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Talent Manager

2 Months ago • All levels • Human Resource

Job Summary

Job Description

The Talent Manager is responsible for managing the studio's resource capacity across all locations, ensuring alignment with planned work and resource requests. This role involves collaborating with Heads of Departments to optimize resource allocation and foster artist growth. Key responsibilities include project assignments, ensuring the right talent matches project needs, and building and strengthening teams by identifying recruitment needs and collaborating with Talent Acquisition. The position requires managing professional development plans, providing feedback, handling onboarding/offboarding, and ensuring timely filling of positions. This is a hybrid role with a preference for working from the Stockholm or London office a few days a week.
Must have:
  • Proven experience in Animation, VFX, or Games
  • Understanding of project workflows
  • Strong leadership & strategic mindset
  • Team management & development skills
  • Excellent interpersonal & problem-solving skills
  • Advanced English proficiency
  • Data interpretation & presentation skills
Perks:
  • Fun, creative, international environment
  • Opportunities for personal growth
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working model
  • Modern office with amenities

Job Details

About the position

The Talent Manager plays a vital role in managing the studio's resource capacity across all locations, ensuring it aligns with planned work and resource requests. As part of the Planning Department, the Talent Manager works collaboratively across the organization to optimize resource allocation and foster the growth and development of artists within their assigned disciplines.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with Heads of Departments to support and guide the professional development of the artists in your care. You’ll also play an active role in project assignments, ensuring the right talent is matched to project needs while providing opportunities for each artist to grow and thrive.

A key aspect of this role is building and strengthening your teams by identifying recruitment needs, collaborating with Talent Acquisition, and facilitating the hiring process to ensure the best fit for your disciplines.

This is a hybrid role where the ideal candidate would preferably be able to work from our Stockholm or London office a couple days a week. 


What we offer you

🎉 A fun, creative, international and inclusive environment

🧠 Opportunities for personal growth, a wide variety of projects and experienced co-workers that collaborate and share knowledge

⚖️ Flexible working hours encouraging work-life balance

💻 Hybrid working model that enables hybrid, fully remote or on location work

🏢 A modern office in Hammarby Sjöstad (Stockholm) or SOHO (London) with endless coffee supplies


What you will get to do

Resource Management
  • Define the resource strategy for the departments, including identifying recruitment and training needs

  • Maintain an overview of resource schedules and capacity for all ongoing and upcoming projects, ensuring alignment with planned work and resource requests.

  • Collaborate with Production and Heads of Department to plan and assign artists to projects, adjusting as needed to meet studio priorities.

  • Manage and approve leave applications, balancing project and studio requirements.

  • Play an integral role in developing and refining processes around resource planning, talent management, and recruiting. Work collaboratively with other team members and stakeholders to implement improvements and ensure best practices.

  • Monitor and report on overall resource utilization, working with Production to address immediate project needs and maintain efficiency.

Talent Management
  • Act as the first point of contact for artists, managing their professional development plans and ensuring growth opportunities.

  • Foster a culture of continuous feedback for team members by identifying peers to provide input and collecting performance feedback.

  • Ensure all new starters receive proper onboarding as according to studio practices. Identify, assign, and coach onboarding buddies.

  • Facilitate offboarding tasks for employees and freelancers

Talent Acquisition

Collaborate closely with Hiring Managers and Talent Acquisition to:

  • Ensure all positions, including short-term freelancers, are filled in a timely manner.

  • Clarify job requirements, role descriptions, and soft skills/personality traits needed for open roles.

  • Screen and present candidates to Hiring Managers

  • Ensure a high-quality candidate experience and professional service throughout the recruitment process.

  • Confirm and negotiate compensation within salary and rate brackets.



What you bring
      • Proven experience in the Animation, VFX, or Games industry in roles such as production or artist management.

      • Deep understanding of project workflows and the ability to anticipate resource needs at different production phases.

      • Strong leadership skills with a strategic mindset, able to make informed and sometimes difficult decisions for the benefit of the team and company.

      • Demonstrated ability to manage and develop teams, fostering growth, feedback, and collaboration.

      • Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, with the ability to actively listen, engage stakeholders, and mediate between competing priorities.

      • Advanced English proficiency, both written and verbal.

      • Ability to interpret data, develop actionable insights, and present them effectively to peers and leadership.

      • A flexible and solution oriented personality that thrives in a fast paste and dynamic environment.



Does this sound like your next adventure, apply today! 

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Goodbye Kansas Studios offers award-winning and uniquely integrated services for feature films, TV series, commercials, games and trailers. Expertise includes VFX, FX, CG productions, 3D Face and body Scanning, Digital Humans, Creature and character design, Performance Capture, Animation and Real-time expertise. The company have offices in Stockholm - with a performance capture and scanning studio included - as well as London. 

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