Joseph Johnson

Recruitment Partner, Global Brands at adidas

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

About

Senior Talent Acquisition professional with broad experience recruiting across technology, engineering, and sports and entertainment. My career spans global enterprises such as Salesforce and Legends as well as high growth organizations, giving me a proven ability to design recruiting strategies that scale while adapting to diverse business needs. I specialize in full cycle recruiting and have filled hundreds of technical, corporate, and executive roles across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Whether sourcing engineers and solution architects or building pipelines for sales and operations leaders, I take a hands-on approach that combines market insights, sourcing platforms, and workforce analytics. This approach has consistently reduced time to fill, improved candidate quality, strengthened employer brands, and delivered measurable cost savings. Although I have managed and mentored recruiting teams, my focus remains on direct recruiting impact. At Salesforce, I partnered with executives to hire more than 1,500 Go-to-Market and Solution Engineering professionals in under two years. At Legends, I recruited sales and partnerships talent whose performance supported record breaking stadium deals and revenue growth across the sports industry. These experiences highlight my ability to balance high volume delivery with specialized searches that shape organizational success. Beyond recruitment delivery, I bring expertise in executive search, stakeholder advising, and ATS optimization, each contributing to stronger pipelines, improved candidate experiences, and higher quality of hire. My HR Management certification from Loyola Marymount University complements my practical recruiting background with a strong foundation in compliance, workforce planning, and performance management. I am also grateful for my time as a collegiate student athlete at Tuskegee University, where I was part of two championship football teams. The resilience, discipline, and teamwork I developed there continue to guide my approach to talent acquisition and business partnership today. Passionate about connecting people with opportunities, I remain committed to helping organizations build high performing teams while ensuring every candidate interaction reflects professionalism, authenticity, and respect.

Experience

  • Recruitment Partner, Global Brands at adidas
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Global sportswear leader designing and delivering innovative footwear and apparel across performance, lifestyle, and culture, serving athletes and consumers worldwide. • End-to-End Recruitment Leadership: Lead full-cycle hiring across Apparel and Footwear Design, owning requisitions from intake through offer for high-impact creative, technical, and leadership roles across North America. • Strategic Talent Partnering: Partner closely with Design, HR, and Business leadership to build hiring strategies aligned to product roadmaps, seasonal timelines, and long-term capability needs. • Proactive Sourcing & Market Mapping: Drive always-on sourcing strategy leveraging LinkedIn, competitive intelligence, passive outreach, and industry networks to build deep pipelines of design talent across footwear and apparel. • Candidate Experience & Hiring Excellence: Deliver a high-touch, candidate-centric experience while coaching hiring managers on interview strategy, selection, and decision-making to improve quality and speed of hire. • Diversity, Data & Process Excellence: Champion diverse slate and panel commitments while using recruiting data and insights to continuously improve funnel health, conversion rates, and hiring outcomes.

  • Principal Talent Acquisition Consultant at Talent Huddle
    Jul 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Welcome to Talent Huddle: Your Premier Partner for Strategy and Transformation 🚀 At Talent Huddle, we specialize in Talent Acquisition and HR Strategy across Sales, Partnerships, Merchandise, Hospitality, Planning, and Technology Solutions. Our team is dedicated to driving change and innovation, consistently delivering exceptional results and strategic insights to help businesses thrive. Vision and Mission Our vision is to shape the future of workforce strategy by identifying top talent, optimizing HR solutions, and fostering organizational growth across the Sports, Media, Entertainment, and Technology industries. Commitment We provide tailored solutions that address the unique challenges and goals of our clients, ensuring sustainable success through strategic workforce planning and innovative HR practices. Why Choose Talent Huddle? ✔ Global Expertise – Industry-leading knowledge and insights. ✔ Client-Centric Approach – Personalized strategies and dedicated support. ✔ Innovative Solutions – Cutting-edge tools and methodologies. ✔ Proven Track Record – A history of successful partnerships and impactful results. Join the Talent Huddle Community Are you ready for a transformative journey? Connect with us to enhance your career, optimize your organization's talent strategy, and drive business success. Together, we can achieve extraordinary outcomes. Past Clients: Legends, Endeavor, TKO Group Holdings (WWE, UFC), On Location (Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026)

  • Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Chrome Hearts
    Jul 2023 - Apr 2024 · 10 mos

