Hr Generalist

WHO WE ARE:

American Marketing & Publishing, LLC has provided trusted and effective local advertising solutions to family-owned businesses for 26 years. Today we are one of the fastest growing fully integrated digital advertising companies in the U.S. We’re looking for a talented and hardworking HR Generalist, eager to tackle new challenges, in a growing, dynamic and innovative environment.

We’ve been helping family owned businesses advertise intelligently and inexpensively in their communities since 1997. Our mission is to ensure our clients win the call when consumers have a need and begin to search, and we’ve become the trusted, go-to partner to our longstanding advertising clients when it comes to their online visibility and marketing needs.

We help tens of thousands of businesses manage their online business listings, company profiles, imagery, website, social postings, and reviews. We own the CloseBy® Text Marketing Platform and we are the largest Google Street View Trusted agency in North America. In sum, we provide the best people in the community – hard working small business owners – with the best local advertising solutions in the industry.

WHY JOIN US:

• Fun, team-based collaborative culture
• Career training and development programs
• Growing company with advancement pathways
• Competitive wages with supplemental bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Volunteer Paid Time Off

Health Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield

Dental Insurance - Delta Dental

Vision insurance - VSP

401(k) - Fidelity

Referral Program

YOUR TYPICAL DAY:

• Oversee New Employee Onboarding Process: working closely with our Recruiting department and ensuring good alignment with policy documents and onboarding materials, initiating welcome calls for new employees, participating in new hire orientations and performing new employee early career check-ins
• Payroll Administration: providing assistance to our Payroll Team on bonus calculations and managing employee benefit deductions upon hire and termination, and other payroll related duties
• Educate and assist employees with questions about AMP benefits and HR policy
• Workers’ Compensation Administration
• Employee Relations: organizing our HR Educational Monthly programs, working closely with our Operation’s Manager on coordinating employee events, and participating on the Retention Committee

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Understanding of HR best practices and procedures.
• Internal Customer-focus attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented and capable of multi-tasking in a deadline-driven environment
• Strong prioritization, analytical and problem solving skills
• Extremely efficient and accurate.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 1-3 years’ experience in HR or HR related leadership role
• 1-3 years’ experience with payroll policy and administration

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors in Human Resources or related field preferred; High School diploma required.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Dekalb, IL 60115 (Required)

Work Location: In person