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Talent Acquisition Specialist

David Kennedy Recruitment

Capon Bridge, Oeiras, Birgu, Antwerp, Montevideo, Nice, Carapicuíba, Lefke, Girona, Zurich, Klang City, Kufstein, Kraljevo, Lisbon, Cascais, Gaziantep, Beijing, Strumica, Tripoli, Bedford, Special capital Region of Jakarta, Sibiu, Konya, Limassol, Zadar, Rosenheim, Chongqing, Haifa, Alanya, Freiburg (Elbe), Auburn, Kaiserslautern, Toulouse, Edirne Merkez, Dhaka, Webster, Washington, Augsburg, Tehran, Guangzhou City, Boston, Kragujevac, Sidon, Berlin, Islamabad, Mäntyharju, Ciudad del Este, Munich, Valletta, Limerick, Sydney, Bamberg, City of Edinburgh, Passau, Đà Nẵng, Havana, Hamburg, Cordoba, Amstetten, Zagreb, Hyderabad, Turin, Les Ulis, Bursa, Lviv, Cacak, Goiânia, Arequipa, Darmstadt, Batumi, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cuzco, Ingolstadt, Marseille, Aachen, Antipolo, Hong Kong, Kumanovo, Fatih, Kyiv, Pınarbaşı, Xin'an, Liverpool, Patras, Bangkok, Derby, Bogota, Capital District, Düsseldorf, Lankaran, Eindhoven, Dubai, Monaghan, Tainan, Thun, Baghdad, Maracaibo, Batam, Melbourne, Innsbruck, Johannesburg, Niš, Debrecen, Biên Hòa, Stockholm, Ankara, Milan, Chiclayo, Recife, Casablanca, Nairobi, Quezon City, Belo Horizonte, Madrid, Hangzhou City, Essen, Bengaluru, Porto Alegre, Stuttgart, Newtownards, Saint-Étienne, Milpitas, Copenhagen, Karachi, Iași, Capiatá, Hà Nội, Yokohama, Fortaleza, Buôn Ma Thuột, Leoben, Gyumri, The Hague, Wiesbaden, Petaling Jaya, London, Brasília, Almaty, La Chorrera, Ljubljana, Kerpen, A Coruña, Mumbai City, Porto, Cebu City, Ohrid, Shanghai, Asunción, Dublin, Stara Zagora, Liepāja, Glasgow, Campinas, Chișinău, Rio de Janeiro, Phú Quốc, Hefei, Catania, Jaipur, Beirut, Sheffield, Vienna, Auckland, Daegu, Alicante, Yerevan, Gothenburg, Perímetro Urbano Medellín, Medellín, Osaka, Tunis, Chicago, Pristina, Frankfurt, Perímetro Urbano Santiago de Cali, Abu Dhabi, Linz, Leicester, České Budějovice, Faro, Chengdu, Venice, Konak, Loulé, Andijan, Swansea, Khon Kaen City Municipality, Ostrava, Eisenstadt, Municipality of Athens, Kandy, Bhopal, Zaragoza, Brno, Ashgabat City, Panama City, Verona, Dashoguz City, Kichevo, Birmingham, Pécs, Chiang Mai City Municipality, Craiova, Larnaca, Naples, Caieiras, Reus, Davao City, Alajuela, Jeju, Rennes, Cần Thơ, Pattaya City, Rome, Benin City, Plovdiv, Herdecke, Bologna, Kyustendil, Baku, Krasnodar, Damascus, Cork, Oslo, Bordeaux, Leibnitz, Ho Chi Minh City, Asenovgrad, St. Pölten, Kaunas, Valencia, Bari, Rotterdam, Aberdeen City, Florence, Kardzhali, Maastricht, Belgrade, Vilnius, Taipei, Limbourg, Phuket City Municipality, Tbilisi, Krasnoyarsk, Cairo, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Ansan-si, Shenzhen, Almeria, Jeonju-si, Krushevo, Austin, Regensburg, Gurgaon, Brixen - Bressanone, Bern, Guatemala City, Christchurch, Nicosia, Tirana, Bac Ninh, Brașov, Busan, Paphos Municipality, Tijuana, Łódź, Suzano, Namangan City, Amsterdam, Cardiff, León, Kota Kinabalu, Cotia, Basra, Phoenix, Larissa, Sofia, Saint-Tropez, Aracaju, Dnipro Urban Hromada, Houston, Málaga, İzmir, Kutaisi, Tartu linn, Graz, Aarhus, Ciudad de la Costa, Las Cabras, Umegaoka, Aalborg, Rangpur Metropolitan City, Manaus, Caen, Hải Phòng, Sintra, Ganja, Holywood, Tallinn, Taichung, Perímetro Urbano Pasto, George Town, Leeds, Palermo, Paris, New York, Maribor, Marrakesh, Alexandria, Kano, Ksamil, Swoyersville, Taoyuan City, Badajoz, Mclean, Miskolc, Basel, Lima, Luang Prabang, Manila, Novosibirsk, Pforzheim, Ciudad Juárez, Maceió, Bray, Amadora, Braga, Nyíregyháza, Manchester, La Plata, New Taipei, Antalya, Waikino, Sveta Nedelja, Marbella, Split, Capital City of Prague, Budapest, Lyon, Utrecht, Chelyabinsk, Pilsen, Aktobe, Barcelona, Poland, Geneva, Würzburg, Celje, Rīga, Rawalpindi, Hamilton City, Bnei Brak, Debar, Barcelos, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Tel Aviv, Trujillo, Omsk
Full-time
2-5 years experience
Remote Only

