University Relations Lead - Recruiter

The University Relations Lead is responsible for building and delivering Integrity Marketing Group’s enterprise approach to attracting, engaging, and hiring emerging talent. Based in Dallas, TX (onsite), this role leads university relations, internship recruiting, and New-to-Careers hiring initiatives while serving as the primary connection point to educational institutions and workforce partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide university recruiting and early-career talent strategies aligned to organizational growth objectives.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with colleges, universities, technical schools, student organizations, military transition offices, and workforce development programs.
• Target and cultivate schools and talent sources to establish diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines.
• Represent Integrity at career fairs, campus events, networking functions, classroom presentations, and industry conferences.
• Create annual campus engagement plans, recruiting calendars, and hiring strategies that support internship and New-to-Careers hiring goals.
• Work with Marketing and People & Culture teams to strengthen employer brand presence with campus audiences.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for internship, apprenticeship, and New-to-Careers programs.
• Partner with hiring managers and program leaders to forecast talent needs and align recruiting activities with workforce plans.
• Design innovative sourcing strategies to attract high-potential students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals.
• Manage candidate engagement and communication across the recruitment lifecycle to support a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Coordinate interview processes, selection decisions, offer negotiations, and onboarding support.
• Build talent communities and maintain relationships with prospective candidates for future hiring needs.
• Partner with Program Managers, business leaders, hiring managers, and People & Culture partners to drive program success and hiring outcomes.
• Provide labor market insights, recruiting trends, and recruiting recommendations as a trusted advisor.
• Influence stakeholders through data-driven decision making and proactive workforce planning.
• Support continuous improvement to enhance recruiting effectiveness, candidate quality, and operational scalability.
• Promote equitable and inclusive recruiting practices across all early-career talent programs.
• Track and analyze recruiting funnel metrics, including conversion rates, source effectiveness, diversity outcomes, time-to-fill, and quality-of-hire.
• Deliver recurring reporting and actionable insights to Talent Acquisition leadership and business stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, university partners, and recruiting technology providers.
• Ensure compliance with recruiting policies, employment regulations, and university partnership requirements.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen recruiting processes, technology utilization, and overall program performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably supporting early-career, university, or high-volume hiring initiatives.
• 3+ years of experience managing university recruiting, internship, or emerging talent programs.
• Proven success building and maintaining strategic relationships with universities, community organizations, and workforce development partners.
• Experience planning and executing recruiting events, career fairs, networking programs, and talent engagement initiatives.
• Strong consultative approach with relationship-building and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and project management abilities.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems and CRM platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing tools.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to convert recruiting data into actionable insights.
• Experience recruiting within insurance, financial services, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries is a plus.

Technology Stack

• Applicant tracking systems
• CRM platforms
• LinkedIn Recruiter