Creative Services Manager: Global Design & Branding Agency
Location: New York, NY
Our client is a creatively charged, collaborative, and "fierce" global design, branding, and innovation agency based in New York City. They work with both well-known and niche clients, mainly in the CPG world across food and beverage and alcohol and spirits. Their culture is collaborative, fun, and growth oriented.
They seek a dynamic, organized and confident Creative Services Manager to lead studio management, trafficking, and resource management. This candidate will play an integral role in running the creative operations of the agency, working collaboratively with client services, design and strategy teams to ensure smooth and efficient workflow, excellent team dynamics, and the upholding of agency work standards.
Responsibilities:
-Support Client Services and Creative Management in planning and forecasting short and long-term creative resourcing
-Maintain consistency on project teams
-Daily support of Creative team to provide resource for agreed Client Services requests
-Studio holiday planning
-Assist in building internal project management plans according to project requirements
-Set up and maintain a database of suppliers required for execution of all projects
-Order studio supplies and samples
-Policing of time sheets, ensuring weekly completion
-Policing of project budgets, liaising with stakeholders to adhere to or increase budgets
-Responsibility for booking of freelance and additional 3rd party resource in line with project/resource requirements
- Booking creative reviews / briefings / crits and ensuring right people involved
-Work alongside key stakeholders to drive agency processes, updating all process
-Negotiations on rates and buy outs - request comparative quotes for all work commissioned, ensuring the best price is obtained
Requirements:
-7-10 years of experience ideally within a design/branding environment
- Ability to work in a team, in support of the Client Services, Creative and Strategy teams
-Outstanding project management skills
-Exceptional attention to detail
-Excellent communication skills
-Ability to work in a frenetic environment
-Strength of support to senior team members
-Strength of relationship skills – both internal and external
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Send your resume to jodi@trurecruitment.com.