Freelance Talent Acquisition Specialist

Omnicom (OMC) is the world’s leading marketing and sales company, built for intelligent growth in the next era. Powered by Omni, Omnicom’s Connected Capabilities unite the company’s world-class agency brands, exceptional talent and deep domain expertise across media, commerce, consulting, precision marketing, advertising, production, health, public relations, branding and experiential to address clients’ critical growth priorities and deliver sustainable. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Talent Acquisition Specialist for our growing Omnicom Corporate TA function.

In this position, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and a strong employer brand.

While full-lifecycle recruiting expertise is required, candidates with hands-on experience or working knowledge of Workday will be given strong preference.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Partnership: Partner closely with executive leadership and department heads to understand workforce planning needs, headcount targets, and role-specific requirements.
• Full-Lifecycle Management: Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring efficient pipelines from sourcing and screening to interviewing, offer management, and onboarding.
• Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate and improve recruitment workflows, diversity hiring initiatives, and candidate experience metrics.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Track, analyze, and report on key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness) to drive continuous improvement.
• Employer Branding: Collaborate with marketing and HR to enhance our employer value proposition across social media, job boards, and industry events.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 5-10 years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience.
• Track Record: Proven success in designing and executing creative sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill technical and non-technical roles.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Data Fluency: Comfortable leveraging recruitment metrics and applicant tracking dashboards to influence hiring strategies.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

• Workday Expertise: Direct, hands-on experience configuring, managing, or utilizing Workday Recruiting (ATS) to streamline workflows, generate reports, and manage candidate pipelines.