Seasonal Photo Studio Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead end-to-end studio operations, integrating both creative execution and operational efficiency across all shoots.
• Main contact of creative operations along with Sr. Photo Production Manager, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, improve throughput, and elevate output quality across all channels.
• Establish and maintain clear production calendars, prioritization frameworks, and resource allocation plans across multiple high-volume workstreams.
• Support on optimizing production workflows to support scalability and increasing content demands, ensuring seamless coordination between creative and business teams.
• Partner with studio team for Global Edit / Creative Force, overseeing asset management, file organization, tracking, and reporting.
• Proactively identify inefficiencies and implement solutions that improve speed, quality, and scalability, leveraging tools such as Creative Force, Monday, Asana, or Airtable.
• Administer the DAM ecosystem, ensuring proper metadata standards, usage rights, and asset accessibility across channels and regions.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure studio output aligns with broader brand teams, marketing, and business objectives.
• Provide guidance and support to internal studio team members and freelance resources.
• Oversee and manage high-volume production environments, set standards, manage throughput, ensuring consistent execution across concurrent projects and deadlines.
• Support budget planning and tracking monthly and annual production needs.
• Source and manage freelance talent and creative partners in alignment with brand standards.
• Oversee sample logistics and inventory processes to ensure product readiness and tracking to meet deadlines.
• Collaborative casting efforts with creative production teams to ensure alignment with brand identity.
• Manage vendor relationships, including photographers, stylists, HMU artists, and agencies.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure proper documentation (SOWs, NDAs, agreements).
• Facilitate regular cross-functional status meetings to align on priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide operational guidance for team to build the best-in-class studio processes and standard operating procedures.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong balance of creative sensibility and operational rigor
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail in fast-paced environments
• Proven ability to build, refine, and scale workflows
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a high-volume production environment
• Deep understanding of brand standards and creative execution
• Proficiency in: Creative Force, Global Edit, Adobe Creative Suite, CaptureOne, Microsoft Office, project management tools (Monday, Asana, Airtable, etc.)