Talent Sourcer
<p style="min-height:1.5em">Join a team of ex-Microsoft, ex-Meta design recruiters and coaches, where you can learn, grow and develop to the top of your game.</p><h2>About Good Maven</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Good Maven is a specialist design recruitment and coaching company. We partner with leading tech companies like AT&T, The Athletic, Monday, n8n, Sanity, Wayflyer, Slashwork, and Vertice, to build exceptional design teams. Our work is primarily retained search, focused on niche, complex, and hard-to-fill roles where quality and precision matter.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll join a team of ex-Microsoft, ex-Meta/Facebook design recruiters and design coaches, where you can learn, grow, and develop to the top of your game.</p><h2>The Role</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re looking for a Talent Sourcer with strong experience in hiring product designers. This isn’t a passive sourcing role, we’re looking for someone who is thoughtful about quality, can identify strong design work, and engages candidates with care and intention.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our clients partner with us for our specialism in design hiring, so we’re looking for someone who already has a solid foundation in this area. You don’t need to have done only design hiring, but you should feel confident assessing product design talent and understanding what “good” looks like.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role will suit someone who has spent a meaningful portion of their time working on design roles and is excited to deepen that craft further.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll play a key role in identifying and engaging top design talent across the UK and Europe, working closely with our recruiting team and clients.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We also welcome full-cycle recruiters with strong design hiring experience. You can start in this role as a sourcer, working closely with our team and founder, and if you’re interested grow into a full-cycle recruiter over time. Progression as a specialist sourcer is equally valued.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">While we offer coaching and support, this role is best suited to someone who already has a grounding in design hiring and is looking to refine and elevate their approach.</p><h2>What You’ll Do</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Source and engage high-quality product designers across the UK and Europe.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner closely with recruiters to shape talent pipelines and search strategies.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop a strong point of view on what “great” looks like across different design roles.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute to improving how we assess and engage design talent.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build long-term relationships with candidates and the design community.</p></li></ul><h2>What We’re Looking For</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience sourcing product designers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Good understanding of design craft and ability to assess portfolios (or a strong desire and foundation to build this further).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience of hiring across the UK and Europe, with strong knowledge of the talent landscape.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A thoughtful approach to design hiring, not just execution but sourcing strategy and curiosity to try new things.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Alignment with our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://goodmaven.com/about-good-maven-1"><u>mission and values</u></a>.</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Nice to Have</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience hiring UX/design engineers, UX researchers, brand or content designers, or design leaders.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience hiring in the US.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Background across both in-house and agency environments.</p></li></ul><h2>Compensation & Benefits</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Base salary: £45,000–£70,000 depending on experience</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Private health insurance (WPA) for you and your family</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">£500 annual learning and development budget</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">28 days paid holiday</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">NEST pension scheme</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Best-in-class tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, Juicebox, and more</p></li></ul><h2>Working Style</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Fully remote</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monthly in-person meet-ups in London with the team</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">38-hour work week</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Reports to Head of Recruitment</p></li></ul><h2>Our Values</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>People Focus</strong>: We put people over profit and support decisions in their best interests</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Social Impact</strong>: We build equality, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Courage</strong>: We challenge convention and support individuals to realise their potential</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Integrity</strong>: We act with honesty, openness, and a commitment to learning</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Excellence</strong>: We aim to be world-class in design hiring and coaching</p><h2>Why Join Us</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are intentionally building a different kind of recruitment company.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We aim to move away from traditional agency models (aka grind culture) built on long hours, high-pressure targets, and purely transactional, full-desk recruitment. Filling complex, hard-to-fill roles across geographies requires deep thinking, craft, and strong partnership. We prioritise building meaningful, durable relationships with clients over quick wins.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We encourage entrepreneurial ownership, where each person takes responsibility for their work while knowing when to ask for support.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We invest in best-in-class tools and infrastructure so you can focus on doing your best work.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">If you care deeply about design and want to help shape how great teams are built, we’d love to hear from you.</p>