Traffic Manager

Job Description

Walker and Sloan are proud to be working once again with a well-known B2B marketing agency in central London. Due to some fantastic growth, they are now looking to bring on an experienced Traffic Manager to the team on a full time basis. The role can be hybrid with 3/4 days in their offices.

The Role
We are excited to announce that we are looking for a dynamic Traffic Manager to join our team. This pivotal role will be responsible for orchestrating the smooth flow of customer work from initiation to completion, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in our efforts. The Traffic Manager will lead the planning, tracking, and management of work & projects, work closely with different departments to find & allocate resources wisely, and ensure all project deadlines are met. If you are passionate about resource and project management and thrive in fast-paced environments, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities
Resource Allocation: Assign tasks and projects to appropriate team members and freelancers based on their skills, availability, and workload capacity.
Scheduling: Create and maintain schedules, ensuring that deadlines are met and that there is a clear understanding of project timelines.
Workflow Management: Develop and enforce workflows and processes to streamline progression of work from initiation to completion.
Communication: Act as a central point of contact between different teams, departments, and clients, ensuring that information flows smoothly and that everyone is informed of project status.
Prioritisation: Assess project priorities and allocate resources accordingly to meet critical deadlines.
Problem-Solving: Identify and address potential bottlenecks or delays in project execution and propose solutions to keep projects on track.
Quality Control: Ensure that all necessary approvals and reviews are completed before delivery to clients or stakeholders.
Stakeholder Liaison: Communicate with clients (where required) or stakeholders regarding project progress, timelines, and changes or updates.
Process improvement: Surface and report on workflow process challenges
Project manage (customer facing where required) larger projects that have lots of moving parts/inputs outputs / multiple teams, for example website builds
System Super User: Be the champion within Gripped for the systems we use. Guide others on how to use systems effectively and feed new requirements into the systems & processes.
Training & Documentation: Ensure that guides are kept up to date which supports the processes above, training individuals and teams and taking onboard feedback and translating that into process or system improvement requirements where required
Resource Sourcing: Work with internal stakeholders to understand the skills required to deliver customer work. Source appropriate internal and help support external (freelance) talent to execute work
Capacity Planning: Proactively keep teams abreast of work coming towards them (existing and new business) and ensure teams are thinking about how work could be delivered should that work land.

Experience & skills required
At least 2 years experience in a traffic role in an agency
Excellent organisational skills
An ability to prioritise in real time
Demonstrable use of resourcing tools to support the processes to do the job
Clear written & verbal communication skills

Benefits
25 Days holiday allowance
Generous pension contributions
Annual Profit Share Bonus
A culture of learning and development
Private Medical Care
Company Summer Away Days and Christmas party
Based in central London near Borough Market
Choice of your own laptop and equipment
Career progression
Company Social Committee
Cycle to work scheme
Work with an exciting range of SaaS and tech companies
Working for an ambitious, fast-growing agency