Resource Manager

The Resource Manager plays a central role in the smooth operation of NxGen, acting as the connective tissue between production, artists, resource planning, and studio operations. This role combines talent coordination, operational oversight, resource management, and light production support, ensuring the right people are in place at the right time and have seamless access to the tools, systems, infrastructure, and support they need to do their best work.

Working closely with the Executive Producer, Producers, Resource Management, and Technology, teams, you will maintain visibility across current and upcoming projects, support staffing strategies, and help ensure both in-house and freelance talent are onboarded efficiently and fully set up for success. This includes helping coordinate access to software licences, hardware, cloud-based infrastructure, storage, rendering resources, and wider studio systems, contributing to the efficient day-to-day running of an AI-first hybrid creative studio.

NxGen is Sky Creative’s AI-first hybrid studio, built to redefine how creative work is imagined, produced, and delivered. By combining world‑class talent with intelligent systems, scalable infrastructure, and agile production models, we enable teams to move faster, collaborate smarter, and unlock greater creative freedom. More than a studio, NxGen represents a new approach to modern content creation — driven by innovation, experimentation, and adaptability.

• Manage bookings for external freelance artists, ensuring availability is accurately tracked and consistently updated within resource management systems.
• Helping to build and maintain a strong, diverse external talent pool across disciplines (VFX, compositing, AI-assisted workflows).
• Build and nurture relationships with both current and prospective freelancers to ensure strong alignment and best-fit talent for each project.
• Maintain a clear overview of all current and upcoming projects to anticipate future staffing needs and identify potential resourcing gaps.
• Track team capacity, utilization, and upcoming absences, proactively flagging scheduling conflicts or talent shortages.

• Partner with Resource Management and Production teams to onboard freelance artists efficiently, ensuring a seamless start.
• Monitor onboarding progress and maintain clear communication with freelancers, Production, and the EP regarding status updates.
• Act as a primary point of contact for freelancers, supporting engagement and ensuring alignment with studio processes.

• Act as a key liaison between artists, production, resource management, and technical/support teams, helping ensure staff and freelance artists have timely access to the hardware, software, licences, cloud infrastructure, storage, and systems required to deliver their work.
• Oversee and coordinate the resolution of hardware, software, access, and technical issues, ensuring blockers are logged, escalated, and followed through to resolution.
• Support the efficient movement and management of project files and assets across on‑premises and cloud‑based systems, working with technical and production teams to ensure content remains accessible, organised, and secure.
• Coordinate operational requirements for cloud-based resources, including additional AWS rendering capacity, helping manage access, scaling requirements, cost estimates, and associated staffing needs.
• Maintain a strong understanding of NxGen’s technical infrastructure and operational setup, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and future‑proof the studio’s hardware, software, licensing, and cloud requirements as the business…