Senior Talent Acquisition Partner in London

In this strategic fast‑paced environment, you’ll drive talent acquisition excellence across our entire production practice as part of a collaborative TA team. You’ll work at the heart of our business transformation, partnering closely with HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and your TA colleagues to build world‑class talent pipelines and own complex recruitment initiatives. You’ll thrive in an environment of constant evolution, where navigating ambiguity, adapting quickly, and embracing change are essential. This role is ideal for someone energized by complexity and collaboration—you’ll leverage your extensive professional network, deep market knowledge, recruitment expertise, and insights from team collaboration to identify exceptional talent, drive process innovation, and be a strategic advisor to business leaders. Your success will directly impact our ability to scale and maintain our position as leaders in intelligent content production.

Key responsibilities

• Full‑Cycle Recruitment: Own the end‑to‑end hiring process for assigned roles, from briefing and sourcing to offer negotiation.
• Talent Pipeline Development: Build and maintain deep, qualified talent pipelines for hard‑to‑fill and strategic roles; nurture passive candidates and create talent communities to enable faster hiring cycles and reduce time‑to‑hire.
• Talent Strategy: Partner closely with HR Business Partners and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, design hiring plans, and align recruitment initiatives with business goals.
• Sourcing Excellence: Use a variety of sourcing channels — including referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, direct outreach and market research—to identify and engage top‑tier talent.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders; providing market insights, feedback, and support throughout the recruitment process.
• TA Team Collaboration: Work as an integral part of the broader talent acquisition team, collaborating on shared roles, sharing market insights and best practices, and supporting team members to drive collective recruitment excellence.
• Process Improvement: Drive ongoing optimisation of recruitment workflows and ensure operational excellence.
• Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate data in the ATS and provide reporting that supports smarter talent and workforce decisions.
• DEI Integration: Ensure Diversity, Equity & Inclusion principles are embedded in every stage of the hiring process and all recruitment activities.
• Employer Branding: Collaborate on initiatives that strengthen our employer brand and enhance talent attraction efforts.
• Compliance: Ensure all recruitment activities meet legal and internal policy requirements.
• Adaptability: Navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly and drive processes through periods of transformation.

Key skills

• 5+ years of recruitment experience, ideally within production or tech environments.
• Skilled in sourcing, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in scaling operations and embracing change.
• Strong communicator with a commercial mindset and passion for hiring high‑impact talent.
• Comfortable working autonomously and excited to be part of a collaborative team reinventing how recruitment works.

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.