Talent Researcher

About this role

Location: HSK, London Contract Type: Full-time/Permanent About Us dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro and The i Paper, reach more than 24million people daily. In the UK alone, its brands reach over 10million people daily. Its newsbrands are expert at getting to the bottom of the stories most relevant to our readers.

To find out more about dmg media and its brands visit www.dmgmedia.co.uk. About the Role As a Talent Researcher, you will be the engine behind our proactive hiring strategy. Moving away from reactive recruitment, you will focus on deep-market intelligence and strategic talent mapping. Your goal is to build a robust internal pipeline for critical capabilities, significantly reducing our reliance on external search firms by identifying the best talent in the market before we even have a live vacancy.

The ideal candidate will possess a natural affinity for data and organisation, enjoying the puzzle of deconstructing organisational hierarchies to pinpoint exactly where top talent sits. Rather than just collecting names, often looking beyond our immediate sector to identify transferable skills in adjacent industries. Being a strategic thinker is a must – you understand that talent acquisition is about more than filling vacancies, it’s about competitive advantage.

Main Responsibilities Market Intelligence : Act as a subject matter expert on the talent landscape. Monitor industry trends, competitor news, and M&A activity to predict talent movements. Talent Mapping : Systematically map out competitor organisations and adjacent industries. You will deconstruct team structures and identify key players within target departments. Long-listing : Create high-quality long-lists for niche and critical roles, ensuring a diverse and highly skilled pool of "ready-now" and "ready-later" candidates.

Competitor Analysis : Deep-dive into how our competitors are structured. Identify where top talent is moving and why, providing actionable insights to the TA team and Business Leaders. Strategic Sourcing : Move beyond standard job boards to find "hidden" talent through social platforms, networking, and advanced Boolean techniques. Cost Reduction : Strategically target roles that were previously outsourced to agencies, demonstrating a clear ROI by bringing further headhunting capabilities in-house.