Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist

As an employee-owned company DMA prioritizes employees. Low turnover rates and tenured teams are living proof:

• 2025 Great Places to Work Certified
• Employee stock ownership program eligibility begins on day one of employment (ESOP contribution is targeted at 6% of your annual compensation)
• Company paid parental leave
• Generous time off package
• Multiple benefit plans eligibility begins on day one of employment
• Culturally focused on work/life balance mental health and the overall wellness of our employees

Position Summary

The Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist will assist full life cycle recruitment efforts for entry level to senior level positions. This position will partner with Talent Acquisition Managers and hiring managers to define talent needs while facilitating the recruiting process from requisition through offer. The Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist will engage active and passive candidates including building and maintaining a talent pipeline across the United States and Canada.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with full life cycle recruiting for exempt and non-exempt positions including job posting screening of candidates scheduling and conducting interviews and preparing extending and negotiating offers

• Effectively partner with TA managers and hiring managers to assess and define talent needs and job requirements to ensure that job postings and searches are targeted to attract highly qualified candidates

• Leverage multiple talent acquisition resources and sourcing techniques to identify and engage candidates

• Assist with University Relations efforts to help build and maintain a talent pipeline for entry level positions

• Represent DMA at career fairs across the United States

• Guide hiring managers through the DMA talent acquisition process

• Collaborate with other areas of Human Resources to ensure achievement of department objectives

• Perform other duties as assigned

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field

• 0-2 years full life cycle talent acquisition experience

• Experience sourcing through Indeed LinkedIn and Handshake is a plus

• HRIS and ATS experience preferred (Workday is a plus)

• Strong relationship building and organizational skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication prioritization and multi-tasking skills

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of work and work independently or as a member of a team

• Desire to be innovative with strong initiative

• Strong problem-solving skills

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Work Schedule: Regular 40 hours/week

• Travel: Less than 10%

• Physical Activity:

• Prolonged periods of sitting and computer use

• Ability to hear understand and distinguish speech and sounds

• Frequent repetitive motions with hands

• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds

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The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its applicants and employees. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color religion gender national origin citizenship age disability veteran status genetic information or any other category covered by applicable federal state or local law. This equal employment opportunity policy applies to all employment policies procedures and practices including but not limited to hiring promotion compensation training benefits work assignments discipline termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

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