Talent Manager

Toronto

Job Description

Tendril is a design, animation, and digital innovation studio that is growing, evolving, and always offering new challenges. We work with agencies and clients to create rich, imaginative worlds across all visual mediums. We work hard, strive for excellence, and do it together as a team. We believe in community, respect balance, and are committed to building a workplace that reflects our B Corp values of inclusion, sustainability, and social impact.

 

You’re a team builder who thrives on helping others succeed, cultivating an environment of achievement, and fostering a studio where people are inspired to grow. You bring a well-balanced set of hard skills, from progressive hiring tactics to onboarding, performance reviews, and everything in between, all anchored by your outstanding communication skills. You love designing programs, processes, and systems that strengthen and energize the talent ecosystem. You handle difficult conversations with tact and empathy, always keeping people’s best interests in mind. Challenges energize you, and your pride in your work shines through in everything you do.

The Opportunity

  • Cultivate Careers & Learning: Spot opportunities in people, provide mentorship, guide growth through feedback, development plans, and coaching. Partner with leadership to evolve the existing learning and development initiatives, succession planning, and programs that prepare team members for future opportunities.
  • Strengthen Culture:  Be an active champion of culture through engagement initiatives, community-building, and participation in the studio ecosystem. Work with leaders to develop, plan, and execute events that foster connection and collaboration.  Be a member of our Health and Safety team as well as our Bcorp initiatives.
  • Recruit & Scout:  Support organizational structure with progressive recruiting techniques and full-cycle recruitment from Internships to Executive Roles. Uncover the networks of the artists around you and proactively build new connections to build our global team.
  • Employee Lifecycle Management: Lead onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, promotions, terminations, leaves, and career development programs. Ensure a smooth, consistent, and legally compliant employee experience.
  • Manage HR Systems: Execute HR functions including visa applications and compliance, policies, HR systems, and reporting. Track and analyze talent metrics to provide actionable insights to leadership.
  • Employee Relations & Thought Leadership: Act as a trusted point of contact for employee relations, coaching managers, mediating conflicts, and maintaining a fair and inclusive environment. Bring fresh ideas and curiosity to talent strategy, asking the right questions and pushing for innovation and evolution.
  • Collaborate Internationally: Work closely with a network of Talent Managers across Forever, sharing best practices, aligning on global talent strategy, and supporting cross-studio initiatives and knowledge exchange.

Come Prepared to Talk About

  • Growing and retaining a diverse team of creative production professionals.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, and prioritization skills.
  • Experience with a full-cycle recruitment process.
  • Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing creative or production teams.
  • Contributions to culture, engagement, or B Corp initiatives in previous roles.
  • Experience collaborating with international HR/Talent networks or multi-studio organizations.

The duties and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of management.  If you have the skills and experience required for this position, please forward your resume to [email protected].  We thank you for your interest; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted for follow-up.

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Thanks for your interest in joining the team at Tendril! We very much appreciate the time it takes in submitting your information! Your application has been received and we will be in touch if your application seems like a good fit for the role.

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Tendril Design + Animation Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We pride ourselves on creating a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all employees.

 

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To inquire or ask any questions regarding accessible employment at Tendril, contact [email protected]