Creative Production Coordinator London, England
Job description
As the Karen Millen Production Coordinator with direction from the Studio and Creative Production Manager you will be responsible for producing and coordinating high quality and on-brand imagery for Karen Millen across all of our creative shoots and the online gallery. You are positive, proactive and solutions-focused. A keen eye for detail and quality is a must. You are highly organised, able to keep up the pace, and remain calm under pressure. You have a good sense of commercial awareness and a strong understanding of the fashion and photographic industry.
Your team
We’re Karen Millen. Since 1981 we’ve been a household name and trusted brand. We’re known for elevated style and our reputation for fabric, finish, quality, and detail speaks for itself. Our love for fashion revolves around long-lasting, luxurious designs that can effortlessly slip into an established wardrobe at an attainable price point.
In Studio, we take care of all things production for Karen Millen. Curating stand-out collections so that customers can visualise themselves in our product and be inspired to showcase their personalities through style. Our creative direction knows no limits. From creative assets to full-blown digital and print campaigns and everything in between, together we bring exciting, aspirational imagery to life.
What you’ll be doing
- Based in our busy studio, reporting into our Studio and Creative Production Manager you will be responsible for all Karen Millen creative productions from big campaigns, content shoots, ad-hoc still life shoots or a street style influencer shoots.
- Working alongside the Studio team to schedule the in house studio, booking in shoot days and freelance talent.
- Organising the creative shoot timeline and tracking the shoot budgets
- Running the production for creative shoots, location scouting, tech recces, carnets, prop sourcing, catering shoot schedules, call sheets and other general shoot logistics.
- Supporting the Studio and Creative Production Manager to manage the flow of stock through studio ready for both ecommerce and creative shoots.
- Updating the Karen Millen model board, running weekly castings and keeping up to date with current models.
- Briefing freelancer’s pre shoot, HMU briefs, shoot rail for freelance stylists etc.
- Attending all of your shoots showing an upbeat and supporting presence on set delivering a real passion for creating a high standard of assets
- Ensure the upkeep of the studio is maintained, support in ordering photography equipment, props, any other equipment where needed for the studio
- Ensure the budget tracker is kept up to date and studio and shoot costs are logged, PO’s raised and invoices submitted to ensure suppliers are paid on time
- Build and update the London Studio book of contacts, including agencies, locations, catering & studios; building strong relationships with external suppliers.
- Support the Studio and Creative Production Manager on ensuring shoots are produced on brand and of the highest quality, ensuring we keep to budget.
- Building strong relationships with all in house studio creative and marketing teams.
- Adapting to last minute requests or changes.
- Working towards your personal KPI’s.
- Working on additional projects when necessary.
- Liaise with the Studio and Creative Production Manager, creative team and marketing team to achieve and align the studio goals.
- Demonstrate and maintain a professional presence in around the studio and on external shoots.
- Working closely as part of the studio team and supporting one another.
Working with us
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
More about you
- A high level understanding of how a photography studio works e.g. shoot process, scheduling.
- Experience in photography and video production
- Demonstrate exceptional planning and organisational skills with an excellent attention to detail.
- PC and Mac literate with excellent Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
- Keen interest and experience within Production, Production assisting, Fashion shoots, Castings and Location Scouting
Why join us
We’ve set our sights on dominating the global e-commerce fashion market, and because we’re 13 brands (and counting), there are plenty of opportunities to grow your career. Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception.
- You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
- Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
- Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
- There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
- Our social calendar? Next level
- With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly!), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work
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