Talent Acquisition Manager

This role is compensated through founding equity in Aebly Media, with the transition to salaried pay as we scale. This is not a salaried position upfront — you're joining as a founding contributor with real ownership in what you help build.

About Aebly Media

Aebly Media is a political news and civic engagement platform built to help people cut through bias and actually understand what's happening in government. We bring the full spectrum of news into one place, presenting every story across Left, Center, and Right perspectives with bias scoring and AI summaries so readers see the whole picture instead of one side of it. Our personal political compass shows users where they stand and how their views map over time, while our legislation hub lets them read, track, and vote on real congressional bills with plain-language summaries and progress tracking. Our election tab brings together the candidates and races shaping the next cycle, and rounding it out are the civic tools, profiles, and a growing community built around media literacy and informed engagement. Our brand is built on one idea: politics without the noise.

The Role

Aebly Media is scaling across multiple departments — editorial, content, production, anchor network, outreach, and operations — and we need someone dedicated to finding and vetting the right people. We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to own the full hiring pipeline from sourcing to offer. You'd be the first person candidates interact with, the one who screens for fit, conducts interviews, and makes sure the founders' time is only spent on finalists worth meeting.

What you'll do

• Own and manage the full recruitment pipeline — sourcing, screening, interviewing, and coordinating offers across all departments
• Conduct initial interviews and evaluate candidates for role fit, culture fit, and alignment with Aebly's mission
• Write and post job listings across LinkedIn, Handshake, Indeed, and other relevant platforms
• Build and maintain an applicant tracking system to manage candidates across multiple open roles simultaneously
• Source candidates proactively through LinkedIn outreach, university career networks, industry communities, and referrals
• Develop interview frameworks and evaluation criteria for each role so hiring is consistent and fair across departments
• Coordinate interview scheduling between candidates and hiring managers, including the founders and department leads

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• Manage candidate communication throughout the process — confirmations, follow-ups, rejections, and offers — so every applicant has a professional experience
• Track hiring metrics including time to fill, applicant volume, source quality, and offer acceptance rates
• Coordinate with HR on onboarding handoff once candidates are hired

What we're looking for

• Experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, or hiring coordination
• Comfortable conducting interviews and making sound judgment calls on candidate fit
• Strong communicator who can represent Aebly Media professionally to every applicant
• Organized enough to manage multiple open roles and candidate pipelines simultaneously without things falling through the cracks
• Understands how to evaluate candidates across a wide range of roles — from creative and editorial to operational and technical
• Proactive sourcer who doesn't just wait for applications to come in
• Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously with a distributed team

Helpful but not required

• Recruiting experience at a startup, media company, or fast-scaling organization

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• Experience hiring for creative, editorial, or content roles specifically
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, or similar tools
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing platforms
• Understanding of contractor versus employee classification and equity-based compensation structures

What's in it for you

• Founding equity in Aebly Media with milestone-based vesting and growth prospects as we scale
• Direct influence over who joins the company and how the team is built
• A seat at the table in hiring strategy conversations with the founders
• A role with a clear trajectory — today's Talent Acquisition Manager is tomorrow's Head of Talent or VP of People

If you have an eye for talent, you know the difference between a good resume and a good hire, and you want to build the team behind a company that's doing something new in political media, apply now to join Aebly Media.

This is a founding contributor role, not a salaried employee position. Compensation is initially through founding equity, with the expectation of transitioning to salaried compensation as the company scales. Specific equity terms are finalized individually in a written contributor agreement. This role is offered on an at-will basis and does not guarantee future salaried employment. Aebly Media is an equal opportunity employer.