Company Description
Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.
Just content that works, working a lot harder.
Overview
Working within the Global Production team, you will work closely with the Global Talent
Director to implement HR strategies that align with our business goals. The role is
instrumental in fostering a culture of growth and development within a fast-paced,
matrixed environment. This requires resilience, adaptability, and a genuine passion for
nurturing talent.
Responsibilities
• Strategic Partnership: Cultivate strong relationships with client groups and
internal stakeholders. Become embedded across the business units that you
support, understanding their unique challenges and opportunities, working with
the Global Talent Director to ensure all HR initiatives align with Global
Production’s overarching objectives.
• Data-Driven: Oversee the accurate collection and analysis of key people metrics.
Go beyond simply reporting data; extract actionable insights and translate them
into compelling narratives and recommendations that inform strategic HR decisions. Develop and maintain dashboards to track HR trends and measure the effectiveness of HR initiatives.
• Learning & Development: Collaborate with the Groupe L&D team to design and
implement comprehensive learning and development strategies tailored to the
specific needs of your business areas. Champion initiatives that foster a culture
of continuous development, growth mindset, training, and career development
pathways.
• Employee Relations: Provide expert guidance and support on a wide range of
employee relations, including cases, restructures, redundancies, TUPE
processes etc. Ensure compliance with all relevant employment legislation and
company policies. Leverage support from HR Advisors or more senior teams as
needed. Proactively identify and mitigate potential ER risks.
• HR Projects: Spearhead HR initiatives such as Early Careers, DE&I, and Talent
Mapping. Develop strategies to nurture top talent.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion: Drive initiatives that promote diversity in
hiring, development, and promotion. Measure and track DE&I metrics and report
on progress.
• Talent Acquisition: While not directly responsible for recruitment, this role will
help with talent forecasting, and provide support to the talent acquisition team,
encouraging partnership with our internal TA team versus agencies.
• Operations: Support recruitment approvals, promotions, and Groupe
submissions, and manage day-to-day activities within the team to enhance team
productivity and output.
Qualifications
• Relevant experience in an HR Business Partner position, preferably within a fast-
paced, matrixed organisation.
• Exposure to creative or production agency environments.
• Experience working in network/matrix organisations.
• Line management exposure.
• A blend of HR best practice knowledge with innovative thinking, able to flexibly
adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong relationship-building skills across all levels.
• A deep-rooted sense of fun and passion for fostering an engaging, empowering,
and meaningful work environment for yourself and the client groups that you
support.
• Proficiency in handling data, interpreting insights, and translating them into
actionable strategies.
Additional Information
Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Production. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.
HR Business Partner, Global Production in London employer: Publicis Groupe
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