The Role
The Resource Manager collaborates with teams to manage project allocations, maintain workloads, provide insights, and assist with resource sharing for clients.
Summary Generated by Built In
Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.
We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration, and belonging. Consistent with this approach, we hire the best qualified candidates for all positions.
We are seeking a Resource Manager to join our dynamic team supporting one of our largest integrated teams, part of the Daniel J. Edelman family of global companies, is a marketing and communications agency dedicated to serving Microsoft globally.
This role offers an incredible opportunity to leverage your skills, experience, and network within Edelman, the industry's largest communications marketing agency. You will help solve business problems for brands and create groundbreaking work through the thoughtful application of resource management best practices and support.
Built to thrive amid the full complexity of today's modern marketing, Edelman’s US Resource Management team is the connective tissue between talent, the work and the business. Edelman supports a diverse portfolio that includes some of the world's largest brands, helping each to evolve, promote and protect their brand through a wide range of solutions, including earned, thought leadership, creative, design, digital, influencer, crisis and much, much more.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with talent, Project Management, client teams, and Resource Management counterparts
- Manage request intake and help inform casting possibilities
- Book and maintain project allocations using RMSS (Resource Management for Smartsheet)
- Keep internal stakeholders updated on request statuses to ensure efficient schedule and team management
- Maintain utilization and workloads across individuals and teams
- Provide stakeholders with data and reporting insights
- Partner with other Resource Managers across the US & Global Edelman team to coordinate resource sharing
- Contribute to special projects and reports for the Resource Management team
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- At least a year of relevant account management, project management, administrative or resource management/operations experience, ideally in an agency or fast-paced setting
- Organized, proactive individual who will not be intimidated by a fast-paced environment, tight deadlines, and multi-tasking
- Loves process and operations, and creating order
- Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, comfortable escalating or following up with stakeholders of varying levels and expertise when/as needed
- Individual who aspires to partner closely with leadership, project management and a large network of other resource managers
- Some familiarity with a project/resource management tool (e.g., PowerBI, excel and Smartsheets)
- Eager to learn and grow in the field of Resource management and gain an understanding of the business and operations
- Interest in understanding and/or familiarity with the type of work and skills required for specialized disciplines including visual design and production
- Ability to handle sensitive data with confidentiality
- Comfortable with multitasking and adapting to fluctuating timelines and priorities
An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.
DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.
DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.
Top Skills
Excel
Power BI
Rmss
Smartsheets
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The Company
What We Do
Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead, act with certainty and earn the lasting trust of their stakeholders.
We develop powerful ideas and tell magnetic stories that move at the speed of news, make an immediate impact, transform culture and spark movements.
Since our founding in 1952 by Dan Edelman, we have remained an independent, family-run company. We use our profits to strengthen our business, provide our employees with opportunities to grow, advance our industry, and serve as a responsible citizen of the world. Every day, we strive to live and work by a long-held set of core values: the pursuit of excellence, the freedom to be curious, the courage to do the right thing, and a commitment to improving society.
Edelman is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities
