Creative Resources Manager (12 Month FTC)

Are you looking for an exciting role in a friendly, nurturing and creative environment? Do you want to join a team of passionate content creators who support each other, share their expertise and make a difference to pets and their people? If so, we are looking for a Creative Resource Manager to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract. Sitting at the heart of our Creative Content team you’ll be working with colleagues across the organisation to deliver best in class creative work, while championing efficiency and collaboration.

This is a role packed with potential that you’ll be able to get stuck into and make your own from day one. We’re looking for someone exceptional who has solid traffic experience, ideally in a busy creative team. You’ll be a people person who loves collaborating and thrives in a fast-paced environment. And you’ll also have impeccable time management and resourcing skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Your focus will be on helping the Creative Content team deliver a huge variety of work, on time and to budget. Projects range from integrated campaigns and fundraising materials to product development and brand building. You’ll need strong communication and organisational skills, plenty of self‑motivation, and an open mind. You’ll also exhibit a high level of initiative, be results orientated and support department organisation objectives.

At its core, the purpose of this role is to coordinate between the busy Creative Content team and our internal clients – ensuring projects progress smoothly and achieve desired outcomes. Our perfect match will be a natural problem‑solver who’s willing to get involved and help the team overcome any challenges, while motivating people every step of the way throughout a project. You’ll need a firm but flexible approach, with the ability to adapt when priorities change.

You will:

• Project manage all creative briefs from internal teams through to delivery via the internal creative team and external partners.
• Monitor resource and projects across teams, conduct cost/benefit analysis of projects and share regular reports with senior leaders on key team metrics, with actionable recommendations for future projects.
• Assess incoming briefs to ensure they are complete and clear, create detailed timing plans (where needed) and manage creative resource to achieve the briefs’ objectives.
• Ensure the successful delivery of all creative projects across multiple channels so all outputs meet the brief.
• Provide timely communication with stakeholders, confidently manage expectations, and share project updates.
• Organise regular catch‑ups with teams to ensure work is progressing smoothly, removing any potential barriers and helping to prioritise daily tasks.

If you have:

• Experience of working with creative teams to resource and deliver projects from brief to production.
• Experience of project management and using project management software such as Monday.com.
• Confidence in building strong working relationships with key departments and stakeholders.
• A strong communicator with an impeccable attention to detail.
• Highly organised, focused on accuracy and quality.
• A natural problem solver, focused, self‑motivated and forward thinking.
• The ability to work efficiently to help deliver projects large and small to deadline.
• Calm within a busy environment.
• The ability to prioritise and adapt, multi‑task effectively, juggle numerous projects and switch planning where required due to the reactive nature of the charity.
• Knowledge of print process and techniques, managing suppliers as required.

This role will operate in a hybrid working environment and although much of it can be done remotely our successful candidate must be able to attend our offices near Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire (PE29 2NH) for an average of 1 - 2 days a month. The starting salary for this position is £36,665 - £40,740 pro rata per annum depending on experience.

This will be complemented by:

• Pro rata equivalent of 36 days annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 40 days pro rata per annum after five years.
• Up to 8% employer pension contributions.
• Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan).
• Employee wellbeing package to include free access to Headspace.
• Life assurance (4x salary).
• Benefits hub – exclusive discounts on popular brands.
• 25% discount in our charity shops.

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this opportunity as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Woodgreen is committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and, as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place. Early application is encouraged as this position may close sooner than the stated deadline if a suitable candidate is found. Interviews may commence prior to the closing date. Woodgreen is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.