Sr. Business Recruiter, Communications & Marketing

About the role

Perplexity is hiring an experienced Communications & Marketing Recruiter to help build the teams responsible for how the company and its products are positioned, launched, explained, and experienced. You will lead searches across Communications, Marketing, Social, Editorial, Content, Events and related functions, working closely with leaders to define searches, assess candidates, and close hires while leveraging AI to improve recruiting workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across the Communications & Marketing team.
• Partner with Communications and Marketing leaders from intake through close.
• Turn early or ambiguous briefs into clear candidate profiles, interview plans, and sourcing strategies.
• Build talent maps across technology companies, consumer brands, enterprise software, media organizations, and agencies.
• Develop sourcing strategies specific to each discipline.
• Know where strong writers, communications operators, product marketers, and performance‑minded marketers build their reputations.
• Evaluate candidates beyond titles and company names; review portfolios and writing samples, understand campaign context, clarify individual ownership, and probe for measurable results.
• Help hiring teams build structured work‑sample and portfolio reviews that reflect the actual work of each role.
• Give leaders direct, useful reads on pipeline quality, candidate tradeoffs, compensation, and the state of the market.
• Represent Perplexity clearly and credibly; explain the product, the pace of the company, and the opportunity without relying on a generic AI pitch.
• Run a thoughtful candidate process from first conversation through close, including senior candidates with competing offers and high expectations for the recruiting experience.
• Use AI tools for research, sourcing, outreach, and recruiting operations; identify where automation improves speed and where recruiter judgment must stay central.
• Track pipeline health and search performance, identify gaps early, and adjust the strategy before a search stalls.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full‑cycle recruiting experience, including meaningful depth across Communications and Marketing.
• Experience hiring across several of the following areas: Product Marketing, Corporate or Executive Communications, Editorial, Content, Social Media, Brand, Growth, Demand Generation, Field Marketing, or Events.
• A track record of partnering closely with senior Communications or Marketing leaders on important and difficult searches.
• Experience recruiting in a high‑growth startup or similarly fast‑moving environment.
• Fluency with modern ATS and recruiting systems; experience with Ashby is preferred.

Skills

• Strong functional judgment: understand the differences between product marketing, communications, editorial, brand, growth, and field marketing, including which backgrounds transfer well between them.
• Comfort evaluating portfolios, writing samples, campaign work, and business results alongside the hiring team.
• Strong writing and communication skills: able to sharpen a search brief, write credible outreach, and communicate clearly with candidates and executives.
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools to improve sourcing, research, outreach, or recruiting workflows.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and the willingness to push back when market or candidate evidence does not support the original brief.
• Ability to manage several distinct searches without giving candidates or hiring teams a generic experience.

Pay

Compensation Range: $165K - $200K