Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

BRAND: Publicis Media
Job Function: Human Resources
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Specialist
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Within Publicis Groupe's Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world's biggest studio network, we leverage the industry's richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world's first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.

Just content that works, working a lot harder.

Overview

The Lead Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for delivering high-quality recruitment outcomes across the region, ensuring alignment with Publicis Production's global talent strategy. This role drives operational excellence, manages complex hiring needs, and supports the Head of TA in enabling a modern, high-performing Talent Acquisition function.

Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Own the end-to-end hiring process for assigned roles, from briefing and sourcing to offer negotiation.
• Talent Strategy: Partner closely with hiring managers and Talent Partners to understand workforce needs, design hiring plans, and proactively build talent pipelines.
• Candidate Experience: Champion an inclusive, engaging, and seamless experience for all candidates, reflecting out brand values and company culture.
• Sourcing Excellence: Use a variety of sourcing channels - including referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, direct outreach and market research-to identify and engage top-tier talent.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders; providing market insights, feedback, and support throughout the recruitment process.
• Process Improvement: Drive ongoing optimisation of recruitment workflows and ensure operational excellence.
• Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate data in the ATS and provide reporting that support smarter talent and workforce decisions.
• DEI Integration: Ensure Diversity, Equity & Inclusion principles are embedded in every stage of the hiring process and all recruitment activities.
• Employer Branding: Collaborate on initiatives that strengthen our employer brand and enhance talent attraction efforts.
• Compliance: Ensure all recruitment activities meet legal and internal policy requirements.
• Adaptability: Navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly and drive processes through periods of transformation.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of recruitment experience, ideally within production, creative or tech environments.
• Skilled in sourcing, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in scaling operations and embracing change.
• Strong communicator with a commercial mindset and passion for hiring high-impact talent.
• Comfortable working autonomously and excited to be part of a collaborative team reinventing how recruitment works.

Additional information

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Production. We're committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group - whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn't just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.