Resource and Talent Manager

Resource & Talent Manager

£35,000-45,000 per year, £35k-£45k per year
Job Title - Talent and Resource Manager

The Role / Company
Major Players are working with an industry leading agency who are best known for creating trail-blazing campaigns for some of the worlds most prestigious brands. They are looking for a Resource and Talent manager with a great eye for creative talent and a natural understanding of resource and project management.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Senior management ensuring 100% effectiveness of the business by arranging high quality internal and external talent across pitch and production state
• Work closely with producers and creatives by taking a proactive role to plan and research ahead for resource and talents needs at all stages, ensuring in house talent workload is managed and schedules (pitching, creative development, production and post-production)
• Develop and run talent shortlisting, approval processes and quality control systems to ensure external suppliers meet standards needed where input and sign-off into the process as required
• Administer company resource management tool and enforce timely, accurate recording of bookings and time spent on projects
• Regularly report progress and escalate any issues on resourcing and scheduling to the SLT
• Look beyond single project needs across multiple / simultaneous workstreams when finding talent solutions while keeping company standards high
• Record and maintain supplier information and feedback into Project Management and talent pool databases, and become familiar with extended
• Investigate high-quality suppliers via competitor work, either directly or by inspiration/supplier profile

Key Requirements

• 3+ years experience in talent / freelance and supplier procurement across all stages of agency workflow in production company or other agency environment
• Keen eye for detail and passion for working on creative content
• Experience in talent and supplier scheduling and management in a fast-paced production company or agency environment
• Confident organiser that plans ahead and can hold strong communication in reporting and escalation issues
• Comfortable collaborating with inhouse creative and production team
• Good computer skills - Word, Excel, Outlook, booking tools

Perks & Benefits

• £35-45k per year
• Life Insurance & Private Medical Insurance
• Work from home allowance