Job description

ABOUT NEN CREATIVE Nen Creative partners with tech startups to launch bold ideas into the world, creating the brands, products, and stories that fuel their growth. Since 2022, we've partnered with some of the world's top founders and institutions, including Amazon, Pear VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Mercor, Context Inc, Netic, Listen Labs, Tech Week, Mantis VC, Spur, Flora, and more. We're growing fast and looking for great people to join us. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY Nen Creative is looking for a part-time Creative Recruiter to help us identify, source, and screen top creative talent across video production, motion, design, and creative strategy. This role is ideal for someone who has strong taste, understands creative work deeply, and knows how to identify high-potential talent beyond just resumes. You’ll work closely with our leadership and production team to help scale the company by building a stronger hiring pipeline across a range of creative disciplines. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Source and identify creative talent across production, animations, cinematography, editing, design, and other creative roles - Review portfolios, reels, resumes, and past work to help identify strong candidates - Conduct initial outreach, screenings, and introductory interviews - Help organize and improve our hiring process, candidate pipeline, and recruiting systems - Work closely with leadership to understand hiring needs, skill gaps, and role requirements - Coordinate interviews, feedback, and candidate communication - Help proactively build relationships with high-quality creative talent before hiring needs become urgent - Assist with writing and refining job postings and recruiting materials - Support both freelance/contract and full-time hiring efforts WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Strong understanding of creative industries, including video production, motion design, branding, or digital design - Strong creative judgment and ability to evaluate portfolios and reels - Excellent communication and organizational skills - Comfortable speaking with creative talent and assessing fit beyond technical skill alone - Experience recruiting for creative, agency, startup, or production environments preferred - Self-directed and able to operate independently - Comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving environment - Strong attention to detail and follow-through WHY JOIN NEN - Be part of a small, fast-growing creative studio trusted by world-class startups and investors - Work directly with the partners on ambitious, high-impact projects across some of the most interesting companies in tech - Lead and define the strategy practice at Nen, with real ownership over how we approach the work and how the team grows - Help shape the brands, narratives, and stories of the next generation of tech companies

Requirements

Must-haves

Source and identify creative talent across production, animations, cinematography, editing, design, and other creative roles
Review portfolios, reels, resumes, and past work to help identify strong candidates
Conduct initial outreach, screenings, and introductory interviews
Help organize and improve our hiring process, candidate pipeline, and recruiting systems
Work closely with leadership to understand hiring needs, skill gaps, and role requirements
Coordinate interviews, feedback, and candidate communication
Help proactively build relationships with high-quality creative talent before hiring needs become urgent
Assist with writing and refining job postings and recruiting materials
Support both freelance/contract and full-time hiring efforts
Strong understanding of creative industries, including video production, motion design, branding, or digital design
Strong creative judgment and ability to evaluate portfolios and reels
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Comfortable speaking with creative talent and assessing fit beyond technical skill alone
Self-directed and able to operate independently
Comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving environment
Strong attention to detail and follow-through
Be part of a small, fast-growing creative studio trusted by world-class startups and investors
Work directly with the partners on ambitious, high-impact projects across some of the most interesting companies in tech
Lead and define the strategy practice at Nen, with real ownership over how we approach the work and how the team grows
Help shape the brands, narratives, and stories of the next generation of tech companies

Nice-to-haves

Experience recruiting for creative, agency, startup, or production environments preferred

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