People Operations Manager

About us

At Design Bridge and Partners we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 18 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet.

With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC.

About the role

Do you like working for people and having the People’s team administration top notch? The role of the People Operations Manager is to ensure a smooth and seamless employee experience throughout the life cycle of employment with Design Bridge and Partners and divide and conquer tasks within the People team. We will be a team of 3 people, supporting over 125 people in total from more than 20 countries.

In this wide-ranging role you will be involved in a number of key tasks including ensuring all people records, systems and administrative projects are organised and up to date. You will also manage the on-boarding and off-boarding of new employees and those exiting; support with recruitment tasks working with hiring managers, candidates and the talent team; support the People Director with the monthly payroll process; work on compliance procedures and benefits options as well as other ad-hoc tasks with the People director and People Culture Manager

About you 

We need you to be a teamplayer with excellent people management and interpersonal skills. You’re well organised and you’re great at managing expectations, internally and externally. You enjoy having your administration up to date and analysing what the data tells us.

You enjoy being the spider in the web of the recruitment process. 

You have a true eye for detail and you’re open minded, discreet and like to suggest better ways of working. We offer a creative studio full of lovely characters to work with and not one boring day is guaranteed! Ideally you will have some relevant HR / People Operations experience in an Brand/Design, Media, Advertising Agency or in a related Creative Industry environment, where it can be fast-paced and ever changing. You must be native or fluent in Dutch to work effectively in this role.

Why us?

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.  

Design Bridge and Partners is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

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