Aquent
Freelance Resource Manager [211559]
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Resource Manager (Creative/AV)
Location: West London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)
Rate: £328 – £341.67 per day (Umbrella Only – Inside IR35)
Contract: Ad-hoc bookings within a 9-month period
The Opportunity
Want to do the best work of your life? Join Europe’s leading media and entertainment broadcasting brand in their award-winning in-house creative hub! Our client is looking for a Resource Manager to partner with Creative Directors and drive the efficient resourcing of massive promotional and AV campaigns. If you thrive on connecting world-class creative talent with high-profile projects, this is your stage.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the efficient resourcing and allocation of work for award-winning creative promo and AV projects.
- Managing the engagement and onboarding of external freelance creative staff.
- Establishing forward-looking capacity plans and tracking team utilisation across the agency.
- Owning the numbers: tracking resource costs strictly against agreed project budgets and retainers.
- Conducting talent audits to identify skills gaps and sourcing the right talent to support strategic goals.
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What You’ll Bring
- Experience in a recruiting, resourcing, or traffic management function within a creative agency or broadcaster.
- Expertise in engaging freelance creative/AV talent.
- A highly analytical approach with proven experience in tracking budgets and utilisation.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills—you are comfortable pushing back and partnering with senior Creative Directors.
- Strong Excel skills and solid experience using project/event scheduling software.
This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually.
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Client Description
Our Client is a giant media and entertainment company, with over 24 million customers in Europe. They’re keen on keeping people connected, and their upcoming media investments are expected to bring billions of pounds and over 2000 jobs to the UK creative sector. Beyond business, they’re taking big strides in diversity and sustainability with ambitious public goals in both – including 20% BAME representation by 2025, and carbon neutrality by 2030.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.
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