Resource Strategy Director

Havas London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Havas London is seeking an experienced Resource Director to design, implement and lead a modern resourcing function. You will provide real-time visibility of capacity, utilisation and skills across Creative, Design and Production, blending permanent and freelance talent.

You will challenge senior stakeholders, embed new ways of working and manage day-to-day resource allocation. You will be the trusted source of truth for workforce planning and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant resource management leadership experience within a creative/advertising environment.
• Proven track record of implementing or transforming resourcing functions.
• Strong understanding of creative workflows and required skillsets at different levels.
• Experience managing both permanent and freelance talent models.
• Demonstrable experience improving resource management systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimisation of the agency's resource management platform (Pronto).
• Own day-to-day resource management across Creative, Design, Production and other disciplines.
• Ensure resource allocation reflects project requirements, skills and commercial realities.
• Maintain visibility of who is working on what, when and at what level of capacity.
• Establish and enforce minimum requirements for all resource requests with clear scope, timeline, budget and hours.
• Build/maintain freelance network and rate framework; monitor expenditure vs budgets.

Skills

Resource Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

IR35 Knowledge

Data-Driven

Tools

Pronto

Job description

Havas London is seeking an experienced Resource Director to design, implement and lead a modern resourcing function. You will provide real-time visibility of capacity, utilisation and skills across Creative, Design and Production, blending permanent and freelance talent.

You will challenge senior stakeholders, embed new ways of working and manage day-to-day resource allocation. You will be the trusted source of truth for workforce planning and cost efficiency.