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People & Culture Partner (Part Time)

New YorkHybridPart-time

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Part-time People & Culture Partner owning the full employee lifecycle across New York and Detroit studios and Investor Communications, serving as the sole dedicated HR presence with direct executive access.

About this role

About the Role

We're hiring a part-time People & Culture (P&C) Partner to own the full employee lifecycle — from first candidate touchpoint through offboarding — for our New York and Detroit studios, and Investor Communications business based in our New York studio.
This is a standalone, senior HR generalist / HR Business Partner role: you'll be the sole dedicated People & Culture presence supporting both locations, working directly with the Executive Director and people managers across the business.

This is a high-autonomy, high-visibility role suited to an experienced HR Business Partner, Senior HR Generalist, or People Partner who wants full ownership of talent acquisition, employee relations, compliance, Learning & Development, and HR operations — not a narrow slice of the function.

The compensation listed reflects the full-time equivalent salary and will be prorated based on a 3-day-per-week part-time work schedule.

Why this role

You'll have full ownership of the People & Culture function for two offices — real autonomy, direct executive access, and the chance to shape policy, process and culture, rather than execute someone else's playbook. This is a role for someone who wants strategic scope and hands-on delivery in equal measure.

Key Responsibilities

What You'll Own

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
  • End-to-end recruitment and applicant tracking system (ATS) ownership (using existing system)

  • Interview coordination, structured interview design, and hiring manager enablement

  • Candidate communications, employer branding, and candidate experience

  • Background screening and reference checking

  • Offer letter, job ad, and interview scorecard template ownership
Onboarding, Induction & Offboarding
  • Welcome letters, new-hire onboarding design and execution across NY & Detroit studios, and Investor Comms business

  • New joiner induction sessions

  • Full leaver / offboarding cycle management

  • New-hire compliance onboarding
Employee Relations
  • Employee relations case management, investigations, and manager coaching across both offices

  • General HR correspondence: contract changes, confirmations, salary review letters
Compliance, Risk & Data Protection
  • Americas specific compliance training platform ownership (Zywave): assignment, reporting, content, and automation

  • Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) maintenance, and supplier contract review

  • Onboarding and compliance reporting

  • New York and Michigan employment law compliance
Policy & Employee Voice
  • P&C policy ownership and updates

  • Employee feedback channel administration and routing

  • Whistleblowing process administration
Learning & Development
  • Management training design and delivery

  • L&D platform ownership development actions, reporting, and trend analysis

  • New-hire learning content
Reporting & Analytics
  • Consolidated HR reporting and trend analysis across recruitment, compliance, ER, and development data

  • Insights and recommendations for the Executive Director and leadership team

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

What You'll Bring
  • 6+ years of progressive Human Resources / People & Culture experience, including HR Business Partner or senior generalist experience

  • Proven experience owning HR end-to-end in a standalone or lean-team environment — comfortable being the only HR presence in the room

  • Working knowledge of New York State/NYC and Michigan employment law; multi-state HR experience preferred

  • Experience managing employee relations cases and workplace investigations independently

  • Familiarity with GDPR, data protection principles, and HR compliance frameworks

  • Experience with HR systems such as an ATS, background screening tools , compliance training platforms, and L&D/performance frameworks

  • Experience in a creative, marketing, experiential, or agency environment strongly preferred

  • Excellent judgment, discretion, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner directly with senior leadership.

Benefits

What we can offer you:
  • Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
  • Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
  • A fun, engaging work culture
  • Be part of a mission-driven team that values agility, integrity, and excellence.
  • Opportunity to contribute to large-scale, high-impact projects from day one.
  • Dedicated personal growth & development through our GrowForward programme.
Benefits and perks offered:
  • Comprehensive paid time off benefits
  • Hybrid work model, where our team comes into the office a minimum of 3 days per week
  • Generous parental leave
  • Up to 4% safe harbor company 401k match
  • Comprehensive, low-cost health benefits

Skills

ATSBackground ScreeningEmployee Relations InvestigationsEmployer BrandingGDPRHR ComplianceHR ReportingL&D PlatformMichigan Employment LawNew York State Employment LawOffboarding ManagementOffer Letter TemplatesOnboarding DesignPerformance FrameworksROPAStructured Interview DesignWhistleblowing ProcessZywave

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