Talent Sourcer

Agency :

Havas Media Portugal

Job Description :

Havas Group is one of the world’s largest global communications networks, founded in 1835 in Paris and now operating in more than 100 countries. With a mission to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people, Havas brings together creative, media, and healthcare communications under one roof through the unique Havas Village model.

At Havas, collaboration is at the heart of everything we do — we unite diverse disciplines and talent to deliver integrated, award-winning work that connects with people in meaningful ways.

Introduction

As a Talent Sourcer, you will help identify, engage, and present talented professionals for a wide range of roles across Havas in EMEA. You will work closely with recruiters and hiring teams to understand requirements, build candidate pipelines, and create a positive candidate experience from first contact.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone at the beginning of their recruitment career who is organised, curious, confident communicating with people, and keen to develop within an international organisation.

Mission & Key Responsibilities

• Source potential candidates for roles across EMEA using LinkedIn, internal databases, and other relevant channels.
• Review applications and identify candidates who match role requirements.
• Write and send engaging, personalised messages to prospective candidates.
• Build and maintain talent pools for current and future hiring needs.
• Conduct initial candidate conversations and assess suitability against agreed criteria.
• Present qualified candidates to recruiters and hiring managers via our applicant tracking system (Workday)
• Partner with recruiters and stakeholders to understand hiring priorities and role requirements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the applicant tracking system.
• Stay informed about relevant talent markets, sourcing trends, and competitor activity across EMEA.

About You

• Experience in recruitment, talent sourcing, resourcing, or a related people-focused role.
• Ideally, around one year of experience working with a recruitment agency, although candidates with transferable experience will also be considered.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confident engaging with candidates through email and LinkedIn.
• Well organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Curious and motivated to learn about different roles, markets, and areas of the business.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with colleagues across different countries and cultures.
• Good attention to detail and a professional approach to handling confidential information.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Fluency in an additional European language.
• Experience supporting recruitment across multiple countries or markets.
• Previous experience within the advertising, media, creative, communications, or marketing industries.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, or other sourcing tools.
• Experience working with agency, creative, media, or digital talent.

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Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.