Talent Acquisition Director, Omnicom Advertising
Adelphi Graduate Careers
Summary
Omnicom Advertising is Omnicom's creative powerhouse. Its agencies build some of the world's most recognizable and effective brands across creative, strategy, production and integrated marketing. In North America, our agencies include the global networks BBDO, McCann and TBWA, alongside celebrated creative agencies such as Goodby Silverstein & Partners, GSD&M, Deutsch, The Martin Agency, Carmichael Lynch, Merkley + Partners and The Marketing Arm. They also include multicultural specialists Alma and Dieste.
Job description
We're excited to recruit a Talent Acquisition Director with a genuine passion for TA to join our team and help us hire top talent across our advertising agencies in North America. This is a hands-on role for someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership of a busy portfolio of roles and deliver quickly.
What will you be doing?
- Owning the full recruitment process for a range of creative, strategy, client service, production and operations roles, from approval through to offer
- Building strong, lasting relationships with hiring managers and agency leaders across our network
- Acting as a trusted expert on all things recruitment, and proactively sharing industry knowledge, market insight and talent intelligence on the advertising landscape
- Coaching, supporting and advising leaders across our agencies on recruitment best practice
- Sourcing and engaging passive talent through your own network, direct outreach and market mapping, including building portfolio-led pipelines for creative roles
- Supporting projects in employer branding, candidate attraction and inclusion, and on platforms that make us more efficient, improve the candidate experience and help us reach the best talent
Ideal experience
- Proven experience owning the full recruitment process, ideally within an advertising agency, holding company or creative services setting
- An excellent network, ideally with experience recruiting in one or more of these areas: creative strategy and planning, account management, production, and data and analytics
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence effectively
- Self-motivated and able to use your own initiative; you thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to new systems and processes
- Strong technical recruiting skills, including using AI tools safely and critically at work
Requirements
- Proven experience owning the full recruitment process
- Ideally within an advertising agency, holding company or creative services setting
- An excellent network
- Experience recruiting in one or more of: creative strategy and planning, account management, production, and data and analytics
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills
- Ability to influence effectively
- Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Adapt quickly to new systems and processes
- Strong technical recruiting skills
- Using AI tools safely and critically at work
Company overview
Adelphi Graduate Careers is the graduate recruitment division of Adelphi Group, a leading global pharmaceutical consultancy and healthcare services organization. Founded in 1986 and part of the Omnicom Corporation since 1998, Adelphi Group provides comprehensive strategic support services across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle. The company specializes in strategic product development consultancy, health economics and outcomes research, real-world disease understanding, market research, medical communications, and post-marketing brand support services. With a global network of offices across the US, Europe, and Asia employing over 1,000 staff worldwide, Adelphi supports the world's leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to improve patients' lives. The graduate program recruits talented individuals across various disciplines including life sciences, psychology, business studies, and health economics, offering roles in research, health economics, client services, and medical writing. Adelphi has been recognized as the 'Top Pharmaceutical Consultancy in Europe 2025' for its innovation and unique contributions to the life sciences sector.