Junior Resource Manager 2022

Why join us?

We’re a social creative agency led by Laura Tannenbaum and three David’s: David Schneider, David Levin and David Beresford. Together, we’ve assembled the best near on 100 people in the business and are still growing.

In 2018 we were acquired by PR powerhouse, Weber Shandwick, an agency that excel at creating engaging campaigns fuelled by world-class audience research, strategy and data. The acquisition not only gives us access to a ton of industry expertise and specialist knowledge but also the IPG Network, which includes highly accredited agencies such as McCann, FCB and MullenLowe to name a few.

We pride ourselves on our innovative approach to social which gains cut-through and significantly increased engagement for our clients. Whether it’s leading E4 to become the biggest broadcaster on Facebook, executing an award-winning campaign for HSBC or creating content for some of the UK’s best-known festivals, That Lot have been behind countless successful accounts and campaigns. Our client list includes brands and broadcasters such as Amazon, Twitter, Disney, HSBC UK, McCain, BBC Radio 1, Paddy Power, Big Bus Tours, Rimmel and many others.

Responsibilities

• Liaise daily with Project Managers/Producers & Account Managers to understand resource requirements internally and externally (freelance), managing for important deadlines and priorities.
• Manage assigned departments via our resource tool, Float, ensuring all personnel are aware of what they’re working on each day and the immediate time frame.
• Make recommendations on which resource is best suited to the work coming through the agency, liaising with relevant department leads.
• Contributing to regular reporting of resource usage and utilisation of different teams, roles and departments.
• Attend and chair regular meetings to gather a detailed view of the work requirements going through the agency, relevant to different departments
• Ensure timesheets are completed for your departments
• Assist the Heads of Departments in the day-to-day duties to run the department where relevant
• Ensure all administration associated with team members, whether new perm team members or freelancers is completed, including contracts, NDAs and timesheets
• Management and maintenance of regular contractor and freelancer bookings
• Contributing to resourcing ways of working on how we can improve process and help account and agency growth

Skills required

• A solutions-driven, proactive and approachable candidate
• Experience in an agency or equivalent environment
• Confident decision making for resource allocations
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritise in busy times and not easily flustered
• Excellent communication skills and ability to efficiently work across multiple comms channels daily (e.g. chat, email, calls)
• Ability to deal with people at all levels within the agency
• Excellent time management skills incl. ability to effectively establish what to do yourself and what to delegate
• Great organisational skills; a natural ‘fixer’ of problems
• A keen eye for detail
• Passionate about the creative output of the agency
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel

Perks of the job

• 25 days holiday + 2 extra days at Christmas + 2 annual days for volunteering
• Flexible working
• Employee wellbeing perks including things like; EAP mental health support, free membership to both Headspace meditation and Perk box, various clubs including lunchtime running, craft club and book club
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Summer and Christmas company parties (re-imagined under COVID19)
• Pension scheme
• Access to health insurance

We appreciate the time take to apply for the role and your recent interest in That Lot. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.

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