Senior HR Executive - Award-Winning Creative Agency, 12 month FTC

FOURTEEN PEOPLE; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative agency in London seeks a Senior HR Executive for a 12-month contract. This generalist HR role focuses on employee lifecycle management, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, compliance, and HR systems. Ideal candidates will have proven HR experience in a creative environment, excellent communication skills, and a proactive mindset. This role offers hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven HR generalist experience within a creative or agency environment.
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management ability.

Responsibilities

• Managing recruitment processes and liaising with agencies.
• Ensuring smooth onboarding and offboarding of staff.
• Coordinating appraisals and employee surveys.

Skills

HR generalist experience

Strong organisational skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Proactive mindset

Tools

PeopleHR

Job description

Senior HR Executive – 12-Month FTC
London – Creative Agency – hybrid working

Fourteen People are delighted to be working with the award-winning creative agency to recruit a Senior HR Executive on a 12-month fixed term contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a creative, values-driven business at an exciting time of change. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring people operations run seamlessly while the agency continues to deliver campaigns that make a real difference in society.

The Role

Working closely with the Finance Director, this is a generalist HR role with a strong administrative focus. You’ll be the go-to for all HR queries and oversee the full employee lifecycle. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing recruitment processes and liaising with agencies
• Ensuring smooth onboarding and offboarding of staff
• Coordinating appraisals and employee surveys
• Overseeing HR systems (PeopleHR) and compliance requirements
• Handling benefits, payroll preparation, contracts, and HR record-keeping
• Supporting agency initiatives such as social impact internships and IPA membership requirements
• Preparing HR updates for agency-wide meetings

About You

We’re looking for an HR professional with:

• Proven HR generalist experience within a creative or agency environment
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management ability
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a high level of confidentiality

Fourteen People is committed to offering equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, or any other protected characteristics. We understand there is still much to be done as we partner with our clients to create and improve robust recruitment processes that will improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Fourteen People Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy