Creative Resource Manager London / Dublin
Posted 3 days 13 hours ago by Verveliveagency
Location Dublin
Duration Full Time
Do you seek an opportunity to thrive in a European based event agency, working with some of the biggest brands in the world? Are you comfortable working in the fast-paced world of experiential events? If so, this role could be for you!
We are looking for a Creative Resource Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the agency's creative talent is effectively deployed across projects-balancing workload, capability, and wellbeing to enable the delivery of exceptional live experiences.
Sitting at the intersection of creative, production and operations, this role is both strategic and hands on: orchestrating resource across fast moving projects while maintaining visibility of team capacity, skills and future needs.
Here's what you'll do: Resource Planning & Allocation- Own the day to day and long term scheduling of creative teams (designers, creatives, writers, artworkers, etc.)
- Match the right talent to the right projects based on skillset, experience, creative chemistry & development goals
- Balance workloads across the team to maximise efficiency and avoid burnout
- React quickly to shifting project demands, deadlines and priorities
- Partner closely with Creative Directors, Account Teams & Producers to understand project scopes, timelines and resource requirements
- Attend project kick offs and status meetings to anticipate needs early
- Ensure creative teams are set up for success with clear briefs, realistic timelines & appropriate support
- Maintain a clear view of team utilisation, upcoming demand & resource gaps
- Produce weekly/monthly reports on capacity, utilisation rates & freelance needs
- Support leadership with forward planning for peak periods, hiring decisions & freelance strategy
- Build and maintain a strong network of freelance creatives
- Source and onboard freelancers as required
- Negotiate rates and manage bookings
- Ensure consistency of quality and integration with internal teams
- Own and optimise resource management tools and systems
- Continuously improve ways of working across briefing, scheduling & workflow visibility
- Introduce smarter, more efficient processes that support both creative excellence & operational clarity
- Monitor team workload
- Advocate for sustainable working practices
- Support individual development by identifying stretch opportunities & enabling exposure to different project types
- Develop a strong understanding of creative disciplines, design workflows & live event production cycles
- Act as a translator between creative ambition and operational reality
- Proven experience in resource management, studio management or traffic management within a creative agency (ideally live events, experiential or production)
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills in fast-paced environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to make confident decisions under pressure
- High attention to detail with a proactive mindset
- Experience working in live events or experiential marketing
- Familiarity with creative workflows (concept design production)
- Experience using resource planning tools (e.g. Float, Resource Guru, Monday, etc.)
- Understanding of freelance market and creative specialisms
- Calm under pressure
- Solutions-focused
- Highly collaborative
- Commercially aware
- Empathetic but decisive
- Passionate about creative work and the people behind it