Senior Recruiter, EMEA (Fixed Term Contract)

We’re VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative and media agency built for the now. Born in social, our work is now full service, simply loving big ideas that connect and create real change for our clients' business. We are independently owned, founded in 2009 with offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City. We are recognized for our work in Cannes Lions, the Clios, D&AD and The Webbies to name a few. Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia EMEA is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time – PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture.

The PITCH. We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter to join the People and Experience Team (PET) in our London office. This role manages full lifecycle in‑house recruitment across EMEA for entry to senior‑level roles. A smaller portion of the role will involve assisting with resource management. The ideal candidate has recruitment experience (agency or in‑house, EMEA focus preferred), strong organisational skills, the ability to handle a high volume of roles, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment. This role is for a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract.

Here’s where you come in…

• Manage and own recruiting for all roles across EMEA from preparation, sourcing, screening, selecting and scheduling through to hiring and onboarding.
• Review, action and own incoming applications utilising our applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
• Actively outreach to prospective candidates for open positions using job boards, LinkedIn, and VaynerMedia social channels, with an EMEA‑wide scope.
• Communicate and work with department heads across EMEA to discuss recruitment needs and strategy.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of talent across the EMEA region and get involved with employer branding to attract the right candidates.
• Partner with our PET team to shape recruitment strategy, streamline processes, explore new markets, report on emerging trends, and enhance our recruitment KPI metrics.
• Partner with our global recruitment and marketing teams on initiatives to further enhance our employer brand.
• Assist with building hiring processes that provide equal opportunities to all candidates across EMEA.
• Identify opportunities and initiatives to support underrepresented and minority talent into the industry across EMEA, e.g., utilizing available job boards, career fairs, communities, and networking opportunities.
• Sit at the center of all freelance needs and assist in managing the onboarding process. Serve as a point of contact and manage logistics for freelance staff bookings, contracts, and onboarding.
• Partner with the resource management team, department heads, finance, and the project management team to assist in resource allocation.

We value Personality, Ambition, Potential and Experience, however from our experience, we believe the following qualities will be highly successful in this role:

• Proven experience working in a recruitment agency or in‑house recruitment environment, preferably with a focus on hiring for creative and/or media roles, across the EMEA region.
• Experience managing a high volume of roles and candidates.
• Familiar with application tracking and resource management tools, and the ability to utilize and improve upon the ones we have in place (Greenhouse, Worksome, ClickUp).
• Strong attention to detail and highly organised.
• Ability to learn new skills/processes/specialties quickly – things move fast here!
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast‑paced, high‑energy environment. Comfort with ambiguity and love to build/evolve processes.
• Bonus: A roster of freelancers and ability to vet new ones.

Here’s how We Support You

• Unlimited Holiday + 1 Day Birthday Leave
• Journey EAP – proactive and crisis support with life concierge services
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (Financial, Mental and Physical Wellbeing)
• Cash Plan with Medicash – Virtual GP, Skinvision, 24/7 Health and Stress Helplines, Discounted Gym, Medicash Extras
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Group Personal Pension

What you SHOULD KNOW about VaynerMedia

Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms and part of our model is built bottom up, flipping the traditional advertising model and process on its head. We don’t play to agency/industry norms and our culture and energy reflects that.

We work together, in person. We’ve found that working 4 days a week from the office fosters the best collaboration, mentoring, shared learning, and a strong team culture. We are creative and also understand that ‘office’ doesn’t always mean ‘office’ – whether that’s working on location at a shoot, from an art gallery to get inspired or side by side with the client. Wherever the location, being together is when the magic happens. Flexibility is always a conversation we are open to having, as we appreciate the importance of balancing life inside and outside of work.

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start‑up than most agencies. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with our talented and enthusiastic crew and work with big brands excites you, as it does us! We can’t wait to meet you.

VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class. Candidates must be authorised to work in the U.K.