Resource Manager
OTHER•New York
About this role
Who We Are
Group SJR is the original full-service content consultancy. Today’s leading organizations are grounded in unique skills, knowledge, and perspective but success depends on their ability to tell the world. At SJR we help them do exactly that; by discovering, developing and distributing their inimitable narrative. Anchored in the brand, the narrative provides the through-line that enables us to detail strategy and elevate communications programs.
What We’re Looking for
We’re looking for a Resource Manager to centralize resource planning across the agency. As part of our team, you’ll plan, allocate and manage resources - ensuring that resources align with project needs, required skills, and client expectations. You’ll be the connective point between our various departments to ensure our teams are deployed in a balanced, efficient, and on-target way. This role is central to how we run the business day to day and our operational excellence. Ideal for someone who finds satisfaction in bringing clarity to complexity, spotting patterns, and building systems that help people and projects thrive.
What You’ll Do
- Maintain an accurate, up-to-date picture of team capacity across all client work.
- Match skills and availability with incoming work, collaborating with team leads for assignment decisions.
- Monitor workload distribution, surfacing risks, bandwidth constraints, and opportunities to rebalance.
- Oversee the work intake process, ensuring requests are complete, clear, and aligned with value stream priorities.
- Facilitate regular syncs to ensure work readiness, priority clarity, and accurate staffing needs.
- Communicate status updates, risks, and changes to appropriate stakeholders.
- Maintain documentation, dashboards, and reporting related to resourcing, workflow, and project tracking.
- Support improvements to intake, assignment, and planning processes to increase predictability.
- Provide weekly updates on design utilization, upcoming capacity, and cross-stream demand.
What You’ll Need
- Five to seven years of experience in resource management and coordination
- Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Comfortable managing resources in high-volume, fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Flexible, adaptable and responsive when quick turnarounds are required
- Experience collaborating with global teams and resources
- Experience using collaborative team communication and project management applications such as Monday.com, Trello, Asana, Worktable and MS Teams to ensure efficiency
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Premier) a plus
Why Join Group SJR?
- Be a part of a pioneering team: Work alongside some of the brightest minds in content strategy and communications.
- Shape the future of content: Help leading organizations tell their stories in a way that resonates with their audiences and drives results.
- Make a real impact: See your strategic vision come to life and contribute to the success of our clients.
- Grow your career: We're committed to providing our employees with opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Enjoy a collaborative and supportive culture: We value teamwork, creativity, and innovation.
If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for content and a desire to make a real impact, we encourage you to apply!
SJR is dedicated to employment equity and welcomes diversity in the workplace. We also welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, visit WPP Benefits for more details.
What you'll do
- The Resource Manager will maintain an accurate picture of team capacity and match skills with incoming work. They will oversee the work intake process and facilitate regular syncs to ensure work readiness and priority clarity.
About Group SJR
SJR was founded with a simple objective in mind: to connect brands and companies with the right audience, keep it and develop it. By tapping into the limitless power of storytelling, we authentically build brands, explain complex issues and, most importantly, awaken audiences’ desire for wonder, wisdom and delight.
Our client work and agency approach has earned us numerous accolades including Best Branded Editorial Experience by Webby Awards, Agency of the Year by Content Marketing Awards, and Most Innovative Culture by Digiday.
SJR is a WPP company.
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What does a Resource Manager do at Group SJR?
As a Resource Manager at Group SJR, you will: the Resource Manager will maintain an accurate picture of team capacity and match skills with incoming work. They will oversee the work intake process and facilitate regular syncs to ensure work readiness and priority clarity..
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