Emerging Talent Recruiter (Contract)

About Rivian Rivianis on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Role Summary This is not a remote opportunity. We are seeking a high-potential, creative, and results-driven Emerging Talent Recruiter to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for identifying, attracting, and hiring top early-career talent across our internship, co-op, and rotational programs. You will lead full-lifecycle recruiting strategies, build strong campus partnerships, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. If you are passionate about early-career development, love designing creative sourcing strategies, and thrive on guiding students from their first engagement through to offer acceptance, this role is for you! Responsibilities Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for early-career cohorts, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and extending offers. Build and execute targeted talent sourcing strategies across campus networks, student organizations, and digital platforms to maintain active candidate pipelines. Design and execute engaging campus and intern program events, including info sessions, interview days, networking mixers, and cohort celebrations. Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to define hiring needs, candidate criteria, and effective assessment models. Manage candidate pipeline progression within the applicant tracking system, ensuring high data accuracy and timely candidate communication. Drive candidate engagement throughout the hiring lifecycle to maintain high offer acceptance rates and reduce drop-offs. Qualifications 2–4 years of full-lifecycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience, ideally focused on university recruiting, early talent, or high-volume hiring programs. Demonstrated ability to proactively source candidates, build talent pipelines, and manage active candidate pipelines. Creative approach to candidate engagement, with a track record of brainstorming fresh outreach strategies and event concepts. Strong event execution skills, with an eye for detail when organizing both virtual and in-person candidate experiences. Self-directed and adaptable, with a strong drive to take ownership of hiring goals and continuously improve recruiting processes. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with students, university partners, and senior stakeholders. Tech-savvy with strong working knowledge of applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and virtual collaboration software. Preferred Qualifications Experience using iCIMS, strongly preferred. Direct experience building university relationship models or managing early-career pipeline programs. Familiarity with candidate assessment frameworks and structured interview methodologies. Experience or interest in employer branding, content creation, and creative candidate communications. Pay Disclosure The salary range for this role is $35 to $50/hr forAtlanta based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. Equal Opportunity Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io. Candidate Data Privacy and Technology Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role. AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgement. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate. Participation in AI profile matching is entirely voluntary. If you prefer that your profile not be used in this process, you can opt out at any time. Opting out means your profile will be excluded from automated matching and will not be surfaced for additional roles through this system. Your current application remains active and will not be affected in any way. Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. #J-18808-Ljbffr Rivian