Associate Business Director - Creative Services
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About the Role
Publicis Groupe seeks an Associate Business Director to lead creative operations, ensuring efficient resource allocation and workflow. The role involves capacity planning, staffing solutions, and process optimization to meet client deadlines.
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Responsibilities
- Lead creative operations and report to the Business Director Creative Operations
- Manage capacity plan and ensure it is updated regularly
- Prepare staffing solutions based on matching the right teams with suitable projects
- Track individuals’ creative contributions to the agency
- Manage day to day running of workload allocations
- Monitor timesheets and vacations for the full team and prepare reports
Requirements
- At least 8+ years of experience in a relevant or operations related job role
- Demonstrates understanding of strategy, creative, data & analytics, digital & film production processes and terminology
- Extremely organized and good negotiation skills
- Operations background with a 'can do' positive attitude
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Role Overview
- The primary role is to lead creative operations, find solutions internally, and report to the Business Director Creative Operations.
- Working with all stakeholders, have an overview of the capacity and utilization of each creative resource.
- Ensure the agency is running efficiently almost as a profit centre, and no client deadlines are missed.
Technical & Product
- Operates as a functional channel between Creative and Account management by working before assignments to assess implications and anticipate workload needs.
- Attends status meetings and collaborates with Creative Resources and Communications team throughout creative development.
- Takes ownership of the Capacity Plan and ensures it is updated regularly.
- Receives and reviews new assignment briefs to ensure sync with forecasting.
- Evaluates available creative resources against creative needs.
- Prepares staffing solutions based on matching the right teams with suitable projects.
- Presents staffing solutions and works with CCO & CD to organize and inform the team.
- Organizes creative briefing and pit stops with time, location, and team members.
- Tracks individuals’ creative contributions to the agency.
- Manages all resources and ensures all projects/accounts are staffed accordingly.
- Ensures department leads see all briefs before dispatching work.
- Manages team's time and recommends prioritization for timely delivery.
Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency
- Serves as Casting Manager who understands employees’ skill sets, strengths, and weaknesses.
- Anticipates trends within the group and creates innovative solutions.
- Assesses skill sets and specialities, assigning the best possible resources for every project.
- Monitors the group for efficiencies and overloaded reports concerns.
- Manages day to day running of workload allocations.
- Regularly watches timesheets and vacations for the full team and prepares reports.
- Monitors the repository and remains gatekeeper for asset management.
- Follows and leads the Groupe GDPR policy and guides others to follow.
Qualifications
- At least 8+ years of experience in a relevant or operations related job role.
- Demonstrates understanding of strategy, creative, data & analytics, digital & film production processes and terminology.
- Extremely organized and good negotiation skills.
- Able to take calculative risks.
- Operations background with a 'can do' positive attitude.
- Possesses good verbal and written communication skills.
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