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Lead Stylist
Lead Stylist
Type: Full-time, permanent
About The Production Factory
The Production Factory is a global production agency operating across stills and film. We specialise in creating high-end visual content for fashion, luxury, beauty, lifestyle, and culture’s most innovative brands, creatives, and agencies.
Our services span the entire **production journey—**from concept to final delivery—ensuring that ideas come to life through thoughtful planning, expert production, and industry-leading post-production. Seamlessly integrating production and post ensures creative consistency, technical excellence, and smooth collaboration that delivers impactful content for print, digital, social, and broadcast platforms.
Our fully integrated approach means we work closely with photographers, directors, stylists, and creative teams to support ambitious projects and achieve outstanding results at every stage.
With offices in London, New York, Miami, Mallorca, and Manchester, we operate globally, connecting brands to world-class production hubs that define cultural movements.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Lead Stylist within our George eCommerce studio, working on both model and still-life styling. This full-time, onsite role (5 days per week) requires delivering commercially strong, brand-aligned styling for high-volume fashion shoots. Experience in a management capacity is beneficial, as this role will also oversee the styling team.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and evolve George’s online styling identity, ensuring consistency, strong commercial performance, and alignment with brand values across all outputs.
- Apply a bold, creative styling approach while maintaining efficiency in a fast-paced, high-volume studio environment, with strict adherence to accuracy and consistency.
- Meet daily shoot targets while upholding a high standard of styling, minimising reshoots through close collaboration with the wider team.
- Develop a deep understanding of each product—key selling points, key areas of focus, and care instructions.
- Proactively monitor current trends, competitor activity and trade trends, sharing insights to inform team decisions.
- Work closely with the Samples Manager to organise clothing, sequence outfits by shoot schedule, and ensure garments are steamed, fitted and pinned correctly.
- Take full responsibility for studio and wardrobe organisation, maintenance, and upkeep.
- Ensure a consistent and organised workflow, meeting or exceeding daily targets and deadlines.
- Adhere to client style guides and contribute to keeping them relevant and current.
- Problem-solve quickly during live shoots, making confident, live-decision-making under pressure.
- Partner with Production teams to optimize workflow efficiency, reduce reshoot risks, and refine processes.
- Provide ad hoc support to the Samples Lead with sample processing when needed.
- Assist with additional social and campaign styling as required.
- Lead and manage the styling team, including:
- Recruitment
- Performance appraisals
- Regular skill assessments and guidance
- Day-to-day supervision
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Required Skills
- Proven experience as a senior stylist in a high-volume eCommerce studio environment.
- A strong portfolio showcasing on-model e-Commerce fashion styling, demonstrating expertise in menswear and womenswear, and styling across diverse product categories.
- Exceptional understanding of fit, proportion, garment preparation, and presentation in a fast-paced studio setting.
- Exceptionally organized, with experience orchestrating creative looks while balancing high-priority tasks and schedules.
- sharp attention to detail, a robust work ethic, and a willingness to learn and develop.
- Current awareness of still-life trends, competitor strategies, and social media trends, with the ability to translate them into consumer-focused styling.
- Strong communication skills, ensuring efficient coordination between shoots and fostering effective team inter-collaboration.
- Deep knowledge of customer needs and brand positioning, with a forward-thinking approach to mark strategic relevance.
- Confident in independent decision-making, capable of handling complex client conversations with a calm and solution-driven approach.
- Experience in contributing to style guides and brand documentation.
- An enthusiastic, collaborative, and positive approach to work.
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As an equal opportunities employer, we firmly commit to:
- Equal treatment of all current and prospective employees.
- Zero tolerance for discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly welcome applicants from all backgrounds who possess the relevant qualifications and experience.
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