Job Title: Creative Studio Manager
Department: Creative
Based at: Ibiza. This is an office-based role.
Reports to: Art Director
About us:
Founded by Yann Pissenem, The Night League is a globally renowned nightlife and entertainment company pushing the boundaries of music, culture, and experience.
From
Ushuaïa Ibiza to Hï Ibiza and [UNVRS], we create world-class concepts that
redefine the general standard of nightlife. Our work blends music, design,
production, and storytelling to build brands that resonate worldwide.
About the Role:
The primary focus of this role is to ensure that all content requirements flow efficiently through the creative team. You would be responsible for keeping briefs on track to ensure all deadlines are met and the creative team are clear on their daily priorities. The role will work across the full portfolio of brands within the company. You will work closely with the marketing and social media teams to understand what projects are coming up and plan creative team resources accordingly.
In many respects, this is a high-profile, high-impact, administrative/coordination role, so it could well suit an exceptionally talented P.A. or someone with impeccable management organisational abilities, but the focus here is on managing a creative team, timetabling studio time with competing demands on it, ensuring artists complete their input on time and so on. Therefore, of equal importance to team coordination experience is the wherewithal to work with highly creative people in a tight, fast-moving, high-pressure environment.
This is an exceptionally challenging but fascinating role for the right candidate.
Knowledge and Skills:
We are looking for at least several of these attributes to be key to the skill set of the post holder, but not necessarily all of them to the max
Evidence of successful traffic, studio, or resource management within a creative or design environment
Experience of working and managing creative teams
Must have a keen eye for design, a creative passion and know how to embody a brand and ensure content is created according to the brand's aesthetics
Knowledge and experience using Adobe Creative Suite, studio photography and retouching
Knowledge of print process and techniques, including but not limited to posters and billboards.
Proven resourcing and design traffic management across multiple brands
Ability and confidence in managing internal processes and main stakeholders
Impeccable attention to detail, forward planning skills and problem-solving all with a positive outlook
Copywriting and proofreading skills with excellent verbal and written English skills is essential
Knowledge of, interest or experience in the music industry
Key Competencies:
Review current and create new systems/processes which at all times, are up to date to show an accurate schedule of all creative work, ensuring the most effective ways of working
Creating and maintaining clear briefing templates and processes, for all brand leads / MM’s / SMM’s to complete when creative content is required
Assessing incoming briefs to ensure they are completed correctly, creating detailed timing plans (where needed) and managing creative resource to achieve the brief
Ensuring the successful delivery of all creative work through day-to-day co-ordination of creative team members, monitoring workloads, making sure teams are clear on requirements, priorities, and timelines for each project
Reviewing all creative work meets the brief and copy check where required
Providing timely communication with stakeholders, confidently managing expectations, and sharing project updates
Monitor projects and workloads based on occasionally changing priorities and adjust accordingly
Assisting with the management of freelance requirements and bookings
Building strong working relationships with key departments and stakeholders
Responsible for the management of the image library and the filing of all creative work
Success in this role will be seen in the increased efficiency of the creative content briefing and creation process, that content created meets the brief and is on time and the creative team are clear on their responsibilities, priorities, and deadlines.
About you:
Highly organised. Focused on accuracy and quality in a relentlessly fast-paced environment
A strong communicator. Managing multiple stakeholders across the business - show strong integrity, energy and enthusiasm while also being able to motivate, inspire and lead resources in a collaborative way
Great attention to detail. Checking every piece of content meets the brief and has been copy checked ahead of being sent to stakeholders
A natural problem solver, focused, self-motivated, and forward-thinking. You will have the ability to work effectively to help deliver projects to the deadline.
Calm within a busy environment. You will be able to prioritise and adapt, multi-task effectively, juggle numerous projects and switch planning where required due to the reactive nature of the business
Thrives in a collaborative and creative environment, often working directly with senior stakeholders
Dynamic, proactive, assertive, and autonomous with an enthusiastic, positive outlook, e.g., willingness to accept new responsibilities in a growing business
Extremely well-organised, methodical, and efficient, with common sense and initiative
Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate with others to achieve goals