Business Manager

FABRIC REPRESENTS 

Fabric is a strategic creative agency that specialises in the fashion, retail and lifestyle space.

We help our clients unlock commercial growth by creating disruptive brand platforms with big culturally potent ideas at the heart. We do this by uniting strategic rigour with compelling brand storytelling and design.

We are a team of specialists, backed by the TBWA Group, with the ability to scale up and across subject matter experts across strategy, creative, PR, social and in-house content and production.

A Business Manager IS a curious, go-getter with an active interest in brands and communication within the fashion, retail and lifestyle space.

You will be part of a dynamic team who believe in the power of ideas, design, and communication to create well-crafted brand experiences across all platforms.

Working on some of our biggest clients, you will be responsible for championing brilliant ideas and implementing effective project delivery. 

We want to take the skills you have and provide opportunities to develop them further with some of the best people to learn from, and clients to work on. 

THE TASK AT HAND 

A  Business Manager is responsible for: 

• Having clear ownership of project delivery - accountable for making it happen 
• Managing the day-to-day project team (creative, strategy, production) [CS3] 
• Owning timelines and budgets (with input from Resource + Production) 
• Cost control on projects (including reporting on project utilisation / profitability) 
• Working with resource management and Head of Production to schedule resources
• Delivering on time and on budget 
• Running straightforward tasks briefs and post implementation reviews 

Your scope will include but not limited to the following: 

• People   
• Managing day-to-day project team (creative, strategy & production) and workflow
• Product   
• Manage multiple projects autonomously from brief to completion
• Help seek, mould and sell 'ideas that make us uncomfortable’ 
• Diversify our client’s business by cross selling the wider Fabric and TBWA group offering 
• Commercial 
• Creating master timing plans, cost estimates and controlling production process’ financially in order to improve cost efficiencies and profitability
• Be profitable and be creative in how we get remunerated using Value Based Pricing (VBP) 
• Leadership
• Day to day client management 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO FABRIC

Skills 

•  3+ years agency experience, preferably in the fashion/retail/lifestyle space or design studio
• Strong organisation and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail  
• Strong integrated experience - ideally all channels 
• ·Ability to work and manage multiple projects autonomously from brief to completion  
• Experience managing stills and motion shoots
• Understanding and experience in managing financial processes

Knowledge 

• Experience working with retail clients ideal
• Experience working on design led projects
• Deep understanding of client’s business and competitors  
• Integrated, or a digital native with a clear understanding of marcomms across all brands  
• Strong experience managing financial processes  
• Experience creating master timing plans, cost estimates and controlling production process’ financially to improve cost efficiencies and profitability  
• Ability to deliver high standards of client satisfaction, measured through feedback  

You 

• A background and interest in fashion, retail, lifestyle, design and branding is a bonus
• Strong sense of initiative and ability to work under pressure 
• A genuine passion for the industry, creativity & pride in your work 
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Detail oriented and has an organised streak  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills   

WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AT FABRIC

• Fast paced, collaborative and rewarding 
• We’re professionals but don’t take ourselves too seriously 
• We’re hard on the work, kind to each other 
• We’re a diverse bunch of misfits (in a good way) 
• We’re flexible, but believe the good stuff happens when we’re in the agency together