Crewing Manager

One of Us; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

One of Us is seeking an experienced Resource Manager to plan and allocate resources for art and VFX teams in Bengaluru. You will maximise crew efficiency, maintain schedules, and be the primary daily contact for artists, supporting wellbeing and career growth.

You will partner with show production, development teams, and the Head of Resourcing to balance skills, onboard staff, and manage contracts across lifecycle events. This role requires strong leadership and local employment knowledge.

Qualifications

• Understanding of local employment law and contracts to support artist queries.
• Confident and clear communicator across the team.
• Collaborative mindset, inclusive team leadership, valuing diverse perspectives.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues with company priorities in mind.
• Flexible approach to direction and process changes while maintaining momentum.
• Open to feedback and able to drive a culture of constructive critique.
• Sets a clear vision, leads by example, and fosters growth.
• Awareness of personality dynamics to navigate team interactions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and allocate resources to maximise efficiency and keep show schedules.
• Maintain a database of available talent and skills.
• Line manage crews: performance reviews, mentoring, career development.
• Handle onboarding, contracts, salary changes, promotions, and offboarding.
• Ensure access to tools, software, and equipment; escalate requests when needed.
• Coordinate with recruitment and Heads of Resourcing to plan hires.
• Keep crew scheduling software up to date weekly.
• Collaborate with department heads to balance skills and training needs.
• Be first point of contact for artists’ day-to-day line management and wellbeing.

Skills

Local employment law

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Adaptability

Feedback openness

Leadership

Self awareness

Job description

Working closely with the show production, project development teams, and the Head of Resourcing you will plan and allocate appropriate resources, ensuring optimal crew deployment to maximise efficiency and maintain show schedules. You will be the key contact for your artist group offering support and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the show production, project development teams, and the Head of Resourcing to plan and allocate appropriate resources, ensuring optimal crew deployment to maximise efficiency and maintain show schedules.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of available talent and their skill sets
• Line managing the crew in your teams, conduct regular performance reviews and providing mentoring and career development guidance.
• Managing lifecycle events for your team; onboarding, contract changes, salary and promotion actions and offboarding as required.
• Ensuring the team has access to the necessary tools, software, and equipment and escalating requests to tech where needed.
• Monitoring needs for hiring within your teams, working with the recruitment team and the Head of Resourcing to facilitate.
• Keep crew scheduling software up to date with adapting needs on a weekly basis
• Work closely with department HODs on balancing skills within their disciplines and Flagging training needs to the HOD's and People team.
• Be the first point of contact for artists day to day line management, escalating any ongoing concerns to the People team where needed.
• Maintain a high team morale and support any artist wellbeing challenges

Skills And Attributes

• Understanding of basic local employment law and the application of local contracts, benefits and local staff policies to be able to support artist queries.
• Communication- Confident and strong communicator. Ensures clear communication across the team, adapting methods to support understanding and alignment.
• Collaboration- Ability to work effectively with others. Builds an inclusive team environment where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued.
• Problem solving- Leads the team in identifying and resolving issues, considering broader impact and company priorities. Creates an environment where challenges and conflicts are addressed constructively using clear, agreed approaches.
• Adaptability- Ability to adapt to direction or process changes. Provides clear direction to artists through change. Flexible and open approach to adapt and improve ways of working maintaining a positive energy.
• Openness to Feedback- Seeks and responds constructively to feedback from team members and colleagues. Creates a culture where feedback is clear, actionable, and regularly exchanged to support growth and performance.
• Leadership- Sets a clear vision and direction for the team. Leads by example to create a positive and supportive working environment. Encourages personal growth and establishes a culture of learning and professionalism, raising standards across the team.
• Self-awareness and ability to resolve and diffuse problems, treating colleagues with kindness and respect navigating different personalities to get the best out of everyone.

Experience Needed

• Previous experience in the VFX Industry is essential
• Basic understanding of VFX pipelines and workflows
• Good employment law and contract knowledge
• Previous line management and understanding of how to motivate and support teams is essential.