Talent Experience Associate

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Talent Experience Associate to join our growing Talent Acquisition team. This role is responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle for a variety of consulting and corporate positions, with a primary focus on sourcing, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent in a highly competitive market.

The ideal candidate will bring experience from a consulting organization, professional services firm, staffing agency, or executive search environment and possess a proven ability to build strong talent pipelines, partner with hiring leaders, and deliver exceptional candidate experiences. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders while driving recruitment strategies that support business growth and client delivery needs.

***Located in Charlotte, NC***

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process from intake meetings through offer acceptance and onboarding.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, role requirements, and hiring priorities.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to identify and engage high-quality candidates across multiple channels.
• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for technology, operations, finance, and corporate functions, ensuring a consistent flow of qualified candidates to meet hiring demands.
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, professional networks, employee referrals, and direct sourcing techniques to attract passive and active candidates.
• Conduct candidate screening interviews and assess technical skills, competencies, qualifications, and cultural alignment.
• Coordinate interview scheduling and facilitate communication between candidates and hiring teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a strategic recruiting advisor to hiring managers and leadership teams.
• Provide market intelligence regarding talent availability, competitor hiring trends, compensation benchmarks, and recruiting best practices.
• Facilitate hiring strategy discussions and recommend effective recruitment approaches.
• Ensure timely communication and regular status updates throughout the recruitment process.

Talent Strategy & Employer Branding

• Support employer branding initiatives that strengthen the company's presence in the marketplace.
• Represent the organization at networking events, industry conferences, career fairs, and virtual recruiting events.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives through sourcing and recruiting efforts.
• Contribute to workforce planning and talent acquisition projects that support organizational growth.

Recruiting Operations & Analytics

• Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment activity within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Ensure compliance with all employment laws, regulations, and organizational hiring practices.
• Track and report recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, pipeline health, and candidate conversion rates.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, efficiency, and candidate experience.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3 + years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a consulting firm, professional services environment, staffing agency, executive search firm, or corporate recruiting function.
• Demonstrated success recruiting for professional, technical, and leadership-level positions.
• Strong sourcing and talent engagement skills with experience identifying passive candidates.
• Experience partnering directly with business leaders and hiring managers.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and LinkedIn Recruiter.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting for client-facing consulting roles.
• Agency recruiting experience with high-volume requisition management.
• Experience supporting multiple business units or geographic markets simultaneously.
• Knowledge of recruitment marketing, talent mapping, and workforce planning.
• Advanced proficiency with reporting, recruiting analytics, and Microsoft Excel.

Why Ember?

We're a boutique management consulting firm trusted by executive leadership teams to lead complex transformation initiatives where execution, change leadership, and strategic partnership matter most. Our consultants don't simply fill roles; they become trusted advisors embedded within some of our clients' most visible enterprise initiatives.

We're intentionally building a different kind of consulting firm, one where talented people have the opportunity to shape client relationships, influence strategy, and grow alongside experienced consulting leaders in a highly collaborative, entrepreneurial environment.

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Long-term career growth with Ember
• Opportunity to support additional strategic consulting engagements as our firm continues to scale