Talent Acquisition Advisor - 6 Months FTC

MediaLab Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Pension

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Weekly social events

End of year parties

Job summary

Medialab in the UK is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor to support recruitment across a fast-growing agency. You will partner with the Head of Talent Acquisition and Inclusion, hiring managers, and the People team to deliver a smooth, inclusive candidate experience.

This hands-on role covers day-to-day recruitment, high-volume roles, attracting diverse talent, and providing guidance on role briefs, adverts, and sourcing strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting across agency disciplines (Media Planning, Digital, Data Analytics, Client Services).
• Proven track record in talent acquisition within fast-paced environments.
• Skilled with proactive candidate search tools and ATS usage.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills for high‑volume workloads.
• Commitment to equity, diversity and accessibility in hiring.

Responsibilities

• Manage end‑to‑end recruitment for multiple roles with a positive candidate experience.
• Partner with hiring managers on job descriptions, adverts and sourcing strategies.
• Maintain ATS data, track time-to-hire and pipeline metrics.
• Develop and nurture talent pipelines for recurring roles.
• Advise on inclusive hiring practices and report progress to People team.

Skills

End‑to‑end recruitment

ATS experience

Stakeholder engagement

Organization & prioritisation

Diversity & inclusion

Candidate experience

LinkedIn Recruiter

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

JOIN OUR JOURNEY

Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose‑led, data‑driven, founder‑run and proudly independent.

Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is recognised and rewarded. There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 2025.

We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency, and All In Champions, with industry-leading work recognised by double‑gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites and a 2025 Effie for our work with Alzheimer’s Society.

Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearscore.

OUR VALUES

• Commit to Doing the Right Thing (Act with integrity and accountability)
• Help People Flourish (Invest in people)
• Dig Deeper to Understand Better (Data driven curiosity)

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

Working at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year parties.

On top of that, we offer extra benefits, which make life at Medialab even more rewarding:

• Time to Unwind – We offer generous holiday entitlement that increases with long service, plus Christmas closure and a birthday day off. Alongside this, we offer flexible benefits including a holiday buy scheme, flexi-hours, a work abroad scheme, cultural bank holiday swaps, and Friday Summer hours.
• Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office (3 days in office). We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.
• Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.
• Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and unlimited free professional counselling.
• Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave, flexible working and life assurance.
• Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.
• Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.

YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting Medialab’s recruitment efforts. You’ll work closely with the Head of Talent Acquisition and Inclusion, hiring managers, and the wider People team to deliver a smooth, inclusive, and engaging candidate experience. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll manage day‑to‑day recruitment activities, a high volume of roles, help attract diverse talent, and provide advice and guidance to hiring managers.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Recruitment Delivery

• Manage the end‑to‑end recruitment process for a variety of roles, ensuring a positive and efficient candidate experience.
• Partner with hiring managers to take role briefs and provide advice on job descriptions, adverts, and sourcing strategies.
• Manage candidate movement in our ATS by screening applicants, tracking progress, and keeping all our recruitment data clean and up to date.
• Keep track of key recruitment metrics like time-to-hire, candidate conversion, and channel performance, to continuously tweak sourcing approaches.
• Embed competency‑based interview frameworks and fair assessment tools to remove bias and elevate hiring standards.
• Spot opportunities to refine the recruitment journey, whether that’s updating email templates, tweaking interview tasks, or testing new sourcing tools.
• Work with the People & Talent Acquisition Administrator to coordinate recruitment administration, including interview scheduling and feedback collection.

Sourcing & Talent Pipelining

• Proactively search for candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and other channels.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of talent for recurring and hard‑to‑fill roles.
• Develop relationships with passive candidates, keeping them engaged for future opportunities.
• Draft engaging job adverts and recruitment content that reflect Medialab’s culture and values.

Stakeholder Support & Relationships

• Guide hiring managers on recruitment best practices, market insights, and inclusive hiring techniques.
• Build strong, trust‑based relationships across all agency departments so team leads see you as a strategic talent partner.
• Use live recruitment data and candidate pipeline reports to keep stakeholders clearly informed on progress, potential bottlenecks, and time‑to‑fill projections.
• Provide clear, data-informed updates on recruitment progress to hiring teams and the broader People department.

MUST HAVE SKILLS

• Experience recruiting across typical agency disciplines, including Media Planning & Strategy, Digital Performance (Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic), Data Analytics, and Client Services.
• Proven track record in talent acquisition (in‑house or agency), preferably within a fast‑paced agency or high‑growth environment.
• Skilled in navigating ATS platforms and proficient with proactive candidate search tools like LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Exceptional organizational and prioritisation skills to manage dynamic, high‑volume recruitment loads seamlessly.
• Genuine passion for candidate experience and a deep commitment to driving equity, diversity, and accessibility in hiring.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the natural confidence to influence hiring managers and build trust with candidates.

At Medialab we are committed to fostering a culture that celebrates creative thinking, different perspectives and the many different cultures that exist. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and identities. All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration, regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status, social mobility or any other protected characteristic. If you require any reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please reach out to our Head of Talent Acquisition and Inclusion at [e-mail]. Requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.