About the Role & Team

Due to a recent promotion in the team, we're looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our lean, high-performing team, supporting our UK&I Corporate business area. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of Disney’s talent strategy—sourcing top-tier candidates, shaping hiring decisions, and driving an exceptional candidate experience. Partnering closely with hiring managers, you’ll take a consultative approach, influencing and advising on the best recruitment strategies. You'll also play a pivotal role in strengthening our employer brand, championing direct sourcing, internal mobility, and inclusive hiring practices. If you’re a passionate recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, this is your chance to help build the future of The Walt Disney Company. Come be part of the magic!

This role will be based four days a week in our Hammersmith, West London office, with one day working from home.

What You Will Do

Decide on the most appropriate methodology including direct sourcing, head hunting, advertising, agencies and exploring internal solutions.

Proactively partner and lead relationship with Hiring Managers to discuss and make recommendations on resourcing issues (temporary, permanent, fixed term) as well as looking at the most effective manner/way to source candidates.

Challenge the stakeholders on wider elements impacting the business (e.g. internal mobility, location strategy, key strategic goals and directions) and professionally and effectively influence the outcome.

Act as a trusted recruitment partner, taking ownership for the successful conclusion of recruitment assignments, ensuring delivery of a service that is customer focused, value-add and cost effective.

Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment process creating the hiring strategy for the hiring manager to fully understand the requirements of each vacancy to ensure the shortlisted CVs are of the quality desired.

Applies strategic thinking to the sourcing strategy and can understand not only the current requirements of the role but also longer-term potential.

Understand changes in business strategy that could influence or alter candidate pipelines.

Draft creative and engaging adverts that will attract quality candidates to our vacancies.

Undertake initial pre-screening through both CV review and telephone screening & with line managers as required.

Work with the Talent Acquisition Team to promote The Walt Disney Company’s employer brand using social media and other tools.

Maintains smooth flow of admin throughout the recruitment process e.g. communication to hiring manager, candidate, HR, etc.

Project work in conjunction with your TA Manager.

Uphold our Company commitments around Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.

Support Hiring Leader and Peers education around Inclusion within the workplace.

Required Experience & Skills

Experience of recruiting Corporate roles in a large, multinational matrix organisation (e.g. Finance, Legal, HR, Business Support, Facilities etc.)

Experience of managing a requisition list of circa 20 varied vacancies concurrently

Experience of leading initiatives to drive employer brand and generate candidates

Excellent stakeholder management experience – building and maintaining relationships at all levels

Proven experience of end-to-end recruitment in an in-house role

Proven experience of delivering direct sourcing across multiple different and diverse roles

Ability to deliver projects to improve ways of working, from inception to delivery

Ability to operate and navigate in an environment of change and ambiguity

Experience of using an Applicant Tracking system or similar, recruitment-focused software

Knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter and other social recruiting platforms

Strong familiarity with Boolean and X-Ray searching techniques

Understanding of the Entertainment & Media industry is preferable

Be candidate focussed, accustomed to working with multi-functional groups at all levels

Familiarity with using recruitment metrics to monitor performance

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental care

Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free

Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing

Excellent parental and guardian leave

Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.