Associate Resource Director, Creative

About the role

The Associate Director of Creative Resource Management is a senior leader responsible for overseeing strategy and execution for the Creative department. This role bridges high-level workforce planning with day-to-day staffing decisions to ensure creative teams are balanced and aligned with business goals. The position requires a deep understanding of the creative process in experiential marketing and the ability to balance people-first decision-making with financial realities.

Responsibilities

• Own the resourcing strategy for the Creative department and serve as the primary partner to Creative leadership.
• Evaluate incoming briefs and project workloads to assign resources in collaboration with department management.
• Partner with leadership and Finance to build and maintain Creative-specific capacity forecasts.
• Identify bandwidth gaps and proactively recommend solutions such as rebalancing or freelance support.
• Maintain accurate, real-time Creative resourcing data and ensure consistent application of resourcing standards.
• Oversee freelance strategy, including maintaining a diverse bench of talent and managing onboarding and compliance.
• Champion a human-first approach to resourcing to balance project delivery with sustainable workloads.

Required skills

• Creative resourcing
• Resource management
• Traffic management
• Creative operations
• Experiential marketing
• Project management software
• Financial acumen
• Conflict resolution

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience in creative resourcing, resource management, traffic management, or creative operations within an experiential marketing agency or creative agency

Benefits

• Health & Wellness Benefits
• 401k Match
• Communication Stipend
• Paid Company holidays
• PTO Package
• Company get togethers & retreats
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible WFH policy

About the Company

NVE is a brand experience and production agency dedicated to building ideas rooted in culture and guided by the principle that The Right Moment Will Transform Someone Forever. The agency develops insight-driven ideas to convert consumer attention into commitment, action, and brand loyalty.