Christopher Keats Media Limited
Human Resources Partner
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We're looking for an HR Partner - or a Senior HR Advisor ready to make that next step up - to join an independent ad agency group at an exciting stage of growth. You'll own the full employee experience across two distinct agency subsidiaries, roughly 100 people between them including a small international office, reporting directly into the Head of HR.
This is a genuinely broad HR generalist role in a fast-moving creative environment, where priorities shift quickly and you'll need to be comfortable operating with ambiguity.
What you'll be doing
- Owning the full employee lifecycle across two agency subsidiaries — from recruitment and onboarding through to performance, development and offboarding
- Leading recruitment for both businesses, partnering closely with hiring managers on briefs, process and candidate experience
- Acting as a trusted HR partner to senior leadership, advising confidently on people strategy, organisational design and complex employee relations matters
- Coaching and supporting managers, many of whom manage managers themselves - helping them build confidence and capability in their own people leadership
- Managing HR data and processes via HiBob, including gathering and coordinating payroll information ahead of handover to the external payroll provider
- Supporting the group's small international office, working alongside local legal counsel to stay compliant with local employment law
- Contributing to wider group projects beyond core HR - this is a business that expects its HR Partner to have a seat at the table on broader organisational initiatives
- Bringing structure and consistency across two agency cultures, while respecting what makes each of them distinct
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What we're looking for
- Solid generalist HR experience, ideally gained in an agency, media or other fast-paced creative environment
- Comfortable operating at Partner level, or a strong Senior HR Advisor ready to make that step up
- Confident partnering with and influencing senior leadership, able to hold your own in the room
- Experience managing full-cycle recruitment as part of a broader generalist remit
- Experience of, or genuine appetite for, supporting managers of managers, understanding that senior people leaders need support too
- Some exposure to international employment matters is a plus, though local legal support is in place
- Familiarity with HiBob (or a similar HRIS) is an advantage
- Comfortable with ambiguity, competing priorities and a business that moves fast
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The details
- Reports into the Head of HR
- 3 days per week in the office
- Looking after approx. 100 employees across two agency subsidiaries, including a small international office
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