Resource Manager
We're seeking a Resource Manager to ensure smooth collaboration within our studio team. You'll oversee communication, project schedules, and resource allocation, ensuring seamless workflows.
Who are Coolr?
We’re an independent social media agency and team of creatives, social experts, content publishers and change makers.
Completely wired into popular culture, our work connects brands with their audiences at scale. With clients such as Burger King, Lidl, Deliveroo and Samsung (to name drop a few) our aim is to be the biggest social agency in the world.
With 100% growth in 2023 the agency is growing at a rapid rate but we’re only just getting started… In 2024 we have ambitious plans for our agency and to truly become the stand-out social agency in the UK, the US and beyond.
We have a strong platform for growth and have made great strides forward – now we really want to take things to the next level.
About the role:
As a Resource Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring seamless communication and collaboration between various teams, including Strategy, Creative, Labs, Design and Edit teams. Reporting to our Resourcing Lead, your primary responsibility is to plan, allocate, and schedule resources across multiple disciplines, ensuring every project has the resource it needs, when its needs it.
The job 💻
- Collaborate with team leads to manage bookings and cast resources effectively, ensuring appropriate utilisation of both senior and junior talent.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with client services and producer teams.
- Effectively communicate to overcome challenges and provide creative solutions.
- Organise and manage project schedules with precision and discipline. Ensure productive (our agency scheduling tool) is kept up to date and relevant
- Review the schedule to assess resource bookings and prevent unnecessary downtime or excess freelance costs.
- Proactively plan for peak periods, addressing resource challenges by optimising internal and external resources.
- Maintain an understanding of business priorities and profitability
- Work closely with the new business team to plan resources for the new business pipeline
- Manage team holidays and capacity and ensure all time out of the office is tracked in productive
- Monitor team profitability, manage freelance budgets, and ensure timely completion of timesheets.
- Maintain a pulse on the freelance market, building relationships with talents across various skillsets.
What we are looking for 👀
- Experience in creative resource management.
- Previous experience in Production and/or Agency roles.
- Strong project planning and scoping skills, plus an eagle eye for detail
- Ability to manage a high-volume workload with strong productivity.
- Experience using scheduling software.
- Adaptability and flexibility to meet the evolving needs of the environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A Coolr Offer
We appreciate all the hard work that our teams deliver every day so here are some of the benefits and perk you get whilst working at Coolr.
💰 A benchmarked salary reflective of your experience and in line with our salary bandings.
🤸♀ Flexible Hybrid working. We work 3 days in the office and 2 from home, there are no mandatory days so you manage your diary to work with your lifestyle.
🌴 25 days annual leave
🌎 Two weeks work from anywhere
🎉 Birthday Day off – an extra day to celebrate your big day
💆 Wellbeing Day off – another extra day with a £50 voucher to spend on anything you want to support your wellbeing!
🍪 Free breakfast, snacks and drinks in the office.
➕ Private Healthcare cover, Cycle to work scheme, Tech scheme + more
♣ Coolr weekly socials. We get together every week to connect as a team, we also have a Book Club, Social Club & more to come.
Coolr Culture:
We are one team. Regardless of what you work on at the agency, we will help and support each other on everything. The goal is to turn our clients into rockstars by creating ground-breaking, award-winning and impactful campaigns for them. The team culture is to push out of our comfort zones to strive for excellence whilst allowing everyone to embrace their true selves and tap into their potential.
Coolr DE&I 🌎
Our approach to DE&I at Coolr is simple: create a safe and inclusive environment for people to be authentically themselves. By embracing this culture, it gives space to people to be more creative, innovative, and successful which will drive us in our mission of becoming the world’s best social media agency. Whilst we are proud of our current position and the work we do to support a thriving and diverse workplace, we always know we can do more to not only create change here at Coolr, but in our industry as a whole.
- Department
- Coolr Studios
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
London
Resource Manager
We're seeking a Resource Manager to ensure smooth collaboration within our studio team. You'll oversee communication, project schedules, and resource allocation, ensuring seamless workflows.
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