Talent Acquisition Manager

Overview:

Do you love connecting great people with great opportunities? We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment - someone who can balance strategy and execution, and who takes pride in building diverse, high-performing teams.

Does this sound like you?

You’re an experienced recruiter who loves building teams, partnering with leaders, and creating an outstanding candidate experience. You’re both strategic and hands-on - equally comfortable designing sourcing plans as you are running interviews and closing great hires. You thrive in a growing, fast-paced organization where your ideas and energy help shape our hiring process.

If the answer is yes, we’d love to meet you!

How you'll make an impact:

· Lead full-cycle recruiting for a variety of roles across Clarion North America - from sourcing and screening to offer and onboarding - typically managing 5-15 active searches at a time.

· Partner closely with hiring managers at all levels to forecast hiring needs, craft compelling job descriptions, and deliver a smooth, consistent hiring process.

· Develop and execute sourcing strategies that tap into multiple channels, including job boards, social media, professional networks, and employee referrals.

· Champion our employer brand by promoting Clarion as a “best place to work” and delivering an engaging, inclusive candidate experience.

· Train and coach hiring teams on interviewing best practices and equitable selection methods.

· Track and report on recruiting metrics to measure effectiveness and continuously improve results.

· Support DEIB hiring initiatives and ensure inclusive sourcing and interview practices.

· Contribute to HR and talent projects, helping strengthen our overall People & Culture strategy.

· Represent Clarion at events and career fairs, occasionally traveling to company shows or industry networking events each quarter.

The skills & experience you'll need:

· 5+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 2 years managing or leading a talent acquisition function or team.

· Proven ability to partner effectively with hiring managers and senior leaders, including at the C-Suite level

· Strong sourcing skills and knowledge of modern recruiting tools and platforms.

· Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organization skills.

· Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

· A data-driven, continuous-improvement mindset.

· Passion for building diverse, high-performing teams.

· Ability to travel a few times each quarter to different events and shows our company runs to be able to see them and meet the teams, and go to various job fairs/career fairs in key locations for recruitment

What’s in it for me?

· $85,000–$95,000 total compensation annually including bonus, commensurate with experience, plus benefits

· 100% Remote or Hybrid if near Tulsa, Shelton, or NJ Offices

· Generous 15 days PTO & 21 Company-paid Holidays: this includes the entire week of July 4th AND the entire last week of the year off.

· A full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, voluntary life insurance, HSA (plus employer contribution), and FSA.

· Basic life, long-term disability & short-term disability are covered at 100%.

· 401(k) Plan with employer match.

· Opportunity to travel across the country to attend our shows and meet people from a multitude of different industries.

Who is Clarion?

Clarion Events North America, which is the US division of Clarion Events UK, and backed by The Blackstone Group has become one of the fastest-growing event companies in the United States, with aggressive growth through both acquisition and launch. We excel in managing and producing trade and consumer events across the United States in 12 diverse sectors such as pop culture (anime), energy, technology, and fire and rescue.

What’s it like working here?

We strive to provide a culture of transparency, support, and collaboration through clear communication of ideas, processes, and goals. From the top-down, we promote:

· Work-life balance – we are flexible with you to allow you to be at your best on the job

· Leading by example and taking full responsibility for ideas, actions and problem solving

· Ensuring our employees have all the necessary tools to effectively perform their job

· Constantly identifying training needs to grow and develop our employees

· Innovate fast – try new things, fail & learn, repeat!

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. While at events/shows, this job may require extensive standing and walking and some pulling and lifting of products, supplies and/or equipment.

Equal Employment

Clarion Events provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Clarion Events complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has offices. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.