Creative Resource Manager

SALT XC • Chicago, IL

2d • $95,000 - $105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Creative Resource Manager, you are responsible for understanding the inner workings of the entire creative department — who makes up the team, the roles they play, each person’s strengths and opportunities, how they work, and who is best suited for a particular assignment.
You will play a critical role in organizing and managing resourcing across a dynamic creative department of 55+ people. You are resourceful, highly organized, and a natural connector. You are passionate about creative work and understand the process behind producing great content, campaigns, and social work.
Working closely with creative leadership and cross-functional teams, you will help ensure projects are properly staffed, timelines are clearly communicated, and the team has what they need to deliver high-quality work efficiently and effectively.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in the advertising industry in project management, resourcing, traffic, or a related function.
• Experience with project management or resourcing software (monday.com)
• Strong ability to build rapport and collaborate with internal and external partners.
• Confident communicator comfortable working in fast-paced, changing environments.
• Strong foundational technology skills, including familiarity with Microsoft 365, social, and digital media platforms.
• Adaptable, proactive, and solutions-oriented, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple schedules, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Passionate about creative work and the process behind bringing ideas to life.
• Organized and systems-oriented, with experience establishing timelines and identifying information and asset requirements needed to keep projects moving.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional agency teams and creatives to outline schedules and deliverables for projects.
• Keep track of each phase of projects, ensuring the creative team has the right resources in place to complete their work successfully.
• Manage creative resourcing across the department, balancing workload, capacity, timelines, and shifting priorities across individuals and teams.
• Maintain accurate resourcing data in monday.com across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Review and process all incoming creative requests with support and sign-off of the Sr. Resource Manager
• Ensure incoming requests are submitted with all necessary information, assets, and alignment to agency process.
• Ability to proactively identify when to engage freelance support to meet project demands without compromising timelines or team sustainability.
• Build strong relationships with peers and partners across the agency.
• Help create the conditions for creatives to do their best work by improving visibility, communication, and workflow across the department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees