Contract Recruiter (3 Month Fixed Term)

Contract Recruiter (~3 months)

Shutterstock's Talent Acquisition team is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Contract Recruiter to temporarily support our recruitment efforts. In this role, you will partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to streamline recruiting processes, deliver exceptional candidate experiences, and contribute directly to the success of our hiring outcomes.

• Manage the complete recruiting lifecycle for select roles based on team capacity, from job posting through offer acceptance.

• Conduct resume reviews, disposition candidates not meeting minimum qualifications, and ensure ATS accuracy.

• Perform initial recruiter screenings/interviews for high-volume roles, evaluating candidates' qualifications, motivations, and cultural fit.

• Proactively build and manage candidate pipelines through sourcing activities, including LinkedIn Recruiter, industry-specific groups, and diversity-focused networks.

• Develop and maintain pipeline requisitions to ensure a robust talent pool aligned with business hiring needs.

• Partner with recruiters to implement strategic sourcing plans informed by market trends and talent insights.

• Support the development and refinement of structured interview guides, scorecards, and evaluation materials.

• Contribute to creating and maintaining a comprehensive library of interview tools and best practices to support hiring managers.

• Ensure consistency and quality in interview processes, enabling objective and data-driven hiring decisions.

• Maintain candidate records in the Applicant Tracking System (Workday), ensuring accurate and timely data updates.

• Engage proactively with candidates between offer acceptance and their start date to ensure a smooth onboarding experience.

• Communicate professionally and promptly with all candidates, providing clear feedback and updates on their application status.

• Generate and deliver talent insight reports to support strategic recruiting efforts and inform sourcing and hiring manager conversations.

• Provide analytical support for quarterly recruitment reporting, assessing progress against key performance indicators and metrics.

• Identify areas of opportunity or risk in recruitment processes and offer recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Provide backup coordination support for urgent or time-sensitive interview scheduling requests, particularly outside standard working hours.

• Assist with vendor management tasks, including gathering required documentation (MSAs, SOWs) to facilitate timely invoice processing and partnership management.

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple recruitment processes simultaneously, preferably within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Familiarity and proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (Workday, preferably), LinkedIn Recruiter, and related recruitment tools.

• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a strong focus on candidate and hiring manager experience.

• Strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

• Ability to work with urgency and speed without compromising quality of work or service.

• Adaptability to changing priorities, with agility to perform effectively under conditions of ambiguity.

• Resiliency, proactive problem-solving skills, and a growth mindset, with the ability to quickly learn from experiences and feedback.

Why Shutterstock:

• You have a direct impact on the success of the company. Your team's work matters and is essential to the evolution of our core business!

• Executive leadership cares personally. They prioritize growth and planning your career path with your goals and passions in mind.

• Flexibility to work between home and office with everything you need to be successful in both

• A generous and competitive benefits package.

Shutterstock connects diverse artists and creative professionals around the globe with the agencies, brands and people who need their work and services. It's a place where creators come to be inspired and discover new ways to produce their best work.

Shutterstock enables its employees to drive culture and tap into the world around them to develop the toolbox and solutions that help others share their world views. At Shutterstock, your ideas will be welcomed, your uniqueness will be celebrated, and you will be supported in presenting your view of the world as you experience it. We're champions of resiliency; quickly learning from our shortcomings in our pursuit of continuous growth.

Diverse teams are critical to our success. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply and we commit to creating and maintaining a culture where employees know they belong and have equal opportunities to succeed.

The pay range for this position is below:
* 35.00-45.00 per hour in New York

Shutterstock Values

We are one team collectively focused on creating an unrivaled experience for our Customers and Contributors. Our Values represent the mindset of the employee who will thrive at Shutterstock. If you are passionate about what you do, and want to become part of a cutting-edge technology company building industry leading products, please apply.

Shutterstock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Suitably qualified and eligible candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Shutterstock ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accommodation_request@shutterstock.com.