Resource Manager

As an agency, we work with people we believe in to make work the world can believe in, combining scientific rigour with creative magic to help professionals in the health and wellness space achieve fame for their brands in everything from aesthetics, supplements, and fertility, to endocrinology, dermatology, and oncology. That’s the what, but the how is guided by four defining principles – curious, creative, discerning, brave. These are the values we look for and nurture in others and ourselves, underpinning as they do a culture of collaborative entrepreneurialism that drives high-performance.

The Role

We're looking for a Resource Manager to serve as a key function within the agency, facilitating the allocation of work and ensuring project delivery schedules are adhered to.

This will be a hybrid role, where you will look after the Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness (SSW) Creative Team, whilst also managing specific client accounts that sit within our sister agency at Langland Advertising.

Working with others in the Resource Team across Publicis Health (PH), along with Project Managers, and the creative teams, you will allocate and schedule all work through the SSW creative department.

Responsibilities

• Work across all teams within SSW and PH to meet the varied needs and requirements of each project
• Proactively connect teams to improve alignment across multi-agency teams
• Ensure internal and external resources are used effectively
• Manage the workload and schedules for the SSW creative department
• Manage specific client accounts, and/or specific roles, within the Langland Advertising creative department
• Proactively manage both freelance and permanent creative workloads
• Advise on casting for projects using your knowledge and understanding of the creatives experience, expertise and capacity
• Work with the talent team to source, contract and onboard creative freelance support as needed
• Manage creative absences and holidays, making sure that overlap within the team is minimised and the wider team are aware of any leave or gaps in resource
• Working with the Project Management team, you will review data from the capacity plans and use this to make decisions for longer term resource planning and the shape of the creative team.
• Work closely with the Resource Managers across PH to communicate any creative availability or capacity challenges
• Assist with identifying skills gaps within the creative team
• Facilitate an ethos of open and continuous communication between project teams
• Continually build relationships within SSW and the wider Publicis Health Team
• Assist with the coaching and development of more junior members of staff.

Who you are

• Experience as a Resource/Traffic Manager
• Experience within a design or advertising agency.
• Proven experience working with teams to establish and implement new processes 
• Knowledge of the internal workings of an agency and the processes of implementation
• Strong understanding of digital work processes 
• An understanding of the specific rules and regulations that govern the healthcare category
• An understanding of the creative process and the life cycle of a creative campaign/project

OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT  

At Publicis Groupe UK, we’re committed to creating a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where everyone can thrive. This begins with striving to ensure our recruitment process is welcoming and allows equal access to opportunity for people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, neurodiversity, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

An inclusive workplace (PUBLICIS HEALTH)

The more diverse our team, the more imaginative, intelligent and inspirational our culture and our work will become. Here are some of the ways we help promote diversity at Publicis Health.

Recruitment

• Diversity & Inclusion management
• Mandatory unconscious bias training
• Career and school programmes to build industry access for people from mixed socio-economic backgrounds

Culture

• Support communities for women, LGBTQ+, BAME, Disabled employees and their allies
• A wellbeing programme which includes free HeadSpace membership.

Future

• CSR is central to our ethos and work moving forwards

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• “YOU” DAYS – flexibility to take a day off for your well-being and self-care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP You can switch a religious Bank Holiday (either Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief-based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. 

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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