Studio Director

About this role

As Studio Director, you will lead the end-to-end operation of Suitsupply's photo studio, ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality visual assets across every customer touchpoint. You will drive operational excellence through process optimization, resource planning, and technology enablement, partnering closely with Creative, Brand, Merchandising, Marketing, E-Commerce, and Production teams. This role calls for a strong operational mindset, balancing quality, speed, cost, and capacity while identifying opportunities to simplify processes and increase productivity.

You will own the studio's technology roadmap, including AI-driven solutions, and lead a cross-functional network of photographers, stylists, retouchers, and producers. Your leadership will directly shape the scalability, efficiency, and creative output of one of Suitsupply's core content production functions. What You Will Do Lead day-to-day studio operations — managing capacity, resource allocation, schedules, and workload planning — and ensure output is delivered on time, on budget, and to quality standards.

Coordinate photographers, stylists, retouchers, and producers, and establish KPIs and reporting to track throughput, turnaround, utilization, and quality. Own and continuously improve end-to-end studio workflows, using production data and bottleneck analysis to eliminate inefficiencies and drive scalable ways of working. Evaluate, implement, and optimize technologies for production planning, asset management, and workflow automation, leveraging AI to accelerate content production and improve quality control.

Build business cases for technology investments and drive adoption across the studio team, partnering with Technology and Digital teams. Serve as the primary operational point of contact for studio matters across Creative, Brand, Marketing, Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce, and Production teams. Manage external partners — retouching, production, equipment, and technology vendors — negotiating contracts and rates to ensure cost-effective, high-quality service.

Own the studio operating budget across external retouching, tooling, technology, equipment, and resources, monitoring productivity, utilization, and costs to optimize spend. Support strategic planning and future studio capability development. Who You Are 10+ years in studio operations, content production, or related operational leadership, with proven experience managing high-volume production in fashion, retail, e-commerce, or a comparable industry.