Studio Manager

Join ITG as our new Studio Manager and play a key role in bringing our eCommerce photography to life. Working closely with our talented studio teams, you’ll support the delivery of high-quality content for our John Lewis & Partners contract. Set within a retail-focused environment, this role is central to understanding, managing and overseeing content briefs, ensuring every output meets brand, creative and commercial expectations.

As Studio Manager, you’ll bring a strong background in eCommerce operations and a genuine enthusiasm for working within a fast-paced, growing studio team. This is a varied, hands-on role suited to someone who thrives on collaboration, enjoys working with people and is happy to be on-site in our London studio every day.

You’ll be part of a highly creative environment, taking ownership of the studio’s day-to-day operations. This includes delegating and task-managing photographers and stylists, as well as coordinating a large freelance pool. You’ll also line manage our studio assistants and set build teams, ensuring the studio runs smoothly, efficiently and at pace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Production to deliver photographic and video shoots across fashion, home and kids. You’ll maintain strong stakeholder communication, establish clear and effective processes for teams to follow, uphold studio standards including H&S management, and report into the senior Studio Management team.
• Able to think strategically while remaining agile and responsive to changing requirements. You’re comfortable working to tight deadlines across multiple briefs, inspiring teams to hit targets while maintaining high standards of quality and output.
• A natural thinker and doer, you’re just as comfortable being hands-on and leading by example to deliver projects as you are identifying solutions, efficiencies and improvements that drive optimisation and consistency across content production.
• A confident and clear communicator, you can effectively brief photographic, studio and set build teams on outputs, expectations and timelines, ensuring all deliverables are met on time and within budget.
• Proactive and detail-focused, you’ll implement disciplined and cost-effective photography, studio and set build processes, alongside overseeing a structured approach to studio and workshop housekeeping, H&S policies and training, and photographic kit management.
• Ready to hit the ground running in this on-site role, you’ll work to agreed budgets and production processes, ensuring photographic outputs consistently meet stakeholder expectations and agreed deliverables.

Requirements

• 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
• You have a good understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures

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 available to employees and exist to offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other.

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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