Who We Are
We Are Futures is unique agency with a powerful proposition: to build advocacy for brands amongst young people, through social impact.
Twenty years ago, we saw the potential for brands to connect deeply with young people, teachers, families, and communities. We pioneered the idea that brands could positively shape young people’s futures.
In return, we championed the role that young people could play to help brands thrive, growing together in a positive relationship. Since 2004, we've positively impacted over 40 million young people and 150 businesses.
Today, we're the go-to agency for building brand advocacy amongst young people.
The Role
We are seeking a Traffic Manager who will work with our teams to manage a commercially robust flow process, increasing efficiency and accuracy of our trafficking/ resourcing process. The role requires a confident, proactive, and collaborative individual to work with and gain the trust of all levels within the business, playing a key role in supporting our overall company vision and growth objectives.
Key areas of responsibility:
* Manage resource allocation for the Creative & Content, Marketing & Comms, and Strategy departments
* Lead weekly resourcing meetings and keep up to date with upcoming projects, progress of existing work and make recommendations budgets, timings and resources available.
* Manage a robust resourcing workflow process, to increase efficiency, utilisation and getting the right people on the right job (ensuring not overstretching/not over-resourcing)
* Collaborate with project managers and department heads to resolve resource-related conflicts, negotiate resource sharing and balance competing priorities.
* Manage and maintain resource management tools (at the moment float), systems and processes to enhance visibility, transparency, efficiency and reporting.
* Support medium term capacity planning reviews with the PDs to assess and manage resource demands based on project priorities and objectives.
* Day to day management of the Creative Director’s time.
* Responsible for ensuring freelance timesheets are completed and invoices are processed.
Skillset Requirements
* Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly.
* Work with and trusted by all levels, inc dept heads.
* Proactive, fast working and decisive.
* Proven experience in working in Traffic, Resource or Operational Management – 3 to 5 years.
* Confident in working effectively with people at all levels. Be able to communicate effectively and not to dodge the difficult issues.
* Experience of resourcing software and systems.
* Proven experience of working in fast-paced and fast-growing organisation.
* An ability to identify issues or risks and resolve effectively.
* Ability to identify future resource gaps and work with HR to find suitable candidates.