Early Career - Emerging Talent Programs and Recruiting Coordinator (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 We are seeking a high-potential, creative, and enthusiastic Recruiting and Programs Coordinator to join our Emerging Talent team. In this dual-impact role, you will help shape the early-career candidate journey—from finding top talent to delivering an unforgettable program experience. You will combine event execution with recruiting support by proactively sourcing talent, managing candidate pipelines, and coordinating engaging early-career experiences for our interns, co-ops, and rotational program participants. If you love creative event planning, talent strategy, and are eager to kickstart and grow your career in talent acquisition and program management, this role is for you! Responsibilities Source emerging talent across campus networks, student organizations, and professional networking platforms and learn to manage full life-cycle recruiting tasks. Manage candidate pipelines within the applicant tracking system, moving prospects smoothly from initial outreach through the interview process. Coordinate logistics for campus and intern program events, including orientation, executive Q&As, workshops, and final presentations. Manage vendor communications, swag orders, venue bookings, and virtual event setups. Maintain the master calendar for recruiting cycles, interview schedules, and cohort program events. Serve as the primary point of contact for candidate and program participant inquiries across email and team channels. Drive engagement initiatives, social activities, and peer mentorship networks for active cohorts. Update and distribute recruiting materials, onboarding guides, program handbooks, and FAQs. Track program metrics and pipeline analytics, including sourcing conversion rates, event attendance, and survey feedback. Partner with Recruiters, HR Ops, IT, and Hiring Managers to streamline onboarding, equipment setup, and expense tracking. Qualifications 0–2 years of professional, internship, or campus leadership experience in recruiting support, event coordination, marketing, or project management—we are ready to train and invest in the right candidate! Strong curiosity about talent acquisition, with an eager interest in learning how to proactively source candidates and build healthy pipelines. Passion for brainstorming fresh outreach strategies, eye-catching event concepts, and creative ways to engage early-career candidates. Natural talent for hospitality and event execution, with a strong eye for detail whether planning a campus event, an in-person social, or a virtual workshop. High learning agility with a proactive, "can-do" attitude and a genuine hunger to build a career in talent management or recruiting operations. Dynamic, approachable, and articulate, with an ability to connect authentically with candidates, early-career talent, and internal leaders alike. Comfortable learning new systems quickly and familiar with basic productivity and virtual collaboration software. Ability to travel to campus recruiting events, conferences and onsite to our Atlanta Headquarters, required. Preferred Qualifications Familiarity with sourcing platforms, applicant tracking systems, or survey or event software. Prior involvement in campus leadership, student organizations, or university event planning. Experience or interest in hybrid event concepts and creative social content for talent branding. Pay Disclosure The salary range for this role is $25.00-$27.00/hr for Atlanta, GA 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 judgment. 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. 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