About Good MavenGood Maven is a specialist design recruitment and coaching company. They partner with leading tech companies like AT&T, The Athletic, Monday, n8n, Sanity, Wayflyer, Slashwork, and Vertice to build exceptional design teams. Their work is primarily retained search, focused on niche, complex, and hard-to-fill roles where quality and precision matter.Join a team of ex-Microsoft and ex-Meta/Facebook design recruiters and design coaches, where you can learn, grow, and develop to the top of your game.The RoleGood Maven is looking for a Talent Sourcer with strong experience in hiring product designers. This isn’t a passive sourcing role: they want someone thoughtful about quality, able to identify strong design work, and who engages candidates with care and intention.You’ll play a key role in identifying and engaging top design talent across the UK and Europe, working closely with their recruiting team and clients.They also welcome full-cycle recruiters with strong design hiring experience. You can start as a sourcer, working closely with the team and founder, and if you’re interested grow into a full-cycle recruiter over time. Progression as a specialist sourcer is equally valued.While they offer coaching and support, this role is best suited to someone who already has a grounding in design hiring and is looking to refine and elevate their approach.What You’ll DoSource and engage high-quality product designers across the UK and Europe.Partner closely with recruiters to shape talent pipelines and search strategies.Develop a strong point of view on what “great” looks like across different design roles.Contribute to improving how they assess and engage design talent.Build long-term relationships with candidates and the design community.What We’re Looking ForProven experience sourcing product designers.Good understanding of design craft and ability to assess portfolios (or a strong desire and foundation to build this further).Experience of hiring across the UK and Europe, with strong knowledge of the talent landscape.A thoughtful approach to design hiring—beyond execution—covering sourcing strategy and curiosity to try new things.Alignment with Good Maven’s mission and values.Nice to HaveExperience hiring UX/design engineers, UX researchers, brand or content designers, or design leaders.Experience hiring in the US.Background across both in-house and agency environments.Compensation & BenefitsBase salary: £45,000–£70,000 depending on experiencePrivate health insurance (WPA) for you and your family£500 annual learning and development budget28 days paid holidayNEST pension schemeBest-in-class tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, Juicebox, and moreWorking StyleFully remoteMonthly in-person meet-ups in London with the team38-hour work weekReports to Head of RecruitmentOur ValuesPeople Focus: put people over profit and support decisions in their best interestsSocial Impact: build equality, diversity, and inclusion into everything they doCourage: challenge convention and support individuals to realise their potentialIntegrity: act with honesty, openness, and a commitment to learningExcellence: aim to be world-class in design hiring and coachingWhy Join UsThey are intentionally building a different kind of recruitment company, moving away from traditional agency models (aka grind culture) built on long hours, high-pressure targets, and purely transactional, full-desk recruitment. Filling complex, hard-to-fill roles across geographies requires deep thinking, craft, and strong partnership, and they prioritise building meaningful, durable relationships with clients over quick wins.They encourage entrepreneurial ownership—each person takes responsibility for their work while knowing when to ask for support—and invest in best-in-class tools and infrastructure so you can focus on doing your best work. If you care deeply about design and want to help shape how great teams are built, they’d love to hear from you.
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