Ackermans Studio Manager Wanted

DETAILS

Studio Manager (ACK210421-2) - Ackermans

Reference Number     

ACK210421-2

Job Title         

Studio Manager

Department    

Marketing

Brand 

Ackermans

Reporting To Position

Manager

Job Type Classification          

Permanent

Number of Positions  

1

Location - Town / City          

Cape Town

Location - Province    

Western Cape

Location - Country    

South Africa

Job Advert     

We have an exciting opportunity for a Studio Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. This position is based at our Support Centre in Kuilsriver, Cape Town and will be part of a very diverse and vibrant digital marketing team. This position will report directly to the Marketing Manager: Digital.

 

The Studio Manager will be responsible to manage the timeous and consistent, quality delivery of product imagery and act as the dedicated contact person for online commerce in the photography studio. To plan, manage and oversee the end-to-end production and post-production process. To ensure consistency across all imagery and that strict deadlines are met, with all photographs delivered in full and according to specification.

Qualifications

Essential:

- A Grade 12 Certificate/Matric

- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Advertising, Photography or equivalent

 

Preferred:

- A tertiary qualification in project management or production management will be most suitable.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

Knowledge required:

- Extensive knowledge of the production process in terms of online commerce and photography

- Extensive knowledge of photography and post-production processes

- Fashion retail cycle, critical path & buying process

- Knowledge of digital channels i.e. web, digital media, social media, USSD and App’s

- Understanding of online commerce in the fashion retail environment

 

Skills required:

? A skilled photographer and retoucher

- Experiential command of Microsoft Office suite.

- Ability to work in a pressurised environment while maintaining positive working relationships.

- Deadline driven

- Excellent attention to detail

- Solutions driven and able to work with limited supervision

- Good written and verbal communication skills

- The ability to:

o Be adaptable to change initiatives

o Be self-motivated

o Contribute to and integrate with the bigger marketing team & other stakeholders

 

Experience required:

Essential:

- A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in studio / project and production management, in an agency/creative/photography/retail marketing environment.

- A minimum of 3 years’ experience as a photographer and retoucher

- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in people management

- Experience in online commerce in a retail environment

 

Preferred:

- Experience gained in a Retail marketing or advertising environment

- Understanding of Magento and Façade

- Experience or good understanding of, post-production and online commerce production process

Key Responsibilities 

1. Production planning, workflow and capacity management

• Use information and timelines from Upload Team to plan and manage product samples identified for e-commerce and other Marketing initiatives, through studio or via Styleshoots machine, post- production and upload.

• Construct monthly / weekly production plan to facilitate the above on strict timelines and keep stakeholders informed of status and progress.

• Operational management of the production plan to effectively:

o Facilitate workflow & timings of photography and post-production

o Manage existing model images from agency and other outside resources

o Ensure sufficient resources available to meet requirements in full & on time

o Ensure upload team has correct product image, accurately named & saved, on time for go live dates of e-commerce and promotional campaigns

• Reporting;

o Status reports to marketing and e-commerce team on number of samples received, images shot & retouched, challenges faced and corrective measures taken/ improvement recommendations

 

2. Image management and quality control

o Managing the full quality control function in quality of images and/or editing / retouching.

• Correct imagery naming / filing / format

• Image handover to post-production agency

• Brief to agency

• Review of work for consistency across imagery (including campaign shots)

• Image approval & handover to Traffic Co-ordinator

• Time & capacity management per month

o Image handover and briefing to post-production agency (as well as ensuring the delivery of imagery back from agency)

o Review of work for consistency across imagery (including campaign shots)

o Image approval & handover to Traffic Co-ordinator

 

3. Studio management

Ensure maintenance of studio equipment & licensing

Manage booking of studio (e-comm, social media & ATL campaigns)

Overseeing the full production process in the photographic studio

o Time and capacity management per month for the studio in line with output requirements

o Oversight of the full production process; including sample planning, updating and implementing agreed to photography style requirements, managing workflow and timings of photography and post-production to ensure delivery of imagery so that content can be uploaded timeously

o Continuous assessment of studio resources, ensuring that each project / campaign, month is sufficiently resourced and is able to deliver within stipulated timeframes, and renegotiating timelines with Marketing where needed.

o To manage external providers where outsourcing of garment shooting is required

o Ensure maintenance of equipment and licensing

o Managing booking of studio (e-comm, social media, ATL campaigns etc)

o Ensure the maintenance and order of studio workplace

 

4. Online Commerce

- To serve as the dedicated contact person for online commerce (queries, providing data, reports, and updates) relating to the studio from:

o Post-production agency

o Models/ agents

o Freelancers (photographers & assistants, stylists, DTP operators)

o Equipment suppliers

o Creative agency

o All merch SBUs/ e-comm co-ord (central point of contact for image queries)

- Studio liaising from shoot to post production (central point of contact for photography and retouching)

- Managing work wellbeing and outputs of direct reports, including; Digital Photographer, Web Photographer, post-production and/or creative agencies or resources and all Merch SBUs.