Key Skills

Talent acquisition
Tech recruitment
Global sourcing
AI recruitment
Candidate journey management
Structured interviewing
Employer branding
Applicant tracking systems
Communication
Collaboration
Strategic planning
Data-driven sourcing

Job Description

David Kennedy Recruitment with a fast-growing AI technology company with over 50 million users worldwide that is seeking to onboard a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join their team.

The successful candidate will be the company's third Talent Acquisition Specialist, working closely with the CEO and business leaders to recruit internationally across every function, with a strong focus on tech, while helping shape how recruitment evolves as the company grows beyond 100 employees.

Location: Remote

Employment type: B2B contract

Remuneration: Competitive salary.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Map and engage top talent from Tier 1 tech hubs and companies worldwide, including candidates who are not actively applying

  • Help implement an AI-first recruitment stack, using AI agents, niche technical communities and unconventional channels to find exceptional talent

  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with passive talent globally to stay ahead of hiring needs

  • Own the candidate journey from the first discovery call to the final close

  • Conduct structured interviews assessing technical aptitude and cultural alignment

  • Test new AI tools and sourcing strategies that keep the quality bar high

  • Contribute to employer branding initiatives and content that position the company as a leading destination for AI talent

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 3+ years of recruitment experience, including at least 2 years in tech recruitment

  • Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment

  • Global sourcing experience, with a track record of attracting talent from major tech hubs (USA, EU, LATAM, etc.)

  • Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other recruitment tools

  • Perfectly fluent English and strong communication and collaboration skills

  • Goal-oriented with strong ownership and a doer mindset, balancing execution, planning and strategy

  • Humble and open to feedback, thriving in a high-trust environment

  • Comfortable hiring for products built on uncensored models and NSFW content

Advantages

  • Experience in AI recruitment or familiarity with the AI space

  • Exposure to employer branding, compensation benchmarking or broader talent acquisition initiatives

 

BENEFITS:

  • Fully remote, working from anywhere

  • B2B contract preferred, with flexibility on contract type

  • 20 working days of paid time off per year

  • Annual in-person company gathering

  • Monthly allowance towards health insurance expenses

  • Unlimited 1:1 sessions with psychologists and lifestyle experts, also available to up to three family members

  • Co-working space budget of up to two visits per month

  • Learning budget for courses, books, conferences, events or certifications

  • Company equipment

  • Premium access to AI tools

  • Opportunity to help shape the Talent Acquisition function at a defining stage of growth

  • And many more!!!

Core Responsibilities

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will map and engage top global tech talent while implementing an AI-first recruitment strategy. They will manage the full candidate lifecycle and contribute to employer branding initiatives to support the company's growth.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 3 years of recruitment experience, with a minimum of 2 years specifically in tech recruitment. Strong communication skills and experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment are essential.

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Health insurance allowance
  • Psychological support
  • Lifestyle expert sessions
  • Co-working space budget
  • Learning budget
  • Company equipment
  • Premium AI tools access

About David Kennedy Recruitment

Industry: Staffing and Recruiting

Company size: 11-50 employees

David Kennedy Recruitment Ltd delivers exceptional recruitment services on a global scale, presenting an innovative approach that connects candidates and clients seamlessly. Established in October 2018, DKR is a virtual UK-based limited company, comprising of 150+ staff located across the globe, with fluency in 32 languages. As a prominent figure in the multilingual recruitment sector, DKR specializes in BPO (including eCommerce, Telco, Digital Media, Automotive, Tourism, Banking, Electronics, and FMCG), Hospitality, SaaS, IT, Forex, Crypto, and iGaming industries.

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