HR Assistant

HR Assistant

Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company bringing joyful, imaginative content to kids and families around the world. Behind iconic franchises like CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, and Morphle, our mission is to inspire compassion, empathy, and resilience through modern storytelling. Operating across streaming, digital video, music, gaming, live experiences, and consumer products, we reach hundreds of millions of viewers globally.

Moonbug is a subsidiary of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises.

The Role

As our HR Assistant in Los Angeles, you will serve as an operational anchor for our Global People & Culture team. This role bridges team administration, payroll support, new-hire onboarding, candidate logistics, and front-of-house hospitality. Working closely with both HR Operations and Talent Acquisition, you'll ensure our team members and candidates experience a seamless, welcoming environment from day one. If you thrive in a fast-moving creative setting, value precision, and bring a warm, solutions-focused approach to your work, this is a distinct opportunity to build broad HR generalist experience on a global scale.

This role will report ON-SITE in our Los Angeles Office 5 days a week, and the expected working hours are between 8:00am to 5:00pm

What You'll Do

Payroll & General HR Support

• Support bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll cycles in Rippling by entering data, reviewing timesheets, and auditing basic changes.
• Maintain clean employee profiles in Rippling across new hires, team transitions, compensation updates, and offboardings.
• Respond to routine employee questions regarding policies, benefits, and HR processes, escalating as appropriate
• Assist with maintaining personnel files and ensuring data accuracy across HR systems
• Support ad hoc HR projects and administrative tasks as assigned

Onboarding & Compliance

• Lead new-hire documentation workflows, executing compliant and timely I-9 verifications (Section 1 & 2 reviews and E-Verify processing).
• Assigns and tracks completion of mandatory training for new hires, ensuring compliance deadlines are met and following up as needed.
• Send clear, welcoming first-week communications and assist with initial day-one logistics.

Recruiting Coordination

• Schedule candidate interviews across complex team calendars, time zones, and communication channels.
• Maintain accurate candidate data in the applicant tracking system, initiate background checks, and assist with offer packages.
• Coordinate on-site candidate visits, ensuring every prospective team member has a smooth, positive interview experience.

Front Desk & Workplace Operations (As Needed)

• Provide as-needed front desk cover, greeting guests, vendors, and candidates with a warm, professional presence.
• Support overall office vibrancy by assisting with administrative deliveries, visitor logs, and localized team initiatives.