Recruiter

The Global Campus Recruitment Team is responsible for developing and executing campus recruitment strategies for American Express. These strategies include enhancing the prospective and full-time student experience and partnering with senior business leaders and Human Resources to attract and retain the best talent.

The U.S. Campus Recruiter will be responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with targeted colleges/universities and managing the campus recruitment and selection process for those schools. This person will manage recruiting activities and events and will develop an on-campus marketing strategy to promote the brand and on-campus opportunities. The U.S. Campus Recruiter will be an advisor to internal business partners, responsible for understanding and assisting those groups in attracting and building a Campus talent pipeline.

In addition, the Campus Recruiter will analyze recruiting metrics and external data for their schools and develop new recruiting strategies based on this information. This person will support the Summer Intern Program, with respect to both in planning and execution.

Responsibilities Include:

• Create and execute in-person and virtual recruiting events to attract students for summer intern and full-time roles.

• Spearhead the full-cycle recruitment process, including identifying, evaluating, and hiring candidates.

• Represent American Express at schools and industry forums, both in-person and virtually, to facilitate recruitment events.

• Build new relationships and maintain existing ones with school career services offices, university faculty, and targeted student organizations.

• Lead and coordinate with internal teams on American Express’ participation in all campus activities.

• Support the delivery of the Summer Intern Program by assisting with onsite and virtual events.

• Drive the conversion of high-performing Summer Interns into full-time roles at American Express upon graduation.

• Design and implement process improvement initiatives.

• Manage the candidate process for all campus hires using the applicant tracking system.

• Create decks, deliver presentations, and engage in public speaking.

• Be available to work nights and weekends in exceptional circumstances.

• Communicate comfortably with stakeholders at all levels.

• Guide conversations among internal and external stakeholders.

• Travel up to 20%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in campus recruitment or project management.

• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects, events, and initiatives with high attention to detail.

• Outstanding people management and organizational skills.

• Proven ability to drive results through strategic thinking and collaboration.

• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions to shape strategy and identify new opportunities for campus recruiting efforts.

• Strong relationship management skills, with the ability to manage relationships at all levels of a large organization, including senior leadership.

• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Passion for recruiting and a desire to learn in a fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor’s degree required.