Talent Acquisition Specialist - Sourcing & Talent Intelligence (Bulgaria)

Job description

### **About the role and team:** CreateFuture is reshaping digital consulting by embedding AI into everything we do, helping our people work smarter, deliver deeper client impact, and drive lasting change. As a Talent Acquisition Associate, you’ll sit at the heart of our hiring engine, powering the **top of the funnel** with high-quality, insight-led pipelines across the UK and Bulgaria. You’ll play a key role in building a proactive, data-informed sourcing approach that supports today’s hiring needs while anticipating tomorrow’s demand. This role focuses on Talent Sourcing and is ideal for someone who loves research, smart experimentation, and using technology, especially AI, to find great people before the rest of the market catches on. **What you’ll be doing:** **Own the Top of the Funnel**Proactively source and build pipelines for technical and non-technical roles, ensuring we have warm, relevant talent ready as hiring demand emerges. **Source, Engage & Experiment**Use various techniques for LinkedIn sourcing, Boolean search, job boards, x-ray searches, referrals, talent mapping, Community sourcing (meetups, conferences, forums etc), internal talent rediscovery (past applicants, silver medalist, alumni), and creative sourcing approaches to find and engage passive talent and continuously test new channels and ideas. **Meaningful First Conversations**Support initial screening conversations to understand skills, experience, motivations, and alignment before candidates move forward. **Market & Talent Insights**Partner with Recruiters and the Sourcing Lead to share insights on talent availability, role trends, and candidate sentiment across UK and Bulgaria markets. **AI-Enabled Sourcing**Explore, recommend, and use AI tools to improve sourcing efficiency, talent discovery, outreach personalisation, and pipeline quality helping CreateFuture hire smarter, not just faster. **Data-Led Decisions**Track sourcing activity, response rates, and pipeline health. Share insights with the team and help define what “good” looks like as we raise the bar together. ### **We’d love to talk to you if you:** - 1–3 years’ experience in sourcing or top-of-funnel recruiting (agency or tech environment preferred) - Strong curiosity and a mindset geared toward learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement - Experience using LinkedIn, job boards, and Boolean search and other sourcing techniques or a strong desire to master them quickly - Interest in AI tools and data-driven sourcing approaches (hands-on experience is a bonus, not a must) - Strong written and verbal communication skills with an engaging, human outreach style - Ability to stay organised, manage multiple pipelines, and keep ATS data clean - Fluent English (spoken and written) ### **What we’ll offer you:** We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. ### **Our hiring process** We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It usually looks like this: - Call with our Talent Acquisition Team - Role specific capability interview Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. ### **Inclusion at CreateFuture** We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!