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Hello ✨

We're Happy Scribe, a 100% bootstrapped and profitable startup based in Barcelona, on a mission to make the internet accessible.

We offer transcription and subtitling services that combine AI with the expertise of language professionals to create a 5-star product. We're working on one of the fundamental problems of this decade: speech-to-text technology.

We're 28 people at the moment, but growing fast and profitable (€6.5M ARR) and we're building the team thoughtfully and with a lot of care.

And growing the team is where we need your help.

About the role

Happy Scribe wants to build a team in a similar way to Basecamp and Instagram (before it got acquired). We want to keep it small, and fill it with top performing, amazing people, whilst staying focused on our diversity targets. This means hiring is resource intensive: it takes time to find the very best people for each position we fill. We apply executive search methods to almost all of our open roles: we handpick who we reach out to and we craft personalised emails that will capture the attention hard-to-reach candidates with crowded inboxes.

Treating each human interaction as a treasure is one of our values and we want it to come across from every interaction: from the first email, to a rejection or job offer.

You’ll know that you’re nailing the job if…

• Someone replies to your email saying something along these lines:

  • I normally don’t reply to recruitment emails, but…

  • This is the best email I’ve ever received from a recruiter!

• A candidate you reject in a late stage of the interview process replies saying how much they enjoyed the interview process and appreciate the feedback you shared.

• You’ve helped a hiring managers realise they should say no to a candidate who is good, but not great.

• You've helped us shape and improve our TA strategy

What you'll do

You will work closely Claudia (Head of People), Dorottya (Talent Acquisition Specialist) and with the two founders (Marc, CTO, and André, CEO) to source and hire the best people to join our small team. This is no easy endeavour: we look for excellence on both a professional and human level; finding and attracting the right people will take creativity, initiative and resourcefulness. You will:

• Find top performers by sourcing candidates from personal networks and LinkedIn amongst other channels.

• Manage the 360º hiring pipeline of the roles you’ll be working on:

  • Work with hiring managers to define the scope of the role, write the job description and define the hiring process.

  • Perform market research, develop a sourcing strategy and execute it.

  • Be the point of contact for the candidates throughout the different stages of the interview process, from the initial screening to offers and rejections.

• Build a talent pipeline where diversity of nationality, gender, ethnicity, background, etc. is the norm and not the exception.

• Think ahead and create a pool of talent for the future .

• Look for communities and clusters where you might find top talent and find ways to engage with them. This could be hosting meet ups in the office or attending external events yourself.

• Help elevate Happy Scribe's employer brand by sharing relevant content and making sure our external pages reflect the true awesomeness of the Happy Scribe employee experience.

• Contribute to strategic conversations about our hiring plan, tactics and approach.

What you'll bring

We believe that great talent can come from anywhere. If what we’re describing sounds like you, get in touch:

• You have in-house experience in Talent Acquisition, ideally filling technical and product roles for example engineering, product design, etc

• You have strong knowledge of different sourcing tools and techniques, going far beyond Linkedin recruiter. Bonus points if you used to work for an agency and received good training in this area.

• You’re an exc