People & Culture 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

We are looking for a People & Culture Manager (m/f/d) to join our team in Berlin as soon as possible. As People & Culture Manager (m/f/d), you will be an important part of our team and will be responsible for implementing our personnel strategy and ensuring that we attract and retain the best talent.

Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Recruiting:

• Independently manage the entire recruiting process from needs analysis to contract drafting for all levels
• Develop and implement recruiting strategies, including direct search and active sourcing through various channels (LinkedIn, Xing, social media, etc.)
• Conduct interviews in collaboration with hiring managers
• Onboarding and offboarding of employees

Personnel Development & Support:

• Advise management on all personnel matters
• Implement personnel development measures
• Organize, plan and conduct employee appraisals and feedback processes
• Point of contact for employees on all personnel-related issues
• Continuous optimization of HR processes
• Collaboration on strategic HR projects

Personnel Administration & Labor Law:

• Negotiation of employment contracts
• Ensuring compliance with labor law regulations
• Personnel planning in cooperation with management

About you 

• Completed training in human resources management, or a comparable qualification
• 3-5 years of professional experience in human resources, ideally in the media/agency industry
• Very good knowledge of labor law
• Experience in implementing HR strategies and processes
• Excellent communication skills
• High degree of initiative, independence and solution orientation
• Excellent written and spoken German and English skills
• You are a team player with a positive attitude and a hands-on mentality
• You are empathetic, pragmatic, spontaneous, fast, enthusiastic and
• You have the necessary attention to detail and work carefully and structured
• You have a high degree of initiative, motivation and enjoy working in a team

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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