The Head of Resourcing is responsible for leading EMEA & Americas production resource planning, allocation, and optimization. This role ensures the efficient use of internal and external production talent to meet creative and commercial goals, balancing capacity with project demand across all studios and disciplines.
of key responsibilities:
Leads EMEA and Americas resource management - managing production resource planning, allocation, and optimization across all studios.
Drives capacity visibility - ensures real-time tracking of artist availability, skill sets, and utilization to support efficient project delivery.
Oversees workforce planning - balances internal and freelance resources, maintaining strong partnerships and aligning hiring with demand.
Champions process and systems excellence - standardizes scheduling practices, improves tools, and promotes data-driven decision-making.
Delivers strategic insight - provides forecasting, analytics, and performance reporting to guide leadership on capacity and operational priorities.
EMEA and Americas Resource Scheduling & Capacity Planning
● Oversee the accurate allocation of internal and freelance resources across global production teams.
● Build real-time visibility into artist availability, skill sets, and project assignments.
● Own and manage the global scheduling platform and resourcing tools to support efficient production operations.
● Work closely with department heads to ensure resource utilization aligns with project and business priorities.
● Coordinate with Studio Leads and Project Managers to ensure balanced workloads and smooth handovers.
● Lead weekly resource planning meetings in partnership with key stakeholders to forecast and address potential bottlenecks. ● In consultation with Heads of Production, optimize resource deployment to meet evolving project demands and maximize efficiency
Utilisation & Forecasting Management
● Partner with Finance and Business Planning to deliver accurate utilization forecasts and staffing models.
● Identify shortfalls, surplus capacity, and opportunities to rebalance resources across teams and projects.
● Track utilization trends to improve forecasting accuracy and enable proactive decision-making.
● Provide visibility into utilization data for senior leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities.
Workforce Planning & Freelance Resourcing
● Manage end-to-end studio capacity planning, including short-term and long-term workforce strategies.
● Lead the integration of resourcing tools with studio systems to streamline data flow and reduce duplication.
● Maintain relationships with key freelance providers and external talent networks.
● Drive freelance resourcing strategy in conjunction with Production and HR leadership.
● Oversee allocation of talent across concurrent projects to optimize delivery and maintain creative quality.
● Provide input into recruitment planning and hiring strategy to support evolving business needs. Scheduling Systems & Process Excellence
● Implement clear and consistent scheduling processes and standards across all departments.
● Lead continuous improvement of scheduling methodologies to enhance transparency and efficiency.
● Champion the adoption and optimization of scheduling systems and tools, ensuring best-in-class utilization.
Cross-Functional & Commercial Alignment
● Integrate sales forecasting and project backlog data into capacity and scheduling plans.
● Partner with Business Planning to model the impact of pipeline fluctuations on resource demand.
● Collaborate with Project Management, Studio Leadership, and Operations to align scheduling decisions with strategic goals
Reporting, Analytics & Insight
● Provide weekly and monthly scheduling reports to leadership, offering visibility into capacity, utilization, and performance.
● Deliver scenario-based analytics to support decision-making on staffing, hiring, and project planning.
● Build and maintain strong relationships with department heads, ensuring data-driven insights inform strategic resource decisions
Requirements
Benefits
Founded in 2014 by Peter Guthrie and Henry Goss, The Boundary has rapidly gained an international reputation for excellence in the visual representation of architecture and the built environment.
Our services include traditional still images (CGI's) for printed media, animation and film, VFX and immersive content including virtual reality and augmented reality.
As an industry leader The Boundary is constantly testing new technologies and developing new techniques pushing the limits of what is possible in an ever changing technology driven environment.
Working across a variety of sectors on projects ranging from e-commerce and retail to large scale creative visualisation projects in the automotive and real estate industries, our aim is to develop a compelling creative narrative appropriate to the specific needs of each project and each client.
