Studio Manager

Hi,

We are looking for a strong and experienced individual to become our Studio Manager. This dynamic and passionate organisational genius needs to run the studio and help us create compelling and impactful art !

Your daily life will be running a 10 person creative studio in Paris, managing worldwide creative projects, answering to challenging and crazy creative requests and taking part in shooting and event production; all this in the fields of art, music, and fashion.

If you are interested, here is a little more about what we do and what we need :

SERVICES GENERAUX

SG is a Paris-based full service creative studio, founded in 2016 by Antoine + Valentin. The duo acts as art directors, directors, photographers. Today the team is composed of around 10 people, mostly image makers and visual artists.

We offer creative consultancy and creative production, which can be embodied in various realms : image making, film making, content creation, post-production and more.
Today, most of the bureau’s activity is image creation (campaigns, creative content, lookbooks, digital content)

Our recent clients include : Dior, Chanel, Hermès, Nike, Byredo, Louis Vuitton, Nina Ricci, Evian, Rimowa, Laylow, and more.

We are located at 17 Rue Pastourelle 75003 Paris, and looking to invest in a brand new space soon !

THE JOB

  • Freelance (invoicing)
  • This is a full-time position and we are looking for a long term commitment
  • Paris Based
  • Starting ASAP

THE MISSIONS

EXTERNAL

  • Management of the organization of all of the studio's projects.
  • Creation and updating of plannings, as well as making sure they are respected.
  • Negotiation and budget tracking with clients.
  • Creation and updating of quotations, as well as making sure they are respected.
  • Coordination of the team and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the -desired artistic results, while preserving financial margin.
  • Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
  • Representation and protection of SG in client relationships.
  • Management of clients and other project stakeholder relationships.
  • Management and maintenance of relationships with other third parties, services providers and freelancers.

INTERNAL

  • Organization all internal project management, using existing internal tools (Slack+Asana+Calendar+GSuite).
  • Creation and maintenance of comprehensive project documentation (Take exhaustive and notes and digest them for the studio, organize decks and files, etc).
  • Coordination of internal resources as well as third parties/external freelancers for the flawless execution of projects.
  • Production of smaller shootings or events :
  • This will involve sourcing, finding suppliers, booking studios, booking talents, scouting, negotiation, preparing call sheets and roadmaps, etc.
  • Taking care of all other basic administrative work inside the studio.
  • Collecting and archiving invoices, organizing monthly payment rounds, processing postal mail.
  • Taking care of all basic office management matters in the office.
  • Making any necessary orders and keeping the office and equipement running, etc.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

  • We are looking for a Paris-based, senior freelance Studio Manager.
  • Someone familiar with Project Management, Office Management, and Production.
  • Someone tech-savvy and very confortable with contemporary software tools (GSuite, Slack, Asana, Figma, etc).
  • Someone with at least 5 years of experience in the creative industry.
  • Fluency in French and English is indispensable.
  • Someone with excellent client-facing communication and representation skills.
  • Someone with very Solid organizational and multi-tasking skills, and capability of extreme attention to detail.
  • Someone with strong leadership skills, energy and confidence.
  • An interest in Fashion, Music and Image Making at large is a must.
  • InDesign and Keynote skills are a bonus.

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Fluent oral and written french and english,
  • Perfect mastery of Slack,
  • Perfect mastery of Asana,
  • Perfect mastery of GSuite (GSheets, GSlides, etc),
  • Perfect mastery of Excel.

If you're interested and fit the description, please send us an email !
jobs@servicesgeneraux.net

Looking forward to meet you,
Thanks