Principal Design Recruiter
$207,920–$259,900 year
HybridSeattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Partner with hiring managers and design leadership to define team needs and role requirements across Product Design, Brand Design, and Design Leadership. Source, engage, and assess world-class design talent through diverse channels while managing the full recruitment lifecycle from outreach to onboarding. Develop strategies to attract and retain diverse design talent, proactively building pipelines for immediate and long-term hiring needs. Track and analyze key hiring metrics to improve recruiting effectiveness, collaborate cross-functionally to ensure fair and consistent evaluation practices, and champion Brex's employer brand within the design community by representing the company at design events, portfolio reviews, and relevant social platforms. Lead sourcing and outreach efforts leveraging recruiting platforms, creative communities, portfolio sites, and social networks to recruit across senior and executive roles. Evaluate candidate portfolios, craft quality, systems thinking, and collaboration skills at the most senior levels, and partner directly with VP and C-level design leaders to set craft standards and team composition. Own interview processes for executive searches, including portfolio reviews and design exercises, ensuring a top-tier candidate experience. Advise hiring managers and executive stakeholders on pipeline health and recruiting strategy, keeping candidate data accurate across recruiting systems. Lead continuous improvement of recruiting processes, inclusive hiring practices, and candidate experience. This role is based in the Seattle office in a hybrid environment requiring three coordinated days per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with up to four weeks of fully remote work annually.
Required Qualifications
- Proven track record owning recruiting strategy and talent mapping across a broader org, not just individual searches, with demonstrated ability to gain stakeholder buy-in at the leadership level.
- Deep experience handling offer and negotiation processes up to Executive-level candidates, with expert command of compensation models, equity, and total comp.
- Demonstrated ability to raise the hiring bar and mentor other recruiters/sourcers on delivering quality hires.
- Strong track record as a thought partner to senior stakeholders, able to unblock ambiguous, complex hiring challenges and coach hiring managers on evolving candidate profiles.
- Experience defining and evolving interview processes at the org level, and training/upskilling other recruiters.
- Data-driven approach to time-to-fill and recruiting efficiency with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously.
- Background recruiting for design roles (Product Design, Brand Design, Design Leadership), with fluency evaluating design portfolios and craft.
- This role will be based in our Seattle office.
- We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience recruiting design leaders and building design orgs from the ground up.
- Track record building employer branding or talent marketing programs for the design community at a company or industry level (e.g., recognized speaker or name in design recruiting circles).
- Experience hiring design talent across multiple geographies (e.g., US, Canada, LATAM, EMEA), including building sourcing strategy for new markets.
- Experience recruiting for adjacent creative functions (e.g., Content Design, Design Ops) in addition to core Product and Brand Design.
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