Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment, delivering unforgettable experiences while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences. The Company’s portfolio includes a collection of world-renowned venues – New York’s Madison Square Garden, Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre – that showcase a broad array of sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events for millions of guests annually. In addition, the Company features the original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for more than 90 years. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com.
Who are we hiring?
The Manager, Creative Recruiting is a hands-on studio recruiter responsible for full-cycle hiring across Sphere Studios, supporting creative, immersive production, technical, post-production, and studio operations teams. The Manager is deeply embedded in the studio’s day-to-day work, partnering closely with creatives, producers, and technical leaders to bring exceptional talent into an immersive, fast-moving environment.
This position balances strong execution with thoughtful partnership, ensuring the hiring process reflects the studio’s creative culture while delivering timely, high-quality talent.
What will you do?
- Own full-cycle recruiting for a high-volume and highly specialized set of roles across creative, immersive, production, art, and technical teams—from kickoff through offer and hire.
- Work directly with creative leads, producers, and hiring managers to translate project needs, timelines, and creative vision into clear talent requirements.
- Source and engage candidates through direct outreach, referrals, creative communities, industry networks, and social platforms, with a strong focus on passive talent.
- Screen, assess, and guide candidates through the interview process, ensuring alignment with creative standards, technical requirements, and team culture.
- Coordinate interviews, manage feedback, and keep searches moving efficiently in a fast-paced, production-driven environment.
- Provide practical guidance to hiring managers on interview best practices, candidate evaluation, and inclusive hiring approaches.
- Build and maintain active pipelines of creative and technical talent to support current and upcoming immersive productions.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, delivering a thoughtful, transparent, and engaging experience that reflects the studio’s values and creative identity.
- Support offer development and negotiations in partnership with People Practices, ensuring offers are competitive, aligned with internal guidelines, and responsive to production timelines.
- Track recruiting progress and hiring metrics, identifying issues early and adjusting approach as needed to meet delivery goals.
- Contribute to improving recruiting workflows, tools, and sourcing approaches to better support studio hiring needs.
What do you need to succeed?
- 5+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, ideally within a creative studio, entertainment, immersive media, or production environment.
- Proven ability to recruit across creative, production, and technical roles, such as artists, designers, producers, engineers, VFX, virtual production, or immersive technology talent.
- Strong understanding of creative studio workflows and the pace and demands of production-driven hiring.
- Comfortable working closely with creatives and production teams, translating informal conversations into actionable hiring plans.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple searches simultaneously under tight timelines.
- Confident communicator who can build trust quickly with both candidates and hiring managers.
- Discretion and professionalism when working with confidential searches or high-profile talent.
- Genuine enthusiasm for immersive storytelling, experiential entertainment, and creative technology.
Special Requirements
- Travel as needed
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At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.
We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
What We Do
MSG Entertainment is a world leader in live entertainment, comprised of world-renowned venues and marquee brands. Utilizing our powerful assets and expertise, we produce, present, or host a variety of entertainment and sports events, delivering unforgettable experiences for millions of fans each year. Across our venues and brands, MSG Entertainment sets the standard for excellence and innovation while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences.
Our Company includes our portfolio of iconic venues: New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre – each a prominent destination for unforgettable experiences and events. With flexible seating capacities and configurations that range from 2,800 to 21,000, our venues enable us to showcase a broad array of compelling sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events that cover a wide spectrum of genres. This includes at Madison Square Garden, known as “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” which serves as home to the New York Knicks and New York Rangers – two of the most recognized franchises in professional sports – and perennially hosts the biggest names in music and entertainment.
MSG Entertainment also features the wholly-owned original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for generations of fans at Radio City Music Hall since 1933. The show’s enduring popularity is driven by the world-famous Radio City Rockettes, the longest-running precision dance company in America.
More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com
