Department: People
Based in: Brighton HQ
Working arrangement: Full time, 12 month fixed-term contract - hybrid
MPB is the world's largest platform for used photo and video kit. We exist to make buying, selling and trading cameras and lenses simple, sustainable and trustworthy - and we're still growing across the UK, US and Europe.
Behind every great hire that's helped us get here, is a recruiter who has genuine visibility and impact at MPB. That's the role we're filling now.
You'll own hiring across a mix of teams - from first brief to first day - and you'll do it with the kind of intent that makes candidates feel genuinely excited about MPB before they've even met the team.
That means building sourcing strategies that go well beyond a job post. It means using AI to move faster and smarter, without losing the human touch that makes recruitment worth doing. It means championing, building and upholding a market-leading candidate experience in a challenging market.
You will have real ownership, real autonomy, and work that stretches you - hiring at the frontier of emerging skill sets in a business that moves fast enough to make it matter, partnering with inspiring leaders who are driving innovation in their teams.
You'll also be the person hiring managers turn to when they're not sure what they need - and you'll help them figure it out. You'll have honest conversations, give useful feedback, and keep the process moving.
We are proud of our ability to bring data into the room. Not simply as a reporting exercise, but as a way of telling a story - about pipeline health, about what's working, about what to do differently next time.
And when things get busy across our EU and US markets, you'll flex to help there too.
Partnering with industry leaders across Customer, Product, Technology, Data, Operations, Finance, People and Marketing - which means genuine variety, genuinely stretching conversations, and hiring requirements that keep you on your toes
Building and owning proactive sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals and community networks
Running structured screenings and interviews across video and in person
Partnering with hiring managers from intake to offer - shaping briefs, setting expectations, and coaching them on great interview practice and timely feedback
Using AI-assisted tools to innovate, and optimise where we spend our most valuable time
Managing the offer process end-to-end, including keeping in touch with candidates through their notice periods
Tracking pipeline health, time-to-hire and source effectiveness through the ATS, and turning that data into useful conversations and insights
Acting as an active ambassador for MPB's employer brand - through every candidate interaction, your LinkedIn presence, and the occasional community event
Supporting hiring across EU and US markets during peak periods
Managing high-volume candidate pipelines for repeat roles
Sourcing and engaging in-demand, passive talent for specialist technical roles
You're a recruiter who enjoys more than just filling roles. You have opinions about what good looks like. You're comfortable in a room with senior stakeholders, and confident enough to push back if the brief isn't working. You earn trust quickly - with hiring managers, with candidates, with the team around you.
You're curious about where recruitment is heading. You experiment with new tools, follow what's changing in the market, and bring ideas rather than just capacity.
As a team, we are organised without being rigid, we're ambitious without being difficult, and we hold ourselves to the same high bar we hold everybody else to. You'll enjoy that energy.
Experience level matters less to us than mindset. If you've got the instincts, we'll back you.
Confident sourcing talent proactively - through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, or building pipelines before a role even opens
Able to manage and influence stakeholders at all levels: setting expectations early, having honest conversations, keeping hiring managers engaged throughout
Experienced managing multiple live roles across different teams simultaneously, without quality or candidate experience slipping
Uses data to stay on top of pipeline health and progress, and can translate that into a clear update for a hiring manager or the wider team
Organised and deadline-aware - proactive about flagging risks early and managing your own workload
Curious about how AI and modern tooling can make recruitment sharper and faster, and open to experimenting with new approaches (you'll get to use ChatGPT, Claude and n8n)
Some exposure to hiring across the EU or US is a plus
Familiarity with an ATS - we use Teamtailor, but don't worry if you've not used it before - any ATS exposure will be beneficial
No perfect candidate exists. If most of this resonates and you're excited by the rest, that's enough. We'd love to hear from you.
