Samuel Rowland

Senior Resource Manager EMEA - Africa/Middle East Operations

Was extended from April until September 2025 to support with a second maternity cover within the Africa Team. This position focused on the revenue, absence, timesheet, as well as other key performance metric reporting for 50 people within the Africa business.

For the Middle East, support was needed to help plan the day-to-day tasks for the creative team to support billability reporting and more rigorous process.

Highlights:

- The extension from April 2025 - September 2025 was made by specifically by the Africa business based on the value delivered by the Senior RM during the previous maternity cover.

Senior Resource Manager EMEA (Maternity Cover)

Managed Graphic Design Teams totalling 27 creatives across the region. This included the timesheets, IR35 assessments for any freelancers, sourcing talent when the teams were over-stretched, being a key point of contact for senior creative/discipline leads in addition to managing the daily bookings singlehandedly.

Highlights:

- Being universally recognised for the positive impact being delivered. This feedback was received from multiple people across a variety of levels across a variety of departments.

- Being extended twice. Once at November 2024 and for the second time from November 2024 until April 2025.

Senior Resource Manager - Technology/Design

This role was originally freelance cover to help manage the monthly planning of the Client Services Team of 60 team members within the Technology department at Edelman UK.

Due to experience gained in previous positions, the responsibility of planning, managing process for a team of 12 Graphic Designers in Germany as well as being a trusted advisor for senior creative leads up to CCO level was added to the role.

Highlights:
- Was converted to a FTC based on the value delivered to both the Germany and Technology Teams.

After having worked for WPP for seven years, I wanted to do freelance and contract work to take a more entrepreneurial approach to my career.

Highlights

Edelman

• Started off freelancing in the Tech Team in July 2023 and then was kept on for a year long maternity contract with the Creative Department, which was then extended to January 2025.
• Worked at Senior Resource Manager level in terms of day-to-day duties.
• Single handedly managed all the Graphic Designers in EMEA (20+).
• Received positive feedback from Client Leads, Project Managers and Senior Leaders for the approach taken to problem solving complex resourcing issues at pace.

Mind + Matter

• Nominated for two awards based off the quality of support that was provided to both Vertex and Domes clients.
• Tasks included managing a team of around 24 permanent creatives and freelance staff, working on pitches up to £2m, problem solving large requirements at pace, leading process innovation and successfully negotiating with stakeholders.

Scape

• Implemented a new software system so the company could more effectively organise its work into a studio management workflow for the future.

The Gym Group

• Helped them land a national Visual Identity Campaign that they were undertaking to rebrand themselves.
• The Creative Director wrote a glowing LinkedIn recommendation on the results of the assignment.

Grayling

• The £17k profit target for May was exceeded by £3000.
• Benchmarked our quotations, which helped improve our revenue.
• Provided an improved breakdown of the work packages in each project, so the account teams could more clearly communicate timings and costs for each phase of delivery to the client.
• Created templates for internal briefs so that the designers can pick work up efficiently.

Tools:

• Financial Force, Monday.com, Asana

Deliverables

• Social Static, Animations, Powerpoint Design, Press Ad, Infographics, Video, Display Graphics, White Papers, Digital Banners, OOH

Clients

• Novo Nordisk
• Vertex
• Shell
• Visa
• DP World
• EasyJet

This was my first job out of university and was promoted within 6 months. I went on to hold the following roles within the agency.

• Digital Asset Manager
• Technical Account Manager
• Account Manager

Highlights

- Delivered 120+ assets for a single multi-stage social media video campaign for Ford Belgium in Belgian French and Flemish.

- Rolled out a £50k coffee campaign for Philips across Digital, Social and Video for Switzerland in both French and German.

- Project Managed the delivery of a complex £100k project for Philips Oneblade.

- Implemented the global introduction of a company-wide internal cloud software system for Hogarth.

Tools:

• JIRA, FIDO, ZONZA

Deliverables

• Social Static, Social Video, TV, Digital Banners, OOH

Clients

• Philips, Ford, Nespresso