Frasers Group
Studio Lead
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Company Description
At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.
Why join us?
Our vision – we are building the planet's most admired and compelling brand ecosystem
Our purpose – we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences
At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:
- Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the result
- Think without limits – Think, think fast, think fearlessly
- Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet
Are you ready to join the Fearless?
Job Description
The Role:
The opportunity available is for an experienced and results-driven Studio Lead to work with the Photography Team to transform the department, setting the standard and working with stakeholders to enable results. The candidate will need to be passionate about delivering results and elevating the customer experience. This is a fast-paced environment with huge potential for being able to identify and solve problems, adding value to the business and making a huge impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Studio Manager with the operations and day to day of the whole studio.
- Managing the Frasers Group Photography Guidelines, implementing high standards that maintain maximum consistency for our brands appearance online.
- Overseeing & elevating the team across all processes within the function including Photographers and Re-touchers with products for still life, model, and video.
- Managing, delegating and executing briefs set by wider team(s) ensuring a high standard of photography within the Frasers group values.
- Guiding a developing team with training, delivering FFR reviews, 1:1’s and to lead the fast-growing expansion at Frasers Group.
- Having technical know-how within photography, video, and post-production.
- Maintaining strong lines of communication with the Studio Manager, the photography team, styling teams, admin teams and production teams relating to workflow, creative and output.
- Flagging, managing and troubleshooting issues, problems and technical.
- Keeping studio budgets in order in line with Studio managers forecasts, raising PO’s, orders and invoices and processing studio order requirements.
- Final approval for Kronos submissions including tracking sick pay and holiday etc and build up to gross.
- Regularly reviewing team structure and maintaining a high performing team (HPT) culture through regular feedback and performance analysis, recommendations for succession planning and regular review of org structure with Managers and HR.
- Supporting studio managers with transformation or constant improvement initiatives.
- Creating presentations/ reporting decks for stakeholders on functions performance and delivery.
- Reviewing expenditure and highlighting or escalating any cause for concerns in a timely manner.
- Recommending and implementing best practice when it comes to organization comms and standards.
- Having an input in the photo studio strategy and business planning.
- Leading by example with studio policy's guidelines and ways of working.
- Liaising with Health & Safety to ensure First aiders and fire wardens are up to date.
- Liaising with People teams to ensure all matters related to people are dealt with fairly, positively and compliantly, including: employee relations issues, family leave policies, performance management, work experience, recruitment support.
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Qualifications
- An in-depth knowledge of Photography, lighting, video & retouching processes, compounded from years of experience.
- Excellent teamwork with all members of the team.
- Ability to lead a team, to maximise quality and quantity produced.
- Advanced level of knowledge of Adobe Creative suite.
- Excellent knowledge of camera systems; from DSLR to Mirrorless.
- A great knowledge of digital workflow from camera to post production.
- Excellent communication skills, to liaise with all members of the team from entry level through to management.
- Finding the strengths of their Direct Reports and delegating work appropriately.
- The ability to train and guide DR’s as well as themselves.
- Can work independently with excellent comm’s to management.
Additional Information
Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:
- Frasers Champion - Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have lived the Frasers Group values.
- Retail Reconnect – In order to build the planet’s most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, head office employees will gain insights by spending one to two days in one of our stores or the warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.
- Fearless 1200 – Fearless 1200 is our way of recognising our growth. It’s bold, ambitious, and designed to reward colleagues across the business for living our values and delivering impact. Fearless 1200 links how we perform to how we're rewarded – check out the video link to find out more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qmvJofMew
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Employee Welfare
- Frasers Fit – Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free.
- Retail Trust – We know that it’s not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.
What’s next?
Our Recruitment Team will be reviewing applications and all candidates will receive a response, whether you are successful or unsuccessful. Shortlisted applicants may be asked to confirm a few key details before being booked in for a first stage interview with the Recruiter - this will be behaviourally focussed and centred around how you align with our Culture and Values. If successful we anticipate one or two further interview stages with the Hiring Manager/wider team which will be more technically focussed and could include a presentation/task so we can see your skills in action.
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