Who Are We
xDesign is an award-winning digital transformation and software agency originated in Edinburgh and quickly expanding. We pride ourselves on working closely and collaboratively with our clients to craft intuitive user experiences and valuable products across a wide range of industries, technologies, and clients. Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful end-products has enabled us to scale to over 100 people in the last couple of years, and we are preparing for further growth in 2021.
We are always looking to try new approaches, iterate on our experiences and stay on the cutting edge. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we’ve had to get creative to ensure our staff are supported and rewarded. Staff wellbeing is high on our agenda, as are social events to ensure we stay connected as a wider team.
The Role
Due to the ongoing growth of xDesign, we are looking for an experienced talent acquisition professional to join us in supporting ambitious business growth plans as we scale our teams.
As part of our in-house Talent Acquisition team, you will be responsible for:
- Hands on management of all recruitment platforms, predominantly across our technical hiring but also for non technical roles
- Direct sourcing of suitable technical candidates and pro-actively building a talent pipeline of active and passive candidates in line with team growth plans
- Owning and championing the candidate experience, iterating on processes to ensure quality of process and maintaining strong candidate management
- Being an Ambassador for xDesign - as a first point of contact for candidates, you'll maintain our employer brand identity
- Supporting and contributing to the Talent Acquisition team's mission to deliver a strong and consistent level of talent pipeline to meet talent resourcing and growth requirements
- Ad-hoc recruitment projects, e.g. graduate/intern programmes, employer branding, community engagement, new hire onboarding, recruitment events
Requirements
- You are an experienced technical recruiter, with a successful track record of sourcing high calibre candidates for a variety of roles
- Our ideal candidate will have worked in-house, supporting end-to-end recruitment processes
- You have a solid understanding of the recruitment lifecycle in a technical environment
- You have the ability to work at pace, with attention to detail, while building relationships with stakeholders and candidates
- You will bring a good knowledge of the tech industry
- You will be passionate about the candidate experience from attraction to onboarding
- You are able to work autonomously, managing your own day to day activities
Benefits
- Variety - the chance to work with a wide range of clients from start-ups to big name brands
- A dynamic and energetic environment
- Personal development and progression plans
- 32 days holiday a year (inc Bank Holidays, which incidentally you’re free to take whenever you want)
- A Macbook Pro and other top tech to help you
- Regular social events (Covid permitting!)
- A competitive salary
- YuLife employee benefits
- And lots more!
Salary 35,000 - 50,000 plus benefits.
Please note - this position isn’t suitable long-term for remote working, or for people who don’t have full rights to work in the UK. While we have a flexile working approach, we expect this owner of this role to be in commuting distance to Edinburgh. We are however currently all working in accordance with Scottish Government guidelines.