Recruiting Manager
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Operations
Company profile: About the CompanyAviary makes the world’s best photo editor. It’s used in more than 6,000 apps, including our own, which is a Top 100 app on both iOS and Android. Each month, more than 65 million people actively use our products.The Aviary team is on a mission to democratize creativity. The company was founded by the creators of Worth1000, who have always been obsessed with the idea of turning everyone in the world into artists. We are 25 people based in New York and financially backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Aviary is well positioned to lead the next generation of creative companies.Aviary has a highly team-driven company culture. Everyone in the company is great to work with and contributes meaningfully to the overall company direction. As one might expect, we are a creative group inside of work and out: whether it’s painting, improv comedy, bagpipes, or karaoke, our team members have diverse and interesting passions. We keep our culture startup-friendly to the core (ping-pong tables, free lunches and party games abound) and plan to keep it that way forever, whether we are 25 people or thousands.Why work at Aviary?We build beautiful photo editing software that can be used in any application. We're a small, creative team and we're passionate about powering the world's creativity. If you're an awesome person who wants to help us achieve that goal, we'd love to hear from you!Working with usYou'll work in a fast-paced startup environment, full of challenges and new opportunities. We can promise with complete confidence that you will never be bored.Share a workspace with a variety of creative, interesting people with a huge range of weird hobbies.Great location for commuters: our windows literally overlook Madison Square Garden. We may or may not have tried projecting our website onto MSG. (We totally did. It totally worked.)Our conference table doubles as a pool table. Plus, we have heated matches of ping pong, foosball, and Fifa to help get the creative juices flowing!PerksWe want a happy, healthy, and creative team. We know you can't have that without real work/life balance and plenty of perks. To that end, we offer:Competitive salaries, full medical/dental insurance, tons of paid vacation, and an ample budget to customize a top-notch workstation to your heart’s content.All the free coffee and snacks you can consume. Fully stocked fridge. Catered team lunches four days a week.Constant learning. Coding workshops, company-sponsored educational courses, and genius coworkers who show each other new things every day.
Description: Aviary is expanding rapidly, so we’re looking for a kickass recruiting manager to join our all-star team and help us grow to more than double in size. We’ve got an exciting roadmap, an aggressive hiring plan, and we need you to help us make it all possible.We attribute all of our success so far to our amazing team and commitment to maintaining a highly collaborative work environment that empowers the execution of both company vision and individual career growth. Everyone’s ideas are heard and valued, and this extends to our company culture as well. All of our favorite group activities (lunchtime Mafia games, Thursday night drinks, the Aviary book club, weekly rock climbing, etc) are generated and planned by our employees, and we are on a search for more go-gettas to join the team.Aviary is a small, close-knit group of smart, funny, passionate, talented, and weird individuals - and we’d like you to find more of us. You will play a key role in implementing and delivering a full lifecycle recruiting process. The goal is to drive aggressive, best-in-class talent acquisition while fostering and maintaining a healthy and functional company and culture.ResponsibilitiesActively recruit and hire up to 20 key hires this year based on our hiring plan and annual budgetCreate a positive candidate experience from start to finish, ensuring a smooth interview process and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and overall experience for all parties involvedAccurately represent our culture and act as the voice of Aviary to prospective employeesAttend and coordinate meetups, career fairs, and other events on behalf of Aviary and recruit the best people there for our teamObjectively screen prospective hires with the team’s best interests in mind (eg, you might like someone, but that doesn’t mean they’re the right fit for the role/team)Conduct recruiting research projects to identify talent sourcing opportunitiesData management of all job postings and candidate records in our tracking systemEffectively communicate with both internal and external parties, including follow-ups with candidates and status updates to recruiters and stakeholders on our teamHire the right people based on the right skills, our team needs, and - most importantly - our culture
Requirements: 3-5 years hiring great people for startup environments (preferably in-house, but an agency background will also be considered)Flawless communication and networking skillsPassion for technology and photography (you have to be able to talk us up to everyone, including creatives and engineers!)Tireless enthusiasm for meeting and talking to peopleAbility to quickly screen someone’s personality, intelligence, and motivation to determine if they’re the right fit for a specific roleEmpathy for others: be able to quickly discern what matters to people, what they might not be saying, what their concerns are, etcAbility to collaborate with various members of our team to determine the best candidates for any roleProven ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and get results with minimal supervisionExcellent attention to detail and reliability with confidential informationA knack for finding and sourcing quality people
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