Operations Coordinator

INK is a post-production company based in East London, with studios in Paris and Amsterdam. We produce work for industry-leading photographers and brands, from global advertising campaigns to indie publications.

We are looking for a self-motivated Operations Coordinator who is passionate about photography and retouching to join our team.

They will work closely with the Operations Manager, Director of Production and Operations and Studio Head to ensure smooth planning of all the studio’s output.

The ideal candidate is detail minded, organised and personable with a ‘can do’ attitude. Accuracy and an attention to detail in their work is essential.

The ideal candidate requires strong organisational skills, good problem-solving capabilities and must be able to juggle responsibilities whilst prioritising effectively.

This is a full time position based from our Dalston studio.

Responsibilities

A key responsibility of this role will be to work with the Operations Manager to plan and manage the INK project calendar and resources.

This includes:

• Planning and allocation of resources for all projects from briefing to project delivery, ensuring that projects are well-staffed, deadlines are adhered to and client expectations are met.
• Short term and long term project planning of concurrent projects.
• Working with INK project management team to check project schedules to ensure project timings are realistic and achievable.
• Working closely with the INK retouch team to ensure projects are running smoothly and on time.
• Understanding of our team capabilities, skillset and strengths in order to assign the most appropriate resources to each project.
• Be a key conduit between internal stakeholders to manage needs and expectations through proactive and ongoing communication.
• Oversight and awareness of all incoming options and live projects in order to understand studio workload and plan accordingly.

Additional responsibilities of this role include working collaboratively with our existing Operations Coordinator across the following tasks

• Assist with external outsourcing of relevant suppliers and upkeep of supplier data base
• Quality control of retouching output to ensure client briefs are adhered to and safeguard INK creative excellence
• Checking client feedback and inputs to support the smooth running of projects
• Project tracking and coordination of large scale projects
• Reconciliation of completed projects

Skills and Qualities

• A strong understanding and passion for creative processes and outputs
• Comfortable engaging with team members at all levels with confidence
• Assertive in decision-making while being fair and maintaining the interests of both clients and the business.
• Proven track record for strong creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to set priorities, problem solve, multi-task and work in a rapidly changing environment
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, ‘Asana’, ‘box’, and the G Suite
• Understanding of Abode creative suite and Capture one also beneficial

Experience

• Ideal candidate would have 18 months experience in a similar creative studio role
• Salary is depend on experience

Please email talent@ink.studio with your CV and a cover letter.