Resource Manager - 9 month FTC / Secondment

Sky Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free NOW package including Sky Sports

Pension up to 9% employer contribution

Private healthcare with mental health

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Job summary

Sky Creative, Sky's European Brand and Creative hub, seeks a Resource Manager on a 9-month secondment to efficiently resource award-winning projects and manage freelance staff engagement. You will work with senior leads to plan forward and track costs against budgets and retainers.

The role involves planning resource plans, building bespoke teams, and ensuring projects stay on budget and schedule, with strong collaboration across designers, creatives, and producers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in resourcing or traffic management within a creative advertising agency or in-house advertising agency.
• Knowledge of multi-disciplinary agency roles and principles.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end advertising campaign processes from briefing to delivery.
• Proven collaboration with Creative Directors and Producers to anticipate needs and resolve conflicts.
• Proficient in resource management and scheduling software.

Responsibilities

• Maintain resource plans for key projects and build bespoke teams.
• Support agency-wide growth and planning.
• Communicate project updates, decisions and risks to stakeholders.
• Track budgets, currency and timelines for each project.
• Monitor utilization and capacity across the agency.
• Build relationships with external partners to support business growth.
• Conduct talent audits to identify gaps and source talent aligned with strategic objectives.

Skills

Resource management

Traffic management

Cross-functional collaboration

Campaign processes

Scheduling software

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

We are hiring for a 9 month secondment 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
• 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:

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

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