About The Company

Our client is an award-winning branding agency that specialises in strategy, creation and activation. They provide end-to-end branding solutions for forward-thinking clients across property, retail, finance and luxury lifestyle.

As they experience new business wins, they are looking for a passionate and pro-active Studio Manager to lead the day-to-day operations and support the team in the office 5 days per week.

About The Role

This role entails the day-to-day management of operations and work flow. You will be working with the account management and creative team to optimise and streamline communication channels and overall efficiency from concept to completion.

Managing 4 direct reports, you will need to source and allocate work within the studio, as well as manage freelancers as necessary in order to meet business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Meet and liaise with project teams to schedule work, facilitate projects and report any updates
• Leading team WIP's, resourcing meetings and reporting project status to General Manager on a weekly basis
• Understand the design team's capacity to forecast appropriately, prioritise and provide realistic time frames to the project team
• Develop and optimise studio processes, procedures and systems and use tools such as Streamline and Slack to full capacity
• Support and manage project administration, production, marketing initiatives and communication requirements for the business

Skills & Requirements

• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to assess briefs/creative deliverable requirements and understand what resources are needed
• Outgoing personality with a positive, proactive and calm management style
• Some industry experience (marketing/advertising or similar) in order to work collaboratively with the team
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently under the pressure of a fast-paced environment