Harrison and Star

Associate Director, Human Resources

Harrison and Star • $70K — $125K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5-8 years of HR experience in administration, recruitment, and employee relations
  • Experience in advertising, digital media, or technology preferred
  • Strong customer service orientation and responsiveness
  • Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of company strategy
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day employee relations and resolve various personnel issues
  • Oversee the full cycle of performance management, including goal setting and appraisals
  • Implement mobility initiatives to foster a dynamic workforce
  • Conduct candidate research, screening, and manage the hiring process
  • Facilitate onboarding and integration of new hires into the organization
  • Support the employee lifecycle from recruitment to termination, including exit interviews
  • Provide employee relations support and ensure compliance with regulations
  • Collaborate with management on training, retention, and compensation strategies
  • Supervise payroll matters and liaise with the payroll department
  • Assist in creating and implementing diversity initiatives
  • Partner with HR leadership on immigration matters

Benefits

  • Commitment to developing exceptional talent
  • Focus on building inclusive teams
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Emphasis on employee relations and support
  • Access to a diverse range of HR initiatives
Full Job Description
Agency:
Omnicom Media

Job Function:
People and Culture

Job Subfunction:
People and Culture Business Partner and Generalist

Job Description:

Responsibilities
  • Day-to-day employee relations issues involving a wide spectrum of issues that require functional and technical expertise, policy knowledge, and judgment
  • Rolling out and implementing the full cycle of performance management for the organization including goal setting, development planning, appraisal, etc.
  • Implementing a wide variety of mobility initiatives - relocation, rotation, transfer, and promotions that involve creating a highly mobile and constantly learning workforce
  • Conducting research to identify candidates for positions in the organization, screening candidates, and managing the hiring process
  • Being part of the team that successfully on boards and integrates new hires into the organization
  • Support employee lifecycle from new hire through termination; this includes providing recruitment assistance, orientation, interpreting company policies, and conducting exit interviews
  • Provide employee relations support for all personnel issues (e.g., performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, conflict resolution, and ensuring federal and state compliance)
  • Act as a partner to management in driving Omnicom's strategic initiatives in the areas of training, retention, and compensation solutions; assist in identifying training and development needs
  • Supervise payroll matters and serve as the liaison with the payroll department
  • Assist the Director of Human Resources in creating and implementing diversity initiatives
  • Work closely with the entire OMD HR department to develop and uplift plans for an overall benefit to OMD employees
  • Partner with the Director of HR to manage all immigration matters in conjunction with outside counsel


Qualifications

The Associate Director, HR role is a client facing role to the business. The individual in this role will interact directly with internal clients across the organization in the New York, Jersey City, and Miami offices. As such, the role requires someone capable of delivering exceptional client service in a fast-paced, cutting edge business environment. Service excellence is vital to the role.

In addition the individual will be working closely with an integrated HR team that works in a highly collaborative fashion. Working in a team setting effectively is essential for success.

Knowledge/Expertise
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5-8 years in Human Resource with proficiency in HR administration, recruitment, employee relations, compensation, benefits, training and development
  • Industry backgrounds in advertising, digital companies, media planning and buying, communications, technology, and entertainment/media a plus Skills/Abilities
  • Must provide excellent customer service - be super responsive to the team and the client
  • Business acumen - understand the business needs, learn the business, and understand the strategy and financial position of the company
  • Must be able to take initiative, work independently, and lead to get things done
  • Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate high levels of interpersonal sensitivity, emotional intelligence, and judgment
  • Must possess excellent interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)
  • Ability to problem solve, be resourceful, and think analytically
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
  • Exhibit proficiency with computer programs such as MS Office, Word, and Excel and to work with HRIS systems and technology in general


$70,000-$125,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
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