Fashion Production jobs

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

THE ROLE:
Reporting into the Creative General Manager, this role is to lead and deliver end-to-end production for multiple projects from inception through to delivery. Working closely with our in-house creative team, it will be your responsibility to find creative/production solutions to our department process and budget challenges within the marketing team.
Produce photo and video shoots for all assets and content.
Lead art buying, brief art directors and present a production plan for all seasons and campaigns.
Deliver assets and content that meets the brief, is on brand and on budget.
Manage post production and asset collation.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Manage the full production of all content and campaigns ensuring schedules provide maximum productivity and always come in on budget.
• Manage workflow across the creative and marketing teams to ensure a seamless process.
• Working closely with the change to creative director, art directors and creative team you will be briefed to deliver assets for all owned channels and performance marketing, as well as shoots covering stills and moving for advertising, POS instore, homepages, social, CRM etc with both talent and models.
• Art buying skills - to be able to negotiate with a production company on costs and logistics.
• Ability to work with a wide range of suppliers such as photographers, set designers, hair and make-up and general shoot crew.
• Work closely with Marketing and external teams within the business to interrogate and build concise briefs.
• Demonstrate strong financial management and an understanding of the budgets required to secure relevant resources, communicating this clearly to the business, and key finance partners.
• Understanding the details of the production and shoot costings to be able to do tcost estimates for shoots for key stakeholders.
• Manage flow of invoices and purchase requisitions through SAP system, ensuring all spreadsheets and budgets are kept up to date and the department is compliant, and receipting is on time.
• Work with management to develop and implement systems and procedures to ensure delivery is always met.
• Work closely with the creative services manager on creative resources for specific projects to ensure the workflow in the team is accounted for.
• Ensure productivity on set and manage ad hoc / last min changes and requests.
• Share responsibility for the overall quality of each project by balancing budget, time and resources.
• Build good working relationships with production companies and other third-party contractors.
• Establish and improve processes across the studio wherever you see an opportunity
• Manage the production critical path in line with the calendar and content matrix.
• Own photographers, casting, and talent to agreed budget.
• Work with Senior Casting Manager on model briefs and ensuring models are confirmed and logistics are booked pre-shoot.
• Drive PPM meetings alongside Art Director and all stakeholder meetings pre-production.
• Manage post production– editing process /re touch and ability to manage critical path to hit deadlines.
• Own postproduction within budget and on time.
• Own image archiving and storing on our internal server.
• Ensure all vendors and suppliers briefed are within company purchasing policy and managed through the PO and procurement process.
• General contact for numerous stakeholders regarding shoot and imagery logistics. The ‘go to’ for all shoot related questions.
• Able to work autonomously on shoots across the board including our in-house studio, external studios, UK locations and abroad locations. Lone working rather than in a large team.
• Work closely with brand and talent on upcoming briefs not limited to shoots i.e. talent trips and events.
• End to end production from initial communication with wider teams to final shoot delivery to wider business.
• Full production alongside external production agencies of abroad shoots. Including carnet and general team logistics.

WHO YOU ARE:

• A minimum of 3 years + experience in production or project management
• A knowledge of art buying, art direction and casting.
• An impeccable and fierce attention for detail.
• An interest in fashion brands.
• Comfortable working under pressure.
• You have proven qualities of adaptability and flexibility in coping with rapidly changing circumstances.
• Able to work with a multi-disciplined team to agree frequent, tight deadlines.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Multi- channel focussed, digital content creation.
• Innovation and creativity
• Knowledge of industry trends, art direction and up and coming photographers.
• Degree level or similar
• Must be able to use Microsoft office and basic adobe suite

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Profit related bonus scheme
• Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years service)
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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