Senior Recruiter, WSJ

Job Description:

About the role:

We are seeking a  highly organized, proactive Senior Recruiter to  join our Talent Acquisition team. This role will support the full life-cycle of WSJ requisitions, from proactive sourcing to negotiating offers.  This role will identify top journalistic talent, manage fast-moving searches, and deliver an excellent candidate and hiring-manager experience. The ideal candidate is detail-obsessed, a clear communicator, and comfortable operating in an environment where priorities shift quickly.

You Will:

• Partner with the Managing Editor’s Office in developing and implementing recruitment strategies to attract top talent to the WSJ newsroom.

• Manage and drive the full-cycle recruiting process, overseeing job postings, reviewing applications and managing candidates from initial screenings and assessments through final offer negotiation.

• Manage multiple searches at once with a sense of urgency, prioritizing effectively and anticipating roadblocks before they arise.

• Ensure hiring managers are presented with qualified candidate pools that offer a broad representation of experience and background. 

• Provide hiring managers with tools and best practices to ensure consistent interview and selection process across the newsroom

• Maintain a talent database of candidate records, including active and passive prospects.

• Foster strong relationships with business leaders to support proactive talent management.

• Be an expert in problem-solving for the newsroom's recruitment needs, with the ability to create solutions with the TA tools in place, and enjoy getting in the weeds to operationalize.

• Be an effective communicator who can influence busy newsroom editors and work effectively with the Global People Team.

• Collaborate with HR and TA teammates to ensure alignment with broader organizational goals and talent initiatives.

• We want you to be as knowledgeable as possible on all things TA! Be up to date on marketing and hiring trends as it relates to TA and especially your business.

• Culture carrier, we want people at Dow Jones to be motivators and coaches.

You have:

• 5-7 years experience in recruitment preferably in media or a newsroom environment

• Experience in full life-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and closing candidates.

• An ability to think outside the box and solve problems creatively.

• Demonstrated experience using recruitment tools and technologies, including applicant tracking systems  (Workday preferred).

• Exceptional communication, project management, and organizational skills.

• Based in the NYC area, with the ability to be in the office minimally 4 days per week.

• WIllingness to travel over the summer to attend journalism fairs. 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. 

Our Benefits:

• Comprehensive healthcare plans

• Paid time off

• Retirement plans

• Comprehensive insurance plans

• Education benefits

• Family care benefits

• Commuter transit program

• Subscription discounts

• Employee referral program

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - People

Job Category:

Human Resources

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..