We’re hiring a Traffic Manager—and not just ANY traffic manager, mind you. We’re looking for someone with communications skills for days, a hawk eye for detail, and a sixth sense for prioritising resource across the studio. Sound up your street? Let’s scroll.
It’s exciting times here at Casa MadeBrave®! Between continual growth with our current clients (seriously, they’re the best) and buckets of new work heading our way, we’re now on the look out for a Traffic Manager to join our award-winning team.
As a Traffic Manager you’ll manage the workflow of our creative studio to deliver exciting work for some of the biggest brands across the UK and beyond.
The Role
- Manage the end to end scheduling process, tracking progress via regular communication with the relevant teams and our project management systems
- Monitor studio capacity ensuring resources are fully utilised to their maximum potential and provide regular reports on this activity / availability to the relevant Directors of the business
- Own the daily catch ups with creative team: reviewing daily work schedule, allocating work accordingly
- Liaise closely with both Client Services and the Creative Director to plan in work as far in advance as possible, highlighting any risks, bottleneck issues and potential areas of concern
- Monitor the progress of work and ensure projects stay within budget perimeters by ensuring all information held within our project management system is accurate
- Produce monthly reports for Senior Management
- Liaise with suppliers for all print, manufacturing and other production related matters to coincide with the required deadlines as set by our clients and organise the logistics involved to meet those deadlines
- Liaise with all freelance suppliers for additional support required, managing administration of agreements and PO’s.
- Ensure creative briefs meet agreed standards and include essential criteria for work to proceed
- Reprioritise your own workload and the work within the studio as required with the business objectives in mind
- Continuously improve systems and processes to ensure maximum efficiency within the studio
- Build and maintain strong relationships across the agency ensuring an open communicative and collaborative approach
- Attend project meetings regularly to stay informed on the status of projects, any immediate requirements or changes to timelines
- Proofread and spot-check work ensuring briefs have been fully met before issuing work to Client Services
- Be a MadeBrave ambassador assisting with events, exhibitions and outreach work where necessary
The Must-Haves
- Enthusiasm—you should exhibit a MAH-HOOOOOOSIVE amount of passion and excitement over your work along with bucketloads of can-do. MadeBravers are shiny happy positive people and you should be too!
- Agency experience in a fast paced resource planning / production / traffic role
- An excellent communicator with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the team
- A working knowledge of print production and processes in a commercial printing environment
- The ability to self-start, use your initiative and approach things with a positive, methodical attitude
- You will be confident with a willingness to learn and adapt as both the role and the company continue to grow
- You will be professional yet approachable and be able to remain calm and level-headed when dealing with large volumes of work the pace picks up
- You are a resilient individual and comfortable with negotiating with staff at all levels of the business on studio priorities
- You will be ultra-organised and your time management skills will allow you to see into the future (not actually but planning is your thing)
- You will have excellent skills in Project Management (a working knowledge of Streamtime would be preferable), Xero, G-Suite and be able to pick up other bespoke software systems easily such as Toms Planner, Trello and other PM tools.
MadeBraver Benefits
Good Stuff
- Flexi-Time Policy
- Family friendly office
- Dog friendly office
- Surprise free lunches
- Office Shower facilities
- Friday Beers
- Free beers, ciders, wine, cocktails or juice
- Office Segway
- Office pull-up bar and TRX bands
Money Savers
- Perkbox (access to lots of freebies & discounts across major retailers)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers
Team Events
- Team away days & weekends (think bushcraft survival, go-karting or trips abroad!)
- Monthly Big Brave Breakfasts
- What’s This?, What’s That? Events
- Camera Club
- MadeBrave Pub Quiz
Team Resources
- Access to several training platforms (Masterclass, Skillshare, and The Work )
- HTC Vive
- Access to training & industry specific subscriptions (BIMA, Marketing Society, Agency Collective, Campaign Magazine)
- Monthly book budget
- Annual individual creativity budget
- Access to Photography Equipment and opportunity to borrow it
Enhanced Leave Options
- Earn an extra days holiday every year, after 2 years service – up to a maximum of 5 years
- Get your birthday off
- Enhanced Maternity Policy
- Enhanced Paternity Policy
- Enhanced Adoption Policy
- Pawternity Policy
Health & Wellbeing
- A dedicated MH&WB committee
- Fitness Classes & Equipment
- Monthly Massages
Details
- Full-Time Position
- Based in Glasgow, Scotland
- Salary: DOE
- Application Deadline: Wednesday, 4th Dec 2019
Fancy joining us? Please send your CV and a cover letter with a wee bit about yourself, and let us know your notice period and current salary. Good luck!
