headway - Staff Technical Recruiter, Design
Responsibilities
• Run end-to-end design/creative searches, from senior ICs to Director+ leaders, driving everything from role scoping to close and owning the narrative around candidate quality, funnel health, and search strategy • Partner closely with the CPO, VPs of Product and Design, and their leadership teams, advising on role definition, leveling, search design, talent bar, market dynamics, and how to run a predictable, inclusive hiring process • Architect structured search plans that diagnose bottlenecks early, set expectations, and give stakeholders clear visibility throughout the process • Design and execute targeted sourcing strategies that consistently deliver high-quality design & creative talent • Use data to drive alignment and decisions, from setting funnel expectations to refining search approach based on real-time signal • Uplevel design hiring quality and consistency, helping teams clarify what “great” looks like, sharpening competencies and portfolio modules, and reinforcing structured decision-making • Build market intelligence on the talent landscape — compensation, org design, talent pools, and how peer companies structure and hire their teams • Ensure best-in-class candidate experience, with executive-grade care for senior leaders, where thoughtful communication, coaching, and white-glove touchpoints are essential • Collaborate with sourcers and coordination partners to ensure a seamless, high-quality search experience end-to-end • YOU’D BE A GREAT FIT IF… • You bring 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting in high-growth, tech-enabled environments, with meaningful experience hiring senior, director, and VP-level design & creative talent • You have deep experience recruiting talent — Product Design or Creative — and are comfortable running senior and executive-level searches • You operate as a trusted advisor to executives, influencing decisions through data, market insight, and structured thinking • You know how to untangle ambiguous or complex searches, build clarity, and drive a repeatable plan that produces predictable outcomes • You bring high agency and operational excellence—you run clean, structured searches that remove friction for both candidates and stakeholders • You think creatively about multi-channel sourcing, building senior pipelines through research, relationship-building, and market mapping • You can assess talent with credibility — you understand craft well enough to calibrate a designer’s scope, judgment, and impact • You communicate with clarity, presence, and executive polish, regardless of audience • You care deeply about raising the bar, running inclusive and consistent processes, and strengthening the hiring muscle across the organization
Benefits
• The expected base pay range for this position is $144,000 - $225,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. • We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential. • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage • Work-from-Home Stipend • Therapy Reimbursement • 16-week parental leave for eligible employees • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership • 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Training and professional development • We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview. • Headway participates in E-Verify. To learn more, click here. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf • A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page at https://headway.co/careers. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com http://findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.
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