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Training Marketing Recruiting (must) Budgeting (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Own the hiring engine behind Ramp’s brand, bringing in the full-time designers and freelancers who shape how we show up in the world.
- Find exceptional creative talent where they share their work, from portfolios and design communities to referrals and events.
- Turn ambitious creative briefs into focused searches, partnering with Brand and Creative Studio leaders to agree what great looks like.
- Give candidates a fast, personal experience from first conversation through offer and close.
- Bring creative leaders, hiring managers, Talent and other partners together around priorities, feedback and decisions so searches keep moving.
- WHAT YOU NEED
- 5+ years of recruiting experience, with a strong record of hiring brand or visual design talent.
- A grasp of creative disciplines from identity and art direction to campaigns, web and motion, and the ability to judge a portfolio beyond the job title.
- A record of finding and closing designers who were not actively applying, through portfolio research, communities, referrals and tailored outreach.
- Experience building pipelines for both full-time designers and freelance creative talent, often on different timelines.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.” · “You'll bring market insight to hiring conversations, keep searches moving at pace, and give candidates a clear, personal experience throughout.” · “The ability to keep several searches and stakeholders moving with clear briefs, useful candidate evidence and accurate pipeline data.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.” · “Own the hiring engine behind Ramp’s brand, bringing in the full-time designers and freelancers who shape how we show up in the world.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Bring creative leaders, hiring managers, Talent and other partners together around priorities, feedback and decisions so searches keep moving.” · “Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Bring creative leaders, hiring managers, Talent and other partners together around priorities, feedback and decisions so searches keep moving.” · “The ability to keep several searches and stakeholders moving with clear briefs, useful candidate evidence and accurate pipeline data.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Technical skill Supporting
In the posting: “Centralized home-office equipment ordering”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
In the posting: “You'll partner with Brand and Creative Studio leaders to define what great looks like for each search, find designers with exceptional visual craft, and guid…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “The median Ramp customer saves 7.5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Attention to detail and quality Supporting
In the posting: “The ability to keep several searches and stakeholders moving with clear briefs, useful candidate evidence and accurate pipeline data.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
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- Built from this posting (8):
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
- How have you used recruiting in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using training. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.