Talent Acquisition Specialist

About EAB

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards .

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About Hybrid

Recently acquired by EAB, Hybrid is a globally recognized and award-winning business that operates as a full-service marketing partner for the education sector, connecting universities with students worldwide. Powered by unrivaled insight, advanced technology, and AI-driven enrollment strategies, our integrated marketing solutions help education brands grow. We tackle the sector’s toughest challenges head-on and continuously strive for excellence, staying on the pulse of emerging trends. When you join our division of EAB, you become part of a tight-knit, ambitious, supportive, and rapidly growing team. You’ll work on big ideas with talented colleagues who respect your input, challenge your thinking and push you to do your best work. Visit our website to learn more about our story.

The Role in Brief:

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Hybrid

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at EAB with a focus on recruitment for Hybrid, you’ll play a key role in attracting, assessing, and recruiting top commercial talent for Hybrid's fast-growing teams across functions including Sales, Account Management, and Marketing. You’ll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for every candidate and stakeholder.

We are looking for someone who is motivated to learn, organized in their work, driven to succeed, and passionate about commercial recruitment. You will also be comfortable using LinkedIn Recruiter and job boards, with an understanding of how to organize an ATS and how to use enterprise videoconferencing software (e.g., Teams, Zoom) for virtual interviews.

With Hybrid having recently been named the fastest-growing agency in the U.S. by Adweek and the fastest-growing business in our region by the Philadelphia 100 for 2025, there has never been a more exciting time to step into this Talent Acquisition Specialist role and play a critical role in building the expanding Hybrid team! And in addition to driving recruitment for Hybrid in the U.S., you will also be joining the broader EAB Recruiting team and will have opportunities to play a key role in integrating best-practice Talent Acquisition strategies and processes.

This hire will be based in our Philadelphia, PA office. This position is also listed as Lead Recruiter for posting purposes; the official title of this hire is expected to be Lead Recruiter to align with EAB business norms.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Manage the full candidate life cycle: attract, select, schedule, brief, interview, maintain engagement, and negotiate offers to close candidates

· Source and attract exceptional commercial talent through a mix of direct outreach, headhunting, job boards, LinkedIn, and other sourcing tools

· Develop a critical eye for candidates by achieving a deep understanding of the unique needs of various business lines and job profiles; conduct comprehensive interviews that test for key qualifications

· Market the firm to candidates, driving interest in Hybrid and EAB with a keen sense of what sells in competitive job markets, how to represent our opportunities in a compelling way, and how to champion our employer brand through a positive, engaging, and values-led candidate experience

· Highlight the firm’s culture, benefits, and opportunities for growth throughout the candidate lifecycle to engage and secure top talent

· Drive effective decision making with line managers to expedite the hiring process

· Successfully manage the offer delivery and candidate “sell” process – create and deliver compelling and equitable offer proposals, ask probing questions to understand the factors in a candidate’s decision-making process, and coordinate efforts to effectively address questions or concerns with the ultimate goal of securing an acceptance

· Partner closely with managers to set effective search strategies, advise on recruitment updates and delivery outputs, and consistently deliver high-quality hires

· Analyze market and recruiting data to inform strategy, pivoting as needed to meet desired goals

· Partner effectively with fellow recruiters to share candidate pipelines and contribute to team hiring goals

· Support the broader Talent (i.e., HR) team with related administrative tasks and reporting updates, ensuring data accuracy within the ATS and related Talent systems while maintaining up-to-date hiring and onboarding action

· Participate in special projects (e.g., recruiting workstreams, referral triaging, sourcing strategies, training modules and presentations)

Basic Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree

· 4-5+ years of relevant professional experience, including full lifecycle recruiting and search management

· Track record of success delivering against hiring goals at volume in an internal corporate recruiting or staffing agency environment

· Proven ability to operate with urgency and adapt quickly in fast-paced or high-growth environments, demonstrating strong ownership and a focus on driving work through to completion

· Experience successfully leveraging applicant tracking systems and advanced candidate sourcing techniques

· Proven goal orientation and ability to achieve or exceed target metrics and expectations

· Ability to work and collaborate successfully on a geographically dispersed team

· Experience managing multiple, competing priorities, with strong attention to detail

· Exposure to and comfort managing client and/or internal stakeholder relationships

· Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing tools

Ideal Qualifications:

· Experience recruiting for sales/commercial roles, ideally including within an in-house corporate recruiting environment

· Background working within or recruiting for professional services, marketing agencies, and/or the education industry

· Clear, effective and persuasive written and spoken communication skills

· High emotional intelligence with ability to build rapport quickly and navigate sensitive situations effectively with empathy and diplomacy

· Passionate about candidate experience and employer branding

· Comfort navigating change and working within a dynamic growth environment

· Demonstrated ability to leverage solid judgment in complex situations and contribute a solution orientation to ongoing process optimization

· Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB’s mission, values, and aspiration.

If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other’s unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

· Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible

· 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays

· Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)

· 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution

· Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans

· Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family

· Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation

· Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance

· Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents

· Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel

· Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members

· Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance

· Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program

· Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities

Benefits kick in day one; learn more at eab.com/careers/benefits .

This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to “make education smarter and our communities stronger” we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.