Resource Manager - 12 Month FTC

We are hiring a Resource Manager to play a central role in how creative, design and experience work comes to life across our business. This role sits at the heart of delivery — connecting people, projects and priorities so teams can do their best work. You’ll bring clarity to complexity, balance craft with commercial thinking, and help shape smarter, more human ways of working. If you enjoy solving puzzles, building trust, and making a real impact behind the scenes, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Partnering closely with Creative, Design and Experience teams to understand skills, strengths and capacity across the business.
• Owning day‑to‑day resourcing for projects and retainers, ensuring work is planned and staffed effectively.
• Managing freelance and contractor requirements, from identification through onboarding.
• Forecasting short, medium and long‑term resourcing needs, including offshore support.
• Working with project and programme leads to cast teams that balance capability, availability and project goals.
• Analysing utilisation and forward‑planning data to surface insights and inform decision‑making.
• Proactively identifying resourcing risks or constraints and collaborating on practical solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in a resourcing or workforce planning role, ideally within a creative or digital environment.
• Confidence working with multiple stakeholders and tailoring communication to different audiences.
• A structured, thoughtful approach to planning, problem‑solving and prioritisation.
• Comfort working with data, forecasts and resource management tools to inform decisions.
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands calmly and clearly.
• A collaborative mindset, built on trust, integrity and discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with a focus on building positive working relationships.

Additional information

Digitas offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives.

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week. At Digitas we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application. Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.