Strategic Sourcer

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! 

You have an eagerness for attracting the best talent. Skilled at generating passive candidates at all levels and developing and implementing high impact, innovative sourcing strategies. An individual who is solutions-oriented and resourceful with a strong sense of urgency while also being highly collaborative and customer focused.

THE ROLE

The Strategic Sourcer will develop and execute on lead generation and talent sourcing strategies that support our strategic recruiting efforts. 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 in support of achieving 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, networks, and more. You will also design impactful recruitment marketing campaigns aimed at building strong talent pipelines and supporting recruiters in filling open positions.

As a Strategic Sourcer, you’ll play a key role by collaborating both internally and externally to execute effective strategies that ensure our workforce reflects diverse perspectives and backgrounds, aligning with our ongoing inclusion efforts.

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

• Identify and collaborate with internal groups and external organizations to grow strategic partners and increase diversity in the candidate pipeline

• Leverage CRM and market analytics tools to understand market trends and data insights, informing and influencing data-driven sourcing approaches

• Collaborate with other Sourcing Specialists to share insights, ideas, best practices and lessons learned

• Remain abreast of industry trends, and creative approaches to sourcing and proactively seek out new tools

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

Skills & Success Factors:

• 4+ years of candidate sourcing or combined sourcing and recruiting experience with a focus on passive candidate generation, engagement, and closing strategies, preferably in diversity, technical or specialized skills

• 2+ years of experience leveraging market analytics, applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management technologies and common sourcing tools to pipeline talent

• Experience sourcing talent in large, decentralized organizations, with proven ability to work across complex, multi-division structures

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

• 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

• 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

• Excellent communications, listening, networking and relationship building skills with demonstrated ability to work across multiple functions and stakeholders

• Consulting skills, client focus, sense of urgency and commitment to innovation and continuous improvement

• Clear, concise, engaging communication and presentation skills

• Project management proficiency with strong influencing skills

• Knowledge and understanding of applicable employment laws as required, global experience preferred

• 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

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

• Knowledge of organizations, platforms and networks, to attract and engage prospective diverse candidates

• Ability to travel up to 30%

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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 strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of 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.

We also afford 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 consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. 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 to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

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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The expected compensation for this position is:

$80,000.00 USD - $100,000.00 USD

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.