Resource Manager - Creative Services

Who is Weber Shandwick ? 

We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team build brands by finding connection points in the real world.  
 
We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreography stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses. 

We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:  

• Developing data driven insights and strategy to drive measurable impact  

• Creating impactful campaigns that tap into culture  

• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically 

• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned 

What’s happening? 
 
We’re looking for a highly organised and dynamic creative resource manager. You will assist with our growing creative services and strategy team's workflow, ensuring all projects are moving from idea to execution seamlessly. 

Working closely with all key practices, you will support on resource allocation for all projects and help build the right teams to ensure creative excellence is achieved, whilst hitting deadlines and profitability. 

You’ll be a central point of contact between our creative, design, production, strategy, and client services teams – making sure everyone has what they need to deliver outstanding work.   

 
What will you be doing? 

• Supporting the planning and engagement of resources across Creative, Production and Project teams, reporting into our Resource Director 

• Ensuring accurate tracking of briefs, timelines and approvals 

• Assisting with forecasting and managing creative resources, identifying pressure points and bottle necks and helping to solve them proactively 

• Working closely with our Resource Director and internal finance team, to ensure monthly targets are being tracked and forecast correctly 

• Helping drive commercial success through strategic resourcing and smart planning 

• Developing and maintaining tools and systems that support seamless resource management 

• Attending project kick-offs and planning meetings to define resource requirements 

• Tracking and managing critical path documents and resourcing schedules 

• Attending weekly and monthly forecasting and reporting using tools like Float 

• Managing freelance resourcing and contributing to staffing plans and utilisation reports, highlighting any resource gaps, risks, and trends for senior leadership 

• Continuously improving internal processes and project efficiencies 

Who are you?  

• Ideally you will have around 4-5 years’ experience in a project or resource management role at a creative agency  

• Significant experience in project and stakeholder management within a creative agency environment 

• Experience nurturing and building a multi-disciplined creative team 

• Comfortable working closely with heads of departments to manage cost, time and efficiencies within each function 

• Calm under pressure, able to prioritise and excited by a fast-paced agency environment 

Core Benefits: 

• Private medical insurance  

• Group life assurance  

• Group income protection  

• Personal pension plan  

• Employee Assistance Programme  
   
   

Flexible Benefits: 

• 25 days’ annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off and discretionary festive closure  

• Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6-month+ contracts to support home working setup  

• Buy or sell holiday  

• Additional life assurance cover  

• Critical Illness Insurance  

• Personal Accident Insurance  

• Dental insurance  

• Travel insurance  

• Health screening  

• Gym discounts  

• Cycle to work scheme  

• Health cash plan  

• Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model  

• Flexible public holidays  

• Exclusive shopping discounts and perks  

• Annual eyecare voucher  

• Season ticket loan  

• Referral bonus scheme  

• Long service bonus  

• Enhanced family leave  

• Inclusive and invisible health policies  
   
   

Note from the talent team: 
 
We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search. 
 
At IPG DXTRA we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. 

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