US Talent Lead

Our clients operate at the frontiers of innovation - we advise technology companies driving change, global investors funding the future, the giants of sport and entertainment, and influential individuals on the communications and policy challenges that define their reputations. Our work spans corporate and financial communications, policy and public affairs to engage regulators and policymakers, policy communications and leadership communications. We underpin the full breadth of our capabilities with research-driven insights and campaigns. We're also pioneering AI-enhanced advisory work for both our clients and internal innovation, using technology to unlock insights from data at unprecedented scale and speed.

This is a hand-on recruiting role, leading recruitment efforts in the US across New York, San Francisco and expanding into Washington, D.C. this year. We are a US team of 60 people, and growing at pace. You’ll be responsible for ensuring we hire brilliant talent in real time and getting ahead of future needs. You’ll report to the Global Head of Talent who sits in London and manage the US Talent Acquisition Manager who sits in New York.

You’re motivated when recruiting at a seriously high bar and building a recruiting engine to drive quality and growth. You can sit with leaders in the business and talk requirements, deeply understanding the skills and expertise we need across the business. This is a role for someone who wants to be an expert recruiter in a high-performing, fast-scaling, intellectually demanding professional services environment. You will draw on your prior experience recruiting for corporate communications and/or corporate public relations roles.

You’re already using LLMs to enhance and support your work, and are ideally experimenting with how recruitment-centric AI tools and automation can be additive. You are excited at the prospect of joining an agency that has placed a huge bet on how AI is going to transform the advisory world of comms, policy and research.

We're looking for someone who combines recruitment expertise with the energy and vision to contribute to the continued growth and success of the US business.

• Minimum 8 years' recruitment experience, in the communications/ PR/ public affairs space (e.g., in-house with a consultancy, RPO, or specialist recruitment agency)

• Strong track record of running end-to-end processes in a fast-paced high-quality environment, including managing multiple live roles

• Confident stakeholder manager: able to push back, set expectations, and build credibility quickly with senior people

• Solid understanding of the US communications, public affairs, or professional services talent market

• Proficient with LinkedIn Recruiter and an ATS (Lever experience advantageous)

• Experience using LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) effectively, safely and critically in a work setting

• Strong communication skills: able to write compelling job adverts and clear candidate-facing materials, run prioritisation exercises with senior team members, facilitate kick-off sessions

• Intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise in new topics and share that knowledge with colleagues

• Collaborative instincts and a genuine commitment to contributing to an inclusive culture

• Experience experimenting with AI tools that are specifically designed to support people and talent functions

• Experience working in a scaling environment

If this sounds like the right place to progress your career, we'd love to hear from you.