Senior Design Recruiter

Brex Brex · Fintech · New York, NY +3 · People

Senior Design Recruiter at Brex, an AI-native finance platform. This role partners with design leadership to source, engage, and assess world-class design talent, managing the full recruitment lifecycle. Responsibilities include building diverse talent pipelines, tracking hiring metrics, and championing Brex's employer brand within the design community. Requires proven experience recruiting for design roles and familiarity with AI tools for sourcing.

What you'd actually do

  1. This role is responsible for partnering with hiring managers and design leadership to define team needs and role requirements, ensuring alignment on hiring goals across Product Design, Brand Design, and Design Leadership.
  2. You’ll source, engage, and assess world-class design talent through diverse channels, while managing the full recruitment lifecycle from outreach to onboarding.
  3. You will develop strategies to attract and retain diverse design talent, proactively building pipelines for both immediate and long-term hiring needs.
  4. You’ll track and analyze key hiring metrics to improve recruiting effectiveness, collaborate cross-functionally to ensure fair and consistent evaluation practices, and champion Brex’s employer brand within the design community.
  5. This includes representing Brex at design events, portfolio reviews, and on relevant social platforms.

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience recruiting for design roles (e.g., Product Design and Brand Design) in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Strong sourcing skills and familiarity with AI tools, recruiting platforms, and other creative talent networks.
  • Ability to assess design portfolios and understand craft, systems thinking, and user-centered methodologies.
  • Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Data-driven mindset with the ability to interpret recruiting metrics and drive process improvements.
  • Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously.

Nice to have

  • Experience recruiting design leaders or building design teams from the ground up.
  • Familiarity with compensation strategy and market analysis for design roles.
  • Prior experience in employer branding or talent marketing initiatives focused on the design community.
  • Experience hiring across multiple geographies (e.g., US, Canada, LATAM).

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven experience recruiting for design roles
  • Strong sourcing skills
  • Ability to assess design portfolios