Richard Broughton

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner @Merlin Entertainments

Orlando, FL, US

Scope of the role:It starts with Attraction:Using all your expertise and creativity you’ll partner with our wide range of attractions across North America to devise innovative, engaging and inspiring campaigns to attract the most diverse candidates.You’ll be the custodian of our employer brand – ensuring consistent tone of voice, inclusivity of opportunity and promotion of our core values. Every time. You’ll identify opportunities to build effective relationships with both proven and untapped communities of potential talent and will provide support to our local HR teams to help them run effective campaigns to further engage and attract. The application of your creative writing abilities will enable our adverts to stand out in the crowd. With roles as varied as character entertainers, penguin keepers and ride operators working in our parks and attractions, right up to Marketing Directors and Divisional Directors responsible for multi-million dollar businesses, your exceptional written communication skills will be in high demand. Leverage of Social Media channels and the identification of new and innovative recruitment tools and platforms will feature heavily in your day to day activities, and the need to constantly disrupt our competitors will be key.Obviously Recruitment:Yes of course you’ll recruit. You will use a wide range of techniques, tools and strategies to help Merlin and our brands stand out in a highly competitive market. You will source, interview, assess and validate candidates using a combination of techniques and strategies – all designed to identify the very best talent for our business whilst delivering a consistently exceptional candidate experience. You’ll handle executive search assignments and be comfortable being measured by the satisfaction of your hiring manager community AND your candidates. You’ll be used to multi-tasking, managing more than one assignment or campaign at once – all at different stages of progression.

Rollins College

Human Resources Executive Management Certificate, Human Resources Management and Services