Senior Recruiter (Creative Design)
Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $62 billion in assets whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Guided by its “Different Approach, Better Results” philosophy, Wintrust offers the sophisticated resources of a large bank while providing a community banking experience to each customer. Wintrust operates more than 200 retail banking locations through 16 community bank subsidiaries in the greater Chicago, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida market areas. In addition, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units, providing residential mortgage origination, wealth management, commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing/outsourced administrative services to the temporary staffing services industry, and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges. Our unique business model is a competitive strength and value driver, powered by our talented colleagues who put our customers first and achieve better results for our clients.
Wintrust is seeking an experienced recruiter to join our expanding Talent Acquisition team. You will have a seat at the table developing full life cycle recruiting strategies while working on a world-class Talent Acquisition team.
If you are outgoing and creative, take pride in your work, believe that Talent Acquisition is more than just hiring and positively affects the trajectory of the business, then this may be the position for you!
Why join us?
- An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 9 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
- Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible
- Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
- Family-friendly work hours
- With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
- Promote from within culture
Why join this team?
- We have a culture that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit
- We offer multiple opportunities for development and upward mobility
What you'll do:
- Engage in full cycle recruiting with a high-touch, consultative approach
- Responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing, job offer creation and negotiation with potential new employees
- Strong consultative skills advising the business on how to select the best talent for their team
- Well versed in external sourcing techniques. Implement and embed sourcing strategies to identify and attract diverse talent
- Develop positive relationships with leadership and HR to establish a proven understanding of strategic/financial objectives and how they relate to hiring needs
- Showcase your experience and skills by providing consultative talent acquisition guidance to business leaders, ensuring the alignment to key objectives
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand specific performance results desired for each role
- Provide frequent touch points with hiring managers on progress and results
- Continually build a talent pipeline to solve future business needs
Qualifications:
- 5-10 years recruiting experience, ideally within a banking environment
- Experience recruiting in a corporate environment required
- Strong ability to influence, lead and partner across business lines and levels throughout the organization
- Outstanding interpersonal/networking skills to attract and source a diverse candidate pool
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Prior experience using an ATS (such as Workday) to track workflow and documentation
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple priorities and deadlines
Benefits:
Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance
From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago's Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.
