About the role

  • Resource Manager in a socially-led creative agency ensuring efficient resourcing and support for client groups. Collaborate with department heads and manage creative budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for ensuring all resourced individuals are booked and their time is managed and utilised efficiently.
  • Find creative solutions to everyday challenges.
  • Optimise budgets for your group.
  • Strategically support Client Groups while considering how resourcing impacts staff welfare.
  • Work closely with department heads to ensure work/output quality is optimised.

Requirements

  • Liaised daily with Project Managers, Client Services, and multiple other stakeholders to understand all booking requirements across internal and external (freelance) resources.
  • Managed assigned departments daily, focusing on workloads, progress, bottlenecks, internal approvals, and meeting deadlines.
  • Managed deadlines for multiple projects and prioritised work for the agency.
  • Made recommendations on the best-suited resource for incoming work and liaised with relevant Department Heads for approvals.
  • Ensured all resources are aware of their daily work and the immediate time frame.
  • Attended and chaired weekly WIP meetings to gather a detailed view of the workload: interpret briefs, discuss casting, agree timelines, and prioritise work, pushing back where necessary.
  • Managed and optimised financial efficiencies for department(s), working closely with the finance department and relevant Department Heads.
  • Engaged and managed freelance relationships, negotiated/secured contracts, and approved bills/invoices, ensuring adherence to agency processes, including freelancer processes via platforms like Worksome.
  • Worked strategically with other senior employees on longer-term initiatives, including improved ways of working, processes, and the development of new tools.
  • Understands how resourcing impacts agency output, from quality to finance.
  • Experienced working across multiple, fast-paced teams, including creative, and handles pressure well.
  • Resource management tool experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday
  • pension scheme & life assurance
  • WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes

Job title

Resource Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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