Studio Manager

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Joining ITG as our new Studio Manager you will help to bring our eComm photography to life through working with our incredible studio teams on our contract with John Lewis & Partners.

Working in a retail-focused environment, you will help to understand and oversee the delivery of content briefs, ensuring that what we deliver meets brand, creative and commercial requirements.

The role:

You're a Studio Manager, with a strong eCommerce operational background, and an ambition to join a busy, engaged, growing team within a fast-paced studio environment.

We're looking for someone who wants variety in their role, who is a people person and is happy to be working on-site in our London studio on a daily basis.

You'll be part of a creative team, overseeing the daily operational running of the studio, delegating and task managing photographers, stylists, studio assistants and set builders including a large pool of freelancers.

Working closely with Production to deliver the required photographic and video shoots across fashion, home and kids. Maintaining strong stakeholder communication, creating clear processes for teams to follow, driving studio standards including H&S management and reporting up to the senior Studio Management team.

You have the ability to think strategically and can be reactive to changing requirements, you're comfortable working to tight deadlines across a multitude of briefs, making sure to inspire the teams you work with to maintain targets and output quality levels to get the job done to the highest standards.

You're a thinker and a doer - as happy to be hands on and lead by example to get a project out the door as you are to come up with solutions and efficiencies to implement to drive optimisation and consistency across the content generated.

You're a confident communicator and can clearly and effectively brief photographic, studio and set build teams with the required output and defined timelines to make sure deliverables are met on time and within budget.

You will be confident and proactive in implementing disciplined and cost-effective photography, studio and set build processes and oversee a structured systematic approach to general studio/workshop housekeeping, H&S policies including training and photographic kit management.

You're keen to hit the ground running for this on-site role, working to agreed budgets and production processes you will ensure the photographic outcomes are in line with stakeholder expectations and agreed deliverables.

That's where we come in.

Rewarding those who can deliver projects and strategy, we want someone who is able to apply a good sense of judgement and understand their role within the overall scope of the brief and team.

This is a position where you can have a true opportunity to work on some amazing briefs and showcase your talent. Specialising in helping clients unlock what matters most to their customers, we deliver brands, campaigns and conversations to reflect this. Our background is retail and many of our clients are big retail brands, although we now work with a host of other sectors including education, transport and hospitality.

Requirements

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you if:

• You have previous experience managing a high-volume photography, post production or creative studio
• You have excellent organisational skills and are process driven
• You are an effective and proactive stakeholder manager with the ability to communicate succinctly and efficiently
• You have the ability to multitask and ensure flawless execution and delivery, working in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment
• You have a thorough understanding of the creative process and be able to think ahead before each required step
• You have excellent attention to detail
• You have significant experience in delegating and task managing teams

Benefits

Work's a treat!

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays - we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
• Annual Wellbeing Day - enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme - helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan - claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options - spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings - through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
• Employee Assistance Programme - our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you're happy, we're happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day - we're all about giving back... and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme - know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,000 for a putting a good word in.
• Wellbeing Programme - giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave - support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we're always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together

What next?
If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.

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