We are currently seeking an amazing Creative Resource Manager to join our growing team.
This role will focus on resourcing for the 21Grams Creative team within Real Chemistry, working closely with Project Managers, Account Leads, and Creative teams. The Creative Resource Manager analyzes, evaluates, and plans creative resourcing needs to ensure project success and creative excellence. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative and growing Resource Management team!
This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Resource Management: help manage and inform resource forecasts, staffing needs and allocations. Manage operational effectiveness of our processes related to resourcing, budgeting and forecasting for our Creative teams. Optimize resource billability by ensuring a balanced mix of permanent and freelance resources. Report on resource plans, forecasts and freelance costs.
- Workforce Planning: liaise with Project Management and other departments to maintain and socialize a forecast of resource requirements weekly for projects over the coming months. Identify in advance where demand for resource cannot be met internally, due to capacity or skill constraints.
- Business Partner: act as the business partner in optimizing staffing efficiencies, helping to develop and implement Creative Resourcing processes and structures. Work with client finance to track and forecast shared revenue and to report on profitability.
Skills/Experience:
- Negotiation and conflict management: ability to achieve the best possible outcome in every negotiation and to anticipate, defuse and resolve conflicts.
- Analytical capabilities: ability to compile and analyze key information, issues and trends, creating effective operational reports to provide further insights.
- Business partnering: ability to maintain in-depth knowledge of Real Chemistry’s service offerings in order to partner with creatives teams and leads.
Minimum Requirements:
- 3-4+ years of experience in a Creative Resourcing role within a healthcare Advertising/PR agency.
- Understanding of healthcare specific regulations in relation to timelines, budget, and legal considerations.
- Critical thinking skills and strong financial acumen are a must to succeed in this role.
- Experience working in rapid-growth companies or agencies; experience working in a dynamic and fluid environment where clear structure and process may not always be apparent also necessary.
- Impeccable organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience working in Workfront a plus.
- BA or higher in an applicable field preferred.
Pay Range: $60,000-$85,000
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time