Resource Manager - 9 month FTC / Secondment

Sky; Brentford; Ibrido; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Pension up to 9%

Private healthcare

Digital GP

Sky product discounts

Sky VIP rewards

On-site facilities

Descrizione del lavoro

Sky Creative, the European Brand and Creative hub of Sky, is hiring a Resource Manager on a 9-month fixed-term contract. You will coordinate resource plans, build bespoke project teams, and track budgets and timelines for award-winning campaigns across Sky’s portfolio.

You will work closely with Creative Directors and Producers to anticipate needs, ensure efficient resourcing, and drive creative excellence, with hybrid office presence at Osterley and flexible working arrangements.

Competenze

• Minimum of 3 years proven experience in a resourcing or traffic management role within a creative advertising agency or in-house advertising agency.
• Knowledge and understanding of multi-disciplinary agency roles and principles, including creatives, designers, account management, production, studio.
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end advertising campaign process, from briefing/concepting to production/delivery.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience partnering with Creative Directors and Producers to anticipate resourcing needs and resolve conflicts.

Mansioni

• Manage resource plans for key projects across the department and build bespoke teams to drive creative excellence.
• Support the team with agency-wide growth and planning.
• Communicate program/project updates including key decisions and risks to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure each project is tracked to allocated budget, currency and timelines.
• Track overall project completion rates, team utilization and capacity planning across the agency.
• Establish and build relationships with external partners/agencies to support business growth.
• Conduct talent audits to identify gaps and source talent to support the agency's strategic objectives.

Conoscenze

Resourcing

Traffic management

Campaign planning

Stakeholder collaboration

Scheduling software

Descrizione del lavoro

We are hiring for a 9 month Fixed Term Contract as a Resource Manager.

Sky Creative is Sky’s European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions, Broadcast Creative and Digital Design for multiple stakeholders across our European Markets.

From rebranding Sky Sports to designing key art and creating large-scale ATL campaigns for Sky’s commissions and original productions, we are uniquely placed to offer our people a huge range of exciting and diverse opportunities.

We believe that an in-house agency is the best of both worlds. A great portfolio of work with unrivalled proximity to our clients, programme makers and commissioners alike. We are passionate about what we do and share first‑hand in the success of the brands, shows and content we help create, promote and market.

As a Creative Resource Manager at Sky Creative, you will be responsible for the efficient resourcing of award winning creative projects, ensuring smooth processes around allocation of work and freelance staff engagement. You will work closely with senior stakeholders and leads to establish a forward plan for the team and track resource costs against agreed project budgets and retainers.

What you’ll do:

• Manage resource plans for key projects across the department and build bespoke teams to drive creative excellence
• Support the team with agency wide growth and planning.
• Communicate program / project updates including key decisions and risks to key internal stakeholders.
• Ensure each project is tracked to allocated budget, currency and timelines.
• Track overall project completion rates, team utilisation and capacity planning across the agency.
• Establish and build relationships with external partners/agencies to support business growth.
• Conduct talent audits to identify gaps and source talent to support the agencies strategic objectives

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum of 3 years proven experience in a resourcing or traffic management role within a creative advertising agency or in‑house advertising agency
• Knowledge and understanding of multi‑disciplinary agency roles and principles, including but not limited to creatives, designers, account management, production, studio.
• Solid understanding of the end‑to‑end advertising campaign process, from briefing and concepting through to production and delivery.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience of partnering closely with Creative Directors and Producers, to anticipate resourcing needs and solve potential conflicts proactively.
• Proficiency in resource management and scheduling software, with the ability to schedule resource and maintain accurate resourcing data.

Benefits and perks:

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Free NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
• Private healthcare with mental health support
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky
• Protect
• Sharesave and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Your office base:

Osterley

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state‑of‑the‑art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re‑ energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Our Osterley Campus is just a 10‑minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations.Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

How you’ll work:

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds – time working at home, as well as time in the office.

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 in the office per week.

Inclusion:

Our people make Sky what it is. That’s why we’re committed to being an inclusive employer, where everyone can be themselves, have their voice heard, and do their best work for our customers. It's an important part of being a fair and responsible business.

We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer and are committed to providing a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.

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To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK.

Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position