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Blacksmith Agency

Senior Recruiter

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
Senior level
The Senior Recruiter will manage full-cycle recruiting processes for various roles, partner with leadership on hiring strategies, and evaluate candidates for fit and competency.
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About Blacksmith Agency (BSA)

Blacksmith is a fully remote, design-forward web agency specializing in WordPress development for mid-market and enterprise clients. We’re a sharp, fast-moving team of 40+ strategists, designers, developers, and PMs. We move quickly, hire intentionally, and care deeply about cultural and performance fit.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter with 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience—someone who knows how to find, vet, and close top talent across sales, design, development, project management, and strategy roles. You’ll own the entire hiring process from intake to offer, and partner closely with leadership to drive hiring decisions that support our fast-growing pipeline.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles and disciplines: sourcing, screening, coordinating, interviewing, closing

  • Partner with executive team to define role profiles, scorecards, and compensation bands

  • Source both active and passive candidates using LinkedIn, niche job boards, and referrals

  • Evaluate candidates for both cultural fit and role-specific competency—no checkbox recruiting

  • Run structured, efficient processes that keep candidates informed and moving quickly

  • Coordinate with hiring managers and streamline communication across stages

  • Maintain clean candidate pipelines, track progress, and report metrics regularly

  • Build and maintain a strong bench of freelancers and potential full-time hires for future roles

Qualifications
  • 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in an agency or tech/digital environment

  • Proven track record filling a wide range of roles (sales, designers, developers, PMs, etc.)

  • Deep understanding of hiring remote talent globally (U.S., LATAM, India, etc.)

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment

  • Excellent judgment—knows when to push a candidate forward and when to pass

  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

  • Tech-savvy: experience using ATS (e.g. Ashby, Lever, or equivalent)

Bonus Points If You Have
  • Experience hiring in creative or digital agencies

  • Ability to help improve internal hiring processes and playbooks

  • Strong network of freelance and full-time talent in design/dev/PM space

What You’ll Get
  • Full autonomy over your process

  • A responsive, decisive leadership team

  • Flexible hours (as long as results are delivered)

  • Remote work with high-impact hires

  • A clear mission: hire smart, hungry, humble people who get things done.

Check out our website at http://blacksmith.agency 

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Blacksmith Agency Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

111 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL, United States, 60604

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