Senior People and Talent Manager

The role

This role oversees recruiting and people operations for Movement Strategy and Newfangled Studios. You will perform full-cycle recruiting and manage HR operations including policy, compliance, and leave administration.

What you will do

• Run full-cycle recruiting including intake, sourcing, screening, and closing
• Partner with hiring managers to define interview plans and scorecards
• Source active and passive candidates for creative, strategy, paid media and account roles
• Manage recruiting operations in Greenhouse
• Draft, update, and maintain policies and the employee handbook
• Maintain multi-state employment compliance
• Administer leaves and accommodations end to end
• Manage the employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding
• Support performance and engagement cycles
• Serve as an internal thought partner on DEI

Required qualifications

• 6+ years across HR and recruiting
• Full-cycle recruiting experience in an agency, creative, or media environment
• Experience recruiting for roles where portfolio, book, or reel matters
• Comfort sourcing and engaging passive candidates in creative and social spaces
• Fluency with an ATS such as Greenhouse
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment law
• Demonstrated policy writing
• Experience administering leaves and accommodations
• Fluency with an HRIS such as Rippling or Lattice
• Substantive, current point of view on DEI in practice
• Experience partnering with external advisors or consultants to move DEI forward
• Comfortable using AI tools

Nice to have

• Experience supporting a team through significant organizational change or integration
• Compensation analysis or leveling framework experience
• Experience mentoring at least one direct report
• Background in an agency that grew quickly or acquired

Benefits

• 100% employer contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• Company Paid Holidays
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure

Before you apply

• Applications from candidates residing outside of California, Denver, or New York will not be considered

About the company

Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for brands. They are a fully remote agency with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA.