Job Title: Resource Manager (Creative)
Client Location: Osterley - hybrid (3 days onsite)
Starting: ASAP
Pay Comments: £350 per day UMBRELLA
Hours: 40-hour week
Duration: Until mid/end of December, with the possibility to extend
Job Description:
As the Resource Manager of the Brand team, you will be responsible for the efficient resourcing of award-winning creative projects, ensuring smooth processes around allocation of work and freelance staff engagement. The Promos team is a big part of our client’s creative function – their job is to intrigue, entice, excite and sell by bringing content to life through promos and AV assets.
You will work closely with Creative Directors to establish forward planning for the team, manage freelance needs, and track resource costs against agreed project budgets and retainers.
What you will do
* Manage resource allocation and implement reporting and data analysis using internal resourcing tools, driving adoption within the team.
* Lead resource and budget meetings with Design teams, Heads of Business, Creative Directors and Executive Producers.
* Oversee the scaling up and down of freelance needs, ensuring bookings are made in line with project budgets.
* Ensure each project is tracked against budget, raising overspend and underspend across the year.
* Lead recruitment for both permanent and freelance roles.
* Track team utilisation and capacity planning across the agency.
* Establish and build relationships with internal teams, reconciling differing needs whilst leading the allocation of resource to build the best teams for creative excellence.
* Conduct talent audits to identify gaps and source talent aligned with strategic objectives.
What you will bring
* Preferably 5+ years’ experience in a recruiting and resourcing function at a creative agency or broadcaster.
* A planning/forward-thinking approach with attention to detail.
* A strong analytical, process-driven and methodological mindset.
* Experience of communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders.
* Solid Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
* Experienced with project or event scheduling software.
*This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. Thank you for taking the time to apply.
Client Description:
Our Client is a giant media and entertainment company, with over 24 million customers in Europe. They’re keen on keeping people connected, and their upcoming media investments are expected to bring billions of pounds and over 2000 jobs to the UK creative sector. Beyond business, they’re taking big strides in diversity and sustainability with ambitious public goals in both - including 20% BAME representation by 2025, and carbon neutrality by 2030.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.