Talent Acquisition Lead

At BrightLocal, our mission is simple: empower businesses to grow locally. We do this by making growth simple by removing the complexity of local search marketing, enabling local businesses to rise above their competitors and win new customers.

We turn data into action through AI-powered insights, expert guidance, and hands-on support that help businesses make the right decisions

⭐ About the Role

As our Talent Acquisition Lead, you’ll bring passion, thoughtfulness, and energy to every stage of the hiring process. You’ll deliver an exceptional candidate experience across our UK, Poland, and Philippines teams, ensuring each person we meet feels welcomed, valued, and inspired, whether or not they join us.

Working closely with the People Team, you’ll shape how we attract, evaluate, and hire people who’ll thrive here. You’ll be a true ambassador for our culture, helping us uphold the high standards we’re proud of.

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the full recruitment cycle, attracting and hiring exceptional talent across multiple international teams.
• Develop thoughtful sourcing strategies that connect us with brilliant people globally while building strong future pipelines.
• Run structured interviews and assessments, ensuring fair, consistent, and inclusive hiring decisions.
• Keep recruitment operations running smoothly with excellent admin and an impeccably maintained ATS.
• Use data and insights to improve our hiring processes and influence decision-making.
• Partner with hiring managers to co-create compelling, inclusive job descriptions.
• Support onboarding and help create a welcoming, organised, and meaningful start for every new joiner.
• Carry out salary benchmarking to ensure competitive and equitable compensation.
• Champion BrightLocal’s culture, values, and beliefs in every interaction.

🎁 What We Offer

• Salary: Dependent on experience
• Bonus: Up to 20% (10% company + 10% team performance)
• Hybrid working: 2 days a week in our Brighton office
• Flexible hours: 30–37.5 hours per week considered
• Holiday: 25 days + bank holidays + your birthday off
• Duvet Days: 3 per year
• Healthcare: Vitality
• Learning & Development: £1000 annual personal budget + additional opportunities

🌱 About You

• Genuinely loves recruitment and gets energy from connecting people with opportunities where they can thrive.
• Brings warmth, openness, and integrity to every conversation.
• Understands great organisational design and knows how to build well-balanced, high-performing teams.
• Communicates clearly and empathetically — whether writing job ads or guiding hiring managers.
• Thrives in a fast-moving environment, using creativity and good judgment to navigate ambiguity.
• Has exceptional attention to detail and strong admin skills.
• Is a collaborative team player who contributes positively to the People Team and broader business.

Experience That Will Help You Thrive

• Internal recruitment experience in a start-up or SME (ideally tech).
• A strong track record in hiring for Tech and Product roles.
• Experience recruiting internationally and flexing approaches across markets.
• Deep understanding of full-cycle and inclusive recruitment practices.
• Proficiency with sourcing tools — e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, social platforms, search engines, job aggregators.
• Strong ATS experience and appreciation for high-quality data and process efficiency.
• Experience in improving or building recruitment processes in a scaling organisation.

🚀 About BrightLocal

We’re friendly, talented, and deeply connected to our company's beliefs. Whether in our vibrant Brighton office or working remotely, we want every team member to feel energised, valued, and excited to come to work.

If you’re passionate about great hiring, love building meaningful candidate experiences, and want to play a key role in shaping a growing organisation, we’d love to hear from you.