Campus Engagement & Early Talent Recruiter

About the role

General Matter is hiring a Campus Engagement & Early Talent Recruiter to build and scale a differentiated university recruiting program focused on long-term engagement, targeted hiring, and deep relationships across priority campuses. This role is not centered on traditional career fair recruiting. Instead, you will design and run creative campus activations that help us build trusted relationships with high-potential students, faculty, clubs, athletics programs, research groups, and student communities over time. You will be responsible for identifying where exceptional early-career talent develops, building meaningful partnerships with those groups, and converting that engagement into a strong, targeted hiring pipeline. You should be highly relationship-driven, creative in how you engage student communities, and rigorous in how you organize and execute programmatic recruiting efforts. This is a hands-on role for someone who can move fluidly between strategy and execution.

Key facts

What you'll do

Develop and execute a university recruiting strategy focused on direct, targeted engagement with high-potential student talent across priority schools and programs.

Build long-term relationships with students, faculty, researchers, club leaders, athletics networks, career offices, and other campus influencers.

Design and host creative recruiting activations such as design reviews, technical talks, office hours, networking dinners, student showcases, portfolio reviews, project feedback sessions, and small group events.

Identify and partner with relevant student organizations, academic departments, research labs, engineering teams, design groups, athletics programs, and other communities aligned with General Matter's hiring priorities.

Own the full-cycle early talent pipeline, from proactive sourcing and initial engagement through interview coordination, candidate nurturing, offer process, and long-term relationship management.

Manage club sponsorships and other campus partnerships, ensuring they create meaningful engagement rather than transactional brand visibility.

Build targeted student pipelines for internships, new grad roles, and other early-career opportunities.

Create campus-specific engagement plans, including key groups to partner with, events to host, students to nurture, and timelines for follow-up.

Partner closely with hiring managers and internal teams to understand hiring needs, define target profiles, and connect the right students to the right opportunities.

Ensure consistent, thoughtful follow-through with students and campus partners, maintaining long-term relationships even outside active hiring cycles.

Track program performance, candidate engagement, event outcomes, pipeline health, and conversion metrics.

Represent General Matter with professionalism, warmth, and authenticity in every campus interaction.

Requirements

Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

This position is based in Los Angeles, and requires being onsite full-time - hybrid and remote work will not be considered.

Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of recruiting experience (academic, internships, and extracurriculars at university level qualify) or associate degree and 2+ years of experience; or 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree.

Experience in university recruiting, campus programs, talent partnerships, community building, or related recruiting role.

Experience managing programs and events.

Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple schools, events, partnerships, and candidate pipelines at once.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to represent General Matter clearly and compellingly to students and campus partners.

The base salary range for this role is $90,000-$160,000 annually.

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Nice to have

A strong network-builder who enjoys developing long-term relationships and staying connected with students, faculty, and campus communities over time.

Experience planning campus events, student competitions, sponsorships, design reviews, technical workshops, or community programs.

Creative instincts for designing recruiting activations that go beyond career fairs and standard tabling events.

Familiarity with internship and new grad recruiting cycles.

Strong follow-through and attention to detail; you do not let promising candidates, partnership opportunities, or action items fall through the cracks.

Comfort operating in a highly targeted recruiting environment where quality of engagement matters more than volume.

Ability to collaborate closely with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to understand hiring priorities and translate them into campus strategies.

Experience using AI tools to improve university recruiting workflows, such as identifying target student groups, personalizing candidate outreach, tracking engagement, summarizing event outcomes, and improving follow-through across long-term talent pipelines.

Practical notes

This role requires being onsite full-time in Los Angeles, CA. No hybrid or remote arrangements are available. You must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed. The compensation details listed above are provided as part of the source data and are included here for transparency.