    Global luxury brand known for handcrafted jewelry, apparel, leather goods, and accessories. Operates retail and production across North America, Europe, and Asia, serving celebrity, fashion, and design markets. • Recruitment Delivery: Directly sourced and recruited 50+ critical hires, including Manufacturing, Process, Quality, and Automation Engineers, along with confidential executive roles across North America, Europe, and Asia. • Global Process Optimization: Deployed global ATS and standardized workflows across AMER, APAC, and EMEA, reducing time-to-hire from 42 to 32 days (24%) and cutting external agency spend by $530K annually. • Employer Branding: Developed targeted employer branding campaigns across LinkedIn, Indeed, and Glassdoor, significantly increasing applicant volume and quality for technical and production roles across global markets. • Partnership Development: Established partnerships with universities and professional associations, expanding diverse early-career pipelines and reducing agency dependence. • Data and Quality: Introduced recruiting dashboards to track pipeline conversion and hiring manager satisfaction, enabling data-driven decisions that improved candidate quality and reduced early attrition. Key Achievement: Designed standardized compensation and offer frameworks aligned to benchmarks and internal equity, ensuring fairness while improving acceptance for critical global roles.

  • Salesforce ()
    • Recruiting Manager, Go-to-Market & Solution Engineering (AMER)
      Aug 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Fortune 100 company and world’s #1 CRM platform, serving 150,000+ customers worldwide. Global leader in cloud-based software, AI-driven insights, and digital transformation. • High-Volume Execution: Executed 1,500+ hires in 18 months across Solution Engineering and GTM, balancing high-volume delivery with candidate quality and business-critical timelines. • Role Coverage: Filled Solution Architect, Solution Engineer, Technical Architect, Software Developer, and leadership positions while managing a high-volume requisition load of 40+ open roles. • Sourcing Innovation: Created talent community and outreach playbooks that boosted passive response rates and established sustainable pipelines, reducing dependency on external agencies and lowering time-to-fill. • Candidate Experience: Streamlined interview flow and feedback processes, increasing candidate NPS by 19% and raising offer acceptance rates for competitive technical roles. • Analytics and Quality: Used labor market data and funnel analytics to advise hiring managers, improving talent quality and reducing early attrition in high-turnover roles. • Stakeholder Partnership: Guided executives in FinTech, MedTech, Manufacturing, and Media on hiring plans and headcount pacing, enabling scalable workforce growth while meeting aggressive project timelines. Key Achievement: Served on the BOLDForce Executive Board, leading initiatives that expanded mentorship, advanced internal career mobility, and built external partnerships with iD Tech Camps, AfroTech, and The Hidden Genius Project.

    • Talent Advisor, Solution Engineering (FinTech)
      Nov 2020 - Jul 2021 · 9 mos

  • Talent Acquisition Manager, Global Sales & Partnerships at Legends Global
    Dec 2017 - Nov 2020 · 3 yrs

    Global premium experiences company serving sports, entertainment, and attractions. Partners include the NFL, NBA, MLB, US Olympic & Paralympic Properties, and Live Nation; key projects include SoFi Stadium and Allegiant Stadium. • High-Volume Recruiting: Averaged 93+ hires per quarter (375+ annually) across Sales, Partnerships, Merchandise, Hospitality, Planning, and Technology Solutions roles, delivering for multiple high-profile client portfolios. • ATS Migration: Modernized applicant tracking by implementing a new ATS, reducing time-to-fill by 28% while improving compliance and scalability for high-volume hiring. • Manager Enablement: Developed and delivered structured interview training for 100+ hiring leaders, raising interview-to-hire ratios and lowering new-hire turnover across global functions. • Cost Optimization: Cut annual agency spend by $795K through vendor contract renegotiations, reallocating savings to scalable sourcing strategies without compromising hire quality. • Role Coverage: Closed hard-to-fill roles such as Sales Director, Partnerships Director, IT Director, Data Scientist, and CRM Manager in competitive markets. Key Achievements: • SoFi Stadium Naming Rights: Recruited and scaled the partnerships team that enabled SoFi Stadium’s $625M, 20-year naming-rights deal, the largest in NFL history. • Allegiant Stadium Sales: Built the sales team that drove $200M above forecast in Allegiant Stadium’s personal seat license revenue.