Creative Resource – Manager

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Resource Manager to oversee day-to-day staffing for a fast-paced creative environment. You will match talent to briefs, coordinate with Account, Strategy, Production, and leadership to plan workloads, and monitor capacity across teams.

As a key liaison, you will lead staffing meetings, manage freelance onboarding, and forecast future needs. Strong organizational skills and collaboration are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in resource management, creative operations, project management, or related role in an agency or fast-paced creative environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple staffing needs, projects, and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience supporting resource planning, staffing, scheduling, or project allocations across creative teams.
• Understanding of creative team workflows and roles across creative, design, strategy, and production.
• Confidence working with project management and resource management tools, trackers, and staffing systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships across Creative, Account, Strategy, Production, and Operations teams.
• Ability to understand competing priorities, ask the right questions, and identify practical staffing solutions.
• Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities, timelines, and staffing needs can change quickly.
• Collaborative, people-first approach with interest in understanding individuals' skills, strengths, interests, and availability.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the day-to-day creative resource tracker.
• Support staffing across projects by matching people and skill sets to briefs.
• Work with Account, Strategy, Production, and project leads to understand upcoming work, timelines, staffing requirements, and project changes.
• Monitor creative capacity and utilization, identifying conflicts, gaps, and over- or under-allocation.
• Lead weekly resource and staffing meetings.
• Gather information, maintain accurate allocations, and follow up on staffing changes.
• Coordinate freelance resource needs, including identifying additional support requirements, tracking availability, and supporting onboarding and extensions.
• Develop an understanding of team skills, experience, interests, development goals, and availability to inform staffing recommendations.
• Communicate staffing changes and maintain visibility into project assignments.
• Support forecasting of upcoming resource needs based on the project pipeline.
• Improve resource management tools, trackers, and workflows.

Skills

Resource Management

Creative Operations

Project Management

Staffing Solutions

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Proactive Mindset

Collaborative Approach

Tools

Project Management Tools

Resource Management Tools

Staffing Systems

Job description

• Manage and maintain the day-to-day creative resource tracker.
• Support staffing across projects by matching people and skill sets to briefs.
• Work with Account, Strategy, Production, and project leads to understand upcoming work, timelines, staffing requirements, and project changes.
• Monitor creative capacity and utilization, identifying conflicts, gaps, and over- or under-allocation.
• Lead weekly resource and staffing meetings.
• Gather information, maintain accurate allocations, and follow up on staffing changes.
• Coordinate freelance resource needs, including identifying additional support requirements, tracking availability, and supporting onboarding and extensions.
• Develop an understanding of team skills, experience, interests, development goals, and availability to inform staffing recommendations.
• Communicate staffing changes and maintain visibility into project assignments.
• Support forecasting of upcoming resource needs based on the project pipeline.
• Improve resource management tools, trackers, and workflows.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in resource management, creative operations, project management, or a similar role within an agency or fast-paced creative environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple staffing needs, projects, and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience supporting resource planning, staffing, scheduling, or project allocations across creative teams.
• Understanding of creative team workflows and roles across creative, design, strategy, and production.
• Confidence working with project management and resource management tools, trackers, and staffing systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships across Creative, Account, Strategy, Production, and Operations teams.
• Ability to understand competing priorities, ask the right questions, and identify practical staffing solutions.
• Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities, timelines, and staffing needs can change quickly.
• Collaborative, people-first approach with interest in understanding individuals' skills, strengths, interests, and availability.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in resource management and creative operations, with a strong focus on staffing, project allocations, and team dynamics. Proficient in utilizing project management tools and fostering collaboration across creative and operational teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Resource Management
• Creative Operations
• Project Management
• Staffing Solutions
• Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Resource Planning
• Staffing
• Scheduling
• Project Allocations
• Creative Team Workflows

Soft Skills

• Organizational Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Proactive Mindset
• Collaborative Approach

Industry Keywords

• Creative Environment
• Agency Experience
• Creative Teams
• Design
• Strategy
• Production

Tools & Technologies

• Project Management Tools
• Resource Management Tools
• Staffing Systems