve organizational objectives

• Design, develop and implement innovative sourcing and candidate attraction strategies to build diverse candidate pipelines for early talent to senior-level roles in specific areas of focus

• Build talent networks through proactive market research, prioritizing diverse candidate generation though outreach, marketing, events, partnerships and referrals

• Maintain and nurture pipeline of leads, identify opportunities that align with interests and expectations and provide exceptional candidate experience through effectively:

  • Assessing their skills and career aspirations

  • Aligning their talents with roles

  • Ensuring on-going relationship management

  • Recommending, championing and advocating for their candidacy

• Research, analyze and compile data to support sourcing plans; measure progress and outcomes to understand the efficacy of sourcing strategies, drive improvements and modify approaches as needed

• Lead full life cycle recruitment as required, from sourcing through offer negotiation

• Partner with hiring managers and HR partners to develop a strong understanding of department culture & business strategy to present talent profiles that deliver on the hiring needs of the business

• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements and provide consultative hiring guidance

• Develop new and efficient recruiting strategies within the organization and operating as a business partner

• Participate and support in purpose-driven career fairs, conferences, and events to attract talent

• Track and report on key recruiting metrics, providing regular updates to stakeholder

• Contribute to employer branding initiatives that strengthen our corporate hiring efforts

• Assist with other special projects as required

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Marketing, Business, Psychology or related subject preferred

• 3+ years of Corporate Recruiting experience in the entertainment, technology, retail or hospitality industry preferred

• 3+ years of candidate sourcing or combined sourcing and recruiting experience with a focus on passive candidate generation, engagement, and closing strategies

• Experience hiring for a broad range of roles across Finance & Accounting, Operations, Marketing, Compliance etc.

• Proven success working in a high volume, fast-paced recruiting environment, both pipeline and requisition-based, with an emphasis on equitable processes and sourcing top talent

• Experience developing and executing sourcing strategies and strong ability to screen, interview and present candidate slates aligned with skill and experience criteria of open roles

• Experience working closely with recruiters and hiring managers to deeply understand the requirements of the open role, the function, and how it fits into the organization

• Demonstrated ability in a wide range of sourcing areas including but not limited to: inbound and outbound lead generation, recruitment marketing, and recruiting event management

• Track record of successfully managing, prioritizing and closing simultaneous specialized searches against a timeline with proven results

• Experience partnering with senior leadership and management teams on hiring initiatives and to develop an understanding of hiring nuances of the unique business

• Understanding of labor market conditions and ability to leverage data to support sourcing strategies

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, knowledge of Workday or other applicant tracking systems (ATS)

• Ability to rigorously prioritize and multitask as well as excitement to roll up your sleeves in a fast-paced culture

• Ability to be independent, organized and creative with your recruiting strategies

• Strong sense of curiosity and an ability to ask questions thoughtfully and thoroughly

• Self-starter with exceptional persistence to excel

• Ability to quickly grasp and understand market dynamics and organizations within the industry and/or function specialty

WHAT SETS YOU APART

• You’re confident in your recruiting skills and have a track record of recruiting success

• You have a strong gut instinct about people that can be backed by data

• You’re curious, insightful, and perceptive

• You’re craving more challenge, more responsibility, and more ownership

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)

• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program

• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support

• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment

• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation is an equal opportunity employer.  It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

Live Nation affords equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so.  As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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