Traffic / Resource Manager

The Company
Our client is a globally networked agency based in Shanghai. They are award winning and produce some of the region’s best creative for global clients. Due to their continued growth and pitch wins they are now looking for an experienced Traffic Manager to join their passionate, agile and creative team.
 
The Role
As a Resource Manager you’ll be responsible for the smooth and effective allocation of work to the creative team, understanding clients’ needs and day to day resourcing requirements. You’ll be working closely with the entire team and will monitor all jobs running throughout the entire department. Developing work schedules and understanding the different skill levels of the creatives and allocating briefs accordingly.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Running weekly resource meetings alongside stakeholders and forecasting upcoming work

• Ensuring that all work is allocated a deadline, signed off and resourced appropriately

• Acting as a first point of contact for any resourcing issues that may arise

• Ensuring all team members are fully briefed, aware of timelines, and have relevant documentation to complete work required

• Overseeing the production phase

• Take ownership of adhoc admin, including tracking approved holidays and briefing new team members on correct procedures

• Have very strong written and interpersonal skills

• Handle a number of projects at any one time and work well under pressure.

 
The Candidate
We are looking for someone extremely organized and process driven. Someone who is well read and articulate. Who can handle multiple clients and jobs at once. Who can understand job flows and build systems to ensure that work is completed on time, on brief and on budget. Someone who has had previous experience managing large teams within award winning advertising agencies.
 
Skills & Qualifications

• ATL, BTL and Digital experience

• Experience running creative teams

• Prior experience in working in an agency environment

• Experience building traffic management systems

• Thorough understanding of agency processes and systems

• Hands-on experience.

If this is you, apply now!