Recruitment Consultant (Marketing, Creative, Digital Sectors)

What we are looking for

 This is an exciting career opportunity within a growing specialist recruitment firm - and your chance to achieve sales targets and help to grow the corporate offering in a fast-paced team of 6 recruitment agents, 3 support staff, and over 100 key clients.

For the right individual, this role offers the opportunity to grow with the business, mid to long term financial gain, and ultimately make this role their own in a company on the move. 

Are you a passionate, professional and presentable Recruitment Consultant with a minimum of 5 years experience in a client-facing, recruitment, or account management role? You may come from the account management sales world or maybe a senior recruiter looking to get into a boutique recruitment agency in the fashionable employment sectors of Marketing, Sales, Digital, Tech, Design, and Creative.

The ideal person will have established his or her own personal brand with a solid career and CV to match. They will not be a stranger to consistently high service levels, conscientious business practices, energy, style, and flair – all wrapped up in a ‘winning’ attitude.

They will have excellent planning, organisational and client relationship management skills, commercial acumen and be able to motivate people around them but will also be hands-on and action orientated. The ability to adapt and manage workload against evolving small business priorities and coordination of multiple individual projects is vital to success in this role.  

The Position

As a senior consultant, you will manage a portfolio of twenty-five established and growing corporate clients daily, along with their ongoing employment needs. You’ll be kept busy managing the recruitment and booking of all talent (full-time, contract & freelance positions), participating in the acquisition and retention of new applicants, advising and managing candidates’ expectations, all while answering the short and long-term staffing needs of the client.

The Breakdown

Essentials requirements:

• Min 5 years
• Strong knowledge and understanding of HR and recruitment practices
• Experienced in client management or sales
• Strong in client service ethic, processes, and delivery

An experienced gun in:

• Recruitment services (freelance, contract, full-time)
• Candidate acquisition & search
• Career management & guidance
• Sales & conversion strategy
• General client account management, including building, maintaining ongoing relationships with a variety of different corporate clients
• CRM, maintaining a regular client contact strategy

 A natural at:

• Creating bespoke and exciting recruitment services
• Mapping and pitching unique full-time roles
• Targeting new growth clients and contacts
• Industry networking

A born leader for: 

• New business procurement & development
• Business acumen – not afraid to voice business ideas internally
• Taking others on a winning journey

A passion for: 

• Helping people with their careers
• Marketing, Media, Sales, Digital, Tech, Creative & Design Sectors 

The Package

• Competitive base salary (earning potential year one $110k+)
• 25 client-book to kick things off
• Uncapped commission (paid monthly)
• Computer
• Phone
• 5-day working week (finish 1:30pm Friday)
• Attend high profile industry events
• Ongoing company marketing and new business support

Apply Today or Tomorrow

If this role sounds like you e-mail The Pond Directors, Will Gregory, [email protected] or Leighton Howl, [email protected] and a brief summary on why you may be interested in this senior position or call directly on 09 373 3791 for a confidential discussion about the details.

About the Pond

The Pond is committed to becoming New Zealand’s number one specialist recruiter in the Creative & Design, Digital & Tech and Marketing, Media & Sales sectors.

We are focused on finding the best talent in the local and overseas market, that last the distance and help transform our clients’ business or brand in the right direction.

Established in 2008, within central Auckland, The Pond is driven by a dedicated team of experienced recruiters and support team who get results for our clients daily. To support this claim our audited recruitment average is 4.3 years, so the candidates we place stick.