Job Description
SUMMARY:
The Manager of rue21 Photo Studio is responsible for managing and developing studio staff including photographers, department coordinators, retouchers, and stylists. The Photo Studio Manager has a keen eye for photography and creative, to evaluate current photography standards for improvement, and maintain standards for all studio-based photography, and ensuring that team members are trained and consistently adhering to set and brand standards. The Manager of Studio Photography may also assist in the photography of still-life, laydowns, tabletop and on figure product daily, and collaborate with the team to ensure deadlines are met on a consistent basis. This position is also responsible for cross-functional alignment and communication, file management, equipment maintenance, and studio upkeep.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works to achieve high productivity and quality of photography by continuing to streamline workflow in order to support studio initiatives and projects.
- Oversee studio team to ensure best practices are followed on daily basis and priorities are being met in a timely fashion.
- Determines weekly shoot schedule, including staff, models and freelancers.
- Understands, promotes and continually strive to elevate brand imagery
- Maintains and monitors quality and consistency of all photography.
- Works closely with retouchers, photographers, stylists and merchandising team to accurately represent all products online, update as needed according to industry standards and trends.
- Supervise file management, server organization, back-ups and archiving of studio imagery.
- Oversee and maintain reference guides and diagrams for all lighting scenarios; update image “match-back” files as needed.
- Ensures the working order, storage, loss prevention and maintenance of cameras, equipment, supplies and upkeep of photo studio workspace.
- Establish, maintain and oversee all lighting scenarios, photography bays and backgrounds for all on figure and product photography; update as needed.
- Light, style, compose and photograph a wide range of retail products both on table-top and on figure to be presented on the rue21 website as well as for social media, marketing, store signage, look books and PR.
- Looks for ways to improve quality while increasing efficiency.
- Complete special projects, as needed, both on- and off-site.
- Trains, mentors associate, and eComm photographers as needed.
- Ensures monthly monitor calibrations are performed on all studio computers.