JD Finish Line

This role will oversee a dynamic team of operations associates, photographers and retouchers within the JD/Finish Line Indianapolis Photo Studio. This is a key role in ownership of day-to-day operational performance and quality of execution in production of images for the JD Finish Line brand.

The Photo Studio Production Manager for JD Finish Line will perform the following duties:

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day studio photography output quality and production volumes
• Lead a team consisting of operations associates, production photographers and retouchers
• Coordinate communication between Operations, Photography and Retouching teams to maintain operational efficiency and seamless movement of physical product and digital assets.
• Partner with Photo Studio Director to develop relevant KPIs and daily/monthly/quarterly goals. Tracks volumes and productivity and reports weekly, monthly and quarterly to the Photo Studio Director
• Manages the acquisition of vendor imagery for all dropship business needs
• Work as part of the studio management team to create a production plan and make adjustments as needed
• Manages the merchandise tracking/workflow systems (Creative Force) and the individuals leveraging them to increase productivity and availability of product
• Document, use, and champion best practices across all production job families
• Develop and manage production processes in the studio for each functional area, partnering with Styling, Video and Special Photography teams as appropriate
• Create long- and short-term plans, including setting schedules, targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
• Track and communicate status around timelines, and deliverables.
• Motivate, support, and provide guidance to the production teams to meet productivity goals
• Contribute to the team’s philosophy of continuous improvement.
• Clearly demonstrate, articulate and operate from a First Team mindset
• Demonstrate ability to set and meet time-bound goals
• Serve as a primary channel to develop team awareness of team performance and effects on business goals
• Drive process improvements within the studio across Operations, Photography and Retouching teams
• Perform additional duties and projects as requested by the Director, Photo Studio

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Internal JD Finish Line experience preferred.
• College, university, or equivalent degree in photography, videography, communications, marketing, or a related subject.
• Hands-on studio production experience in a high-volume photography or video studio
• Proven experience leading creative teams
• Experience working cross functionally with creative and production teams
• 6-sigma or Continuous Improvement experience is beneficial

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills:

Should be fluent in both Mac and PC operating systems, Google suite, Adobe suite, and Capture One. Experience with Creative Force is recommended.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
• Use hands to finger, handle and feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and/or hear
• Stand for up to 4 hours at a time regularly and up to 8 hours occasionally.
• Walk or move from one location to another
• Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.
• Average workweek is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

JD Finish Line

This role will oversee a dynamic team of operations associates, photographers and retouchers within the JD/Finish Line Indianapolis Photo Studio. This is a key role in ownership of day-to-day operational performance and quality of execution in production of images for the JD Finish Line brand.

The Photo Studio Production Manager for JD Finish Line will perform the following duties:

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day studio photography output quality and production volumes
• Lead a team consisting of operations associates, production photographers and retouchers
• Coordinate communication between Operations, Photography and Retouching teams to maintain operational efficiency and seamless movement of physical product and digital assets.
• Partner with Photo Studio Director to develop relevant KPIs and daily/monthly/quarterly goals. Tracks volumes and productivity and reports weekly, monthly and quarterly to the Photo Studio Director
• Manages the acquisition of vendor imagery for all dropship business needs
• Work as part of the studio management team to create a production plan and make adjustments as needed
• Manages the merchandise tracking/workflow systems (Creative Force) and the individuals leveraging them to increase productivity and availability of product
• Document, use, and champion best practices across all production job families
• Develop and manage production processes in the studio for each functional area, partnering with Styling, Video and Special Photography teams as appropriate
• Create long- and short-term plans, including setting schedules, targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
• Track and communicate status around timelines, and deliverables.
• Motivate, support, and provide guidance to the production teams to meet productivity goals
• Contribute to the team’s philosophy of continuous improvement.
• Clearly demonstrate, articulate and operate from a First Team mindset
• Demonstrate ability to set and meet time-bound goals
• Serve as a primary channel to develop team awareness of team performance and effects on business goals
• Drive process improvements within the studio across Operations, Photography and Retouching teams
• Perform additional duties and projects as requested by the Director, Photo Studio

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Internal JD Finish Line experience preferred.
• College, university, or equivalent degree in photography, videography, communications, marketing, or a related subject.
• Hands-on studio production experience in a high-volume photography or video studio
• Proven experience leading creative teams
• Experience working cross functionally with creative and production teams
• 6-sigma or Continuous Improvement experience is beneficial

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills:

Should be fluent in both Mac and PC operating systems, Google suite, Adobe suite, and Capture One. Experience with Creative Force is recommended.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
• Use hands to finger, handle and feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and/or hear
• Stand for up to 4 hours at a time regularly and up to 8 hours occasionally.
• Walk or move from one location to another
• Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.
• Average workweek is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

JD Finish Line

The Photo Studio Director is responsible for the development, presentation and creation of visual assets that will be used across all digital properties for JD Sports, Finish Line and Finish Line at Macy’s. This role drives the look and feel and overall strategy for our digital product photography and video. This role will lead the strategy, people, processes and tools to manage and optimize photography and video content including on set production, styling, inventory management, end to end workflows, resources, budgets and measurement of defined KPIs to meet business demands. This individual will effectively exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following main duties:

• Leads, inspires and develops the Photo Studio team consisting of photographers, stylists, videographers, retouchers, image specialists and producers.
• Lead a process driven, highly efficient team, focused on creating digital photography and video of products both on-model and off.
• Ability to lead and inspire a dedicated production team with the goal of delivering quality imagery that enhances the customer experience, ensuring daily product goals are met.
• Serve as the expert for the Studio production pipeline including planning and prioritization from assignment of creative briefs to delivery of final assets.
• Manages resources in the creative and technical execution of product focused content overseeing studio schedules, personnel, facilities, technical needs, product flow, outsourcing agency and other various tasks.
• Leads, collaborates and clearly communicates with Stylists and Photographers to ensure concepts are on brand.
• Develops and maintains positive, collaborative and productive relationships with internal and external core functional partners to ensure seamless execution and collaboration at scale.
• Collaborates with Art Directors to create photography for websites, social and marketing channels; aligns on creative objectives and art direction that results in best-in-class, brand-right imagery.
• Communicates clear vision and champions change when needed.
• Identifies and removes obstacles, adjusts workload and assignments, adapting to new priorities and changing business needs.
• Develops and maintains digital photography style guide, ensuring flawless execution, consistency and adherence to brand standards.
• Manages photo studio budget, owning internal processing for each shoot. Ability to summarize quarterly financial and forecast opportunities for cost efficiencies without compromising creative direction
• Maintains expert level knowledge in photography trends and emerging techniques. Stays current on all technical aspects of equipment, software applications and innovation in the industry.
• Stays current on fashion, style, design, popular culture and social trends in the competitive landscape.
• Oversees external vendor management, inclusive of sourcing, casting and talent selection process.
• Additional duties and projects as required.

Required Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree in photography or equivalent from a four-year college or university and at least 8-10 years experience in an ecommerce photography studio. 3-4 years experience leading a team. Experience managing budgets. JD Finish Line experience preferred.

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills

Expert knowledge of Capture One, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. Expertise working with Canon/Nikon professional camera equipment and have expert knowledge of studio lighting techniques both strobe and continuous light. Experience with product video. Google Suite experience preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
• Use hands to finger, handle and feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and/or hear
• Stand for up to 2 hours at a time regularly
• Walk or move from one location to another regularly
• Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.
• Average work week is (40-50) hours, which can vary depending on business need.
• The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

JD Finish Line