We’re VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative and media agency built for the now. Born in social, our work is now full service, simply loving big ideas that connect and create real change for our clients business. We are independently owned, founded in 2009 with offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City. We are recognised for our work in Cannes Lions, the Clios, D&AD and The Webbies to name a few.
Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia EMEA is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time – PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture.
The PITCH.
Our EMEA People & Experience team is breaking the mould of a “traditional HR team” by taking a high touch, empathetic approach to everything we do - from daily admin tasks, to the highest level strategic planning. We aim to do it all with empathy, professionalism, patience, a little humour, and a lot of kindness, with the employee experience at its core.
Want in? Do you pride yourself on your ability to stay up to speed on daily tasks, and get a serious sense of accomplishment when things are knocked-off your to-do list? Are you an organisational wizard who loves to multi-task? Do you love a good process, and have a desire to continuously improve the way we do things? Do you love accurate data entry and analysis? We just might have a role for you! We’re looking for a People and Experience (PET) Associate to join our team in London!
Here’s where you come in…
- Handle PET administrative tasks with 100% database accuracy within our systems such as HiBob, Moore Payroll, ClickUp, Greenhouse etc. In fact, you have an eye for perfection in this area!
- Responsible for all paperwork such as employee contracts, reference letters, promotion letters, leaver letters, etc
- Be an experience ambassador for the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding through to offboarding and everything in between
- Provide speedy and efficient responses to all day to day / first line people queries from employees
- Be our data champion, pulling reports for the People team, managers as appropriate and being able to assess general themes, insights and more!
- Support the People Operations team with systems and administrative support
- Partner with our Finance team to prepare the monthly payroll inputs and process PET related invoices
- Provide administrative support for employee relations issues as required, including note taking, letter drafting, etc
- Create and own reports for tracking absence and holidays
We value Personality, Ambition, Potential and Experience, however from our experience, we believe the following qualities will be highly successful in this role:
- Detail-oriented with excellent organisational, prioritisation, and multitasking skills
- Adept and comfortable working through frequent change in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- A team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Handle data with confidentiality, discretion and integrity
- We operate in English, therefore proficiency in written & spoken English is essential, however additional languages or experience in European countries is a plus
- Ability to be proactive, solution oriented and use your own initiative
- Be task-oriented and a brilliant doer who loves to get going while ticking the right boxes in their to-do list
- Have a keen interest in building and maintaining world class employee experiences, with a focus on high performance, reward & wellbeing
- Learn, embrace and champion the Vayner Culture. We want you advocate it to every step you make as you thrive and grow with us
- Prior work experience in a media/creative agency or a start-up (internships included) is a plus but not required
- Proficient in G-Suite (Gmail, Calendars, Shared Drive, Docs, Sheet, etc) & Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
What you get in return…
- Opportunity to progress in a global creative and media agency
- Work with a team of passionate people who are cheerleaders of your career development
- Solid experience as a generalist within People & Experience and the opportunity to shape the employee experience for our people
- Passionate about specific areas of People & Experience? You’ll have the opportunity to deep dive into areas you’re particularly interested in
Here’s how We Support You
We regularly review our benefits and are committed to providing a comprehensive programme for our people.
- Unlimited Holiday + 1 Day Birthday Leave
- YuLife (online discount platform)
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Unlimited Coaching sessions, which can be private and team class sessions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Program (Financial, Mental and Physical Wellbeing)
- Cash Plan with Medicash - Level 1 cover, option to add partner, 4 children can be added for free
- Virtual GP, Skinvision, 24/7 Health and Stress Helplines, Discounted Gym, Medicash Extras
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Group Personal Pension
What you SHOULD KNOW about VaynerMedia
Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s fun!
We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms and part of our model is built bottom up, flipping the traditional advertising model and process on its head. We don’t play to agency/industry norms and our culture and energy reflects that.
Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We can’t wait to meet you.
VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class.
Candidates must be authorised to work in the UK.
Skills Required
- Accurate HR systems data entry and management (HiBob, Moore Payroll, ClickUp, Greenhouse)
- Prepare monthly payroll inputs and process PET-related invoices in partnership with Finance
- Manage employee lifecycle paperwork (contracts, reference letters, promotion and leaver letters)
- Provide first-line people support and respond to employee queries promptly
- Create and own reports for tracking absence and holidays; pull People reports and analyse themes/insights
- Handle confidential data with discretion and integrity
- Proficient in English (written and spoken)
- Proficient in G Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability to work proactively, be solution oriented, prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Prior work experience in a media/creative agency or start-up (internships included)
- Additional languages or European experience
- Candidates must be authorised to work in the UK
VaynerMedia Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VaynerMedia and has not been reviewed or approved by VaynerMedia.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is considered broad, with substantial PTO and major holidays, and in some cases “unlimited” vacation policies. This breadth is often highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is reinforced by a 401(k) with employer matching and accessible plan administration. Past matching contributions indicate tangible investment in employee savings.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave includes fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers with a phased return-to-work period. These elements signal family-friendly support within the package.
VaynerMedia Insights
What We Do
VaynerMedia is a global creative and media agency with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore and Mexico City. We work differently because we’re built differently. We are consumer-centric, not boardroom-centric; We respect the internet's impact on culture, not Madison Avenue’s; We have the humility and curiosity to find what’s right, not to debate it for months on end; We are all practitioners; We scale the unscalable; We value real consumer signals; We create ideas consumer-up, not ego-down; We believe that it’s our responsibility to deliver business results for our clients.
