Traffic & Studio Manager

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative media and marketing company seeks a Traffic Manager to streamline operations within their studio. This role involves managing daily traffic, overseeing resource allocation, and ensuring project demands are met efficiently. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess strong management and organizational skills, and have a keen understanding of social platforms. Join a forward-thinking firm that values sustainability and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including flexible working arrangements and mental well-being support.

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Calm Subscription for Mental Well-being

25 Days Annual Leave

Christmas Closure

Birthdays Off

Summer Hours

Online Coaching

Work Abroad for Up to One Month Annually

Qualifications

• Strong management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent organization and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day traffic within the studio and monitor employee workloads.
• Assign resources to projects based on availability and skillsets.

Skills

Management Skills

Organization Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Knowledge of Social Platforms

Video Equipment Knowledge

Photography Knowledge

Adobe Products Proficiency

Job description

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A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing, and technology company purpose-built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms: Brave Bison Performance, Brave Bison Commerce, and SocialChain. We’re underpinned by our very own social-first media network that delivers monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta, and TikTok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalize on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

New platforms, new behaviors, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple, and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalize on complexity for our clients—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

Our values

We’re proudly diverse, a business comprised of deep specialists across social media, digital marketing, and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds, and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

• Connected Clarity. We are focused in our collaboration—joining the right dots between our clients, our partners, and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage, and always strive to make the complex simple.

• Positive Encouragement. We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one another up, find the fun in the day-to-day, and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.

We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal-oriented, results-driven, and data-led. We show up with passion every day and are always honing our craft.

SocialChain

We are a creator collective designed for a modern world—a team of content creators, community builders, platform natives, tech innovators, and trend starters, balanced with talented marketing strategists, comms planners, client leaders, and data specialists.

Together, we strengthen our clients’ SocialChain’s by building a stronger connection between people and their brands.

Your Role:

Traffic Management

• Day-to-day short-term traffic management within the studio.
• Working with the PM team and holding them accountable to ensure all briefs and assets are ready before resource booking.
• Monitoring and managing employees’ workload, utilization, and overtime hours.
• Understanding our workforce and available resources, including ensuring all bookable people are in the system, work calendars are correct, and start/end dates are accurate.
• Working with the delivery team to ensure all project demands are captured and centralized in our resource management system.
• Assigning resources to projects based on availability, skillsets, and experience, in consultation with Project Management and Department Leads.
• Managing resource conflicts and overcoming shortages through reallocation, additional staffing, or freelance requests.
• Escalating issues related to resource limitations to the resource team and senior management.
• Supporting project managers with resource management issues and process improvements.
• Participating in regular reviews to improve efficiency and quality.
• Allocating ad-hoc time appropriately.
• Overseeing studio space maintenance and equipment booking/inventory to ensure readiness for shoots.
• Coordinating with external suppliers for equipment needs.
• Managing the online server for storage and backup of work.

Expectation for Office Working:

Candidates should be in the office at least 3 days per week and as required on shoot days.

Skills and Competencies:

• Understanding of social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter).
• Strong management skills, ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent organization, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of video, photography, and lighting equipment.
• Proficiency with Adobe products.
• Ability to prioritize workloads based on deadlines; previous experience as a traffic and studio manager preferred.

What You’ll Get:

We offer an attractive benefits package to attract and retain top talent, including our status as the UK’s first carbon-neutral agency since 2018, and a commitment to sustainability across GHGs, waste, and sustainable consumption. Benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Private medical insurance.
• Income protection.
• Calm subscription for mental well-being.
• Annual leave starting at 25 days, increasing with tenure.
• Christmas closure.
• Birthdays off.
• Summer hours (finishing at 3 PM on Fridays, June-August).
• Online coaching via MoreHappi.
• Work abroad for up to one month annually.
• Performance and salary reviews twice a year.