Talent Acquisition, Early Careers & Recruitment Events Manager - Italy

The Early Careers & Recruitment Events Manager is responsible for building and nurturing a solid pipeline for early career roles within the EMEA Talent Acquisition team at Marriott International. The role works closely with partners across the EMEA Talent Acquisition Hub, property HR teams, and external stakeholders including educational institutions and youth employment partners. It represents Marriott International across the region in attracting early career talent for Internships, Apprenticeships, Voyage Graduate Leadership Development Program, and direct entry roles. The role is responsible for delivering impactful recruitment events that strengthen talent pipelines, accelerate hiring outcomes, and support the successful filling of critical roles across the region.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of our brands and local hotel portfolio to confidently promote opportunities to early career talent and align candidates with roles.
• Establish relationships with ADHRs, Hotel HR leaders, Hiring Managers at a country level to understand their recruitment needs and champion youth programs within the country
• Develop an understanding of localisation initiatives and initiate a tailored outreach plan to attract talent
• Drive Early Careers Program needs (Internships, Apprenticeships, Voyage) across hotels, facilitating group information sessions and tailored one-to-one‑to‑one discussions with hotel leadership where appropriate.
• Develop insight and remain updated on local labor market trends and competitor practices in market trends and competitor practices in ‑market trends and competitor practices in early‑career recruitment.
• Collaborate with EMEA Youth Champion Programs, partnering with Hotels and Next Gen representatives to increase reach and engagement within local country level schools and NGOs.
• Create a concise database of educational institutions and partners
• Build solid relationships, nurture and actively engage with educational institutions and partners
• Leading timely engagement with partner institutions including career fairs, exclusive Marriott on Campus Days, Property Site Inspections
• Deliver engaging and impactful presentations on career opportunities at Marriott International to inspire and attract early careers talent
• Coach, guide and mentor early careers and present opportunities at Marriott International at any given opportunity
• Serve as an ambassador for Marriott International at all partner institutions consistently reflecting the brand in a positive and professional manner.
• Develop and maintain an annual calendar of career and recruitment events, including campus engagements, key source markets outreach and local hotel hiring initiatives.
• Represent Marriott International at career fairs and events hosted by universities and local institutions.
• Lead the end-to-end-to-end‑to‑end execution of recruitment events—from goal setting, planning and logistics, candidate registration and communications, event promotion, onsite management, through to post‑event evaluation and reporting.
• Leverage digital platforms and technology to design and deliver virtual recruitment experiences that maximize reach and candidate engagement.
• Activate effective platforms and source target markets for promoting recruitment events to maximize both candidate volume and quality, including channels such as LinkedIn and Sprinklr Campaigns
• Partner with Hubs team to remain up to date on all open roles’ potential for early careers talent
• Partner with local market Hubs team on in initiatives where appropriate
• Develop sourcing strategies to ensure a solid pipeline for early careers open roles with specific attention to ageing requisitions
• Stay current on key hiring metrics and leverage data insights to guide strategic decisions in early career recruitment.
• Champion digital transformation initiatives to streamline recruitment and candidate and hiring manager experiences

Requirements

• 3+ years in Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Event Management or Sales & Marketing (hospitality industry preferred)
• Craft and deliver compelling presentations that captivate and inspire audiences
• Solid experience leading or supporting end-to-end event or program management, including planning, logistics, vendor coordination, registration, and post-event evaluation.
• Exposure to youth or early careers programs, campus engagement and recruitment events
• Demonstrated ability to manage and collaborate with multiple stakeholders designing solutions where required to increase applications and elevate the candidate and hiring manager experience
• Experience in creating marketing content for events or recruitment campaigns (e.g. Canva, digital outreach)
• Familiarity with virtual recruitment/event platforms or technology enabled engagement tools.
• Strong data capability to design metrics and interpret program performance.
• Language requirements: High proficiency in English is required. Additional language knowledge or proficiency is desirable.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of hospitality industry trends, early career talent, and local labor markets is a plus.
• University or professional project qualification is preferred