Temporary People Business Partner

The role

You will serve as a senior people advisor to the agency leadership team. You will manage employee relations, talent planning, and the Q1 performance review cycle.

What you will do

• Serve as the day-to-day people advisor to the agency leadership team and their departments
• Contribute to the Senior Leadership Team agenda
• Drive progress on the agency leadership OKRs
• Manage and resolve employee relations issues
• Guide managers through hard conversations
• Ensure compliance with company policies
• Plan full-time, temp and freelance needs
• Advise on org design, workforce planning and headcount
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and external search partners
• Lead onboarding for incoming agency leadership hires

Required qualifications

• 5+ years as an HR or People Business Partner supporting senior leaders
• Experience working across multiple business functions with first line and senior leadership
• Proven ability to handle employee relations matters across the spectrum, including performance plans and exits
• Confidence leading hard conversations with managers, employees and executives
• Ability to ramp quickly, work from existing plans, and make sound calls with limited history
• Strong coaching/ consulting capabilities
• Demonstrated business acumen, organization savvy, judgment and decision making
• Collaborative style; positive can-do attitude
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated change management capability

Nice to have

• Advertising agency experience, ideally partnering with agency leadership
• Experience supporting creative talent and creative leadership
• Prior interim, leave coverage or consulting engagements
• Familiarity with compensation planning, career ladders and talent differentiation tools such as a 9-box
• Experience supporting executive onboarding or leadership transitions
• Experience executing strategic initiatives and operational plans

Benefits

• bonus
• stock options
• 401(k) match

About the company

UnitedMasters, Inc. represents the creative solutions company, Translation, and the leading software and services platform for independent creators, UnitedMasters. It is a marketplace for cultural capital connecting independent artists and brands.