Photo Studio Operations Manager

Position Overview

The Photo Studio Operations Manager drives the end-to-end execution of high-volume creative production across the studio. This role ensures that people, processes, and systems are aligned to meet production demand efficiently and at scale, while maintaining high standards for quality, consistency, and turnaround time. They oversee daily and weekly workload planning for photographers, editors, and studio resources, partnering closely with producers and creative leadership to forecast resources, optimize capacity, and balance competing priorities across both high-volume and bespoke creative work. This role ensures clarity and alignment across stakeholders by maintaining structured workflows and clear intake and tracking processes.

Additionally, the Photo Studio Operations Manager owns the operational systems that enable studio output, which primarily live within the Creative Force platform. They ensure accurate setup of workflows, jobs, style guides, and product data, while maintaining strong data integrity and reliable system performance across all studio workstreams. This includes collaborating with other internal system owners (e.g., Bynder) to support stable API integrations and seamless data flow across Stanley 1913’s technology ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is both analytical and highly operational, with a strong ability to design and refine workflows, manage production systems, and support a fast-paced creative environment.

What You'll Do

Capacity Planning & Resource Optimization

Create and manage daily and weekly production schedules for photographers and editors, aligning resources with volume, priorities, and studio capacity

Partner with production and creative leads to ensure staffing and resources are aligned and allocated for incoming projects

Studio Operations

Manage studio invoicing and budget

Support day-to-day studio operations by ensuring resources, equipment, and workflows are effectively allocated and functioning

Collaborate with the Sr. Art & Studio Director to establish clear standards for how work is requested, tracked, executed, and delivered

Balance competing priorities across high-volume production and bespoke projects, ensuring all deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations

Ensure clear communication of schedules, priorities, and updates across all studio stakeholders

Proactively troubleshoot and resolve issues related to missing PDP assets and sample availability in partnership with the Creative Sample Coordinator

Design, document, and maintain operational processes that support high-volume creative output

Identify friction points in how work moves through the studio and implement scalable solutions

Studio Systems & Tools Management

Own configuration, structure, and optimization of the Creative Force platform, including workflows, jobs, and style guides

Ensure data integrity within Creative Force, including accurate inputs for product information

Monitor system performance to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or breakdowns in workflow

Continuously improve how Creative Force and Asana are used to enable scalable studio operations

Collaborate with owners of internal systems (e.g., Bynder) to configure and maintain API integrations that enable reliable data flow between platforms

Partner with the Sr. Art & Studio Director to explore opportunities to leverage new technology, including AI, to improve operational efficiency

Who You Are

4–6 years of experience in studio operations, creative operations, or production systems within an e-commerce or creative environment

Strong systems thinker with the ability to design, improve, and scale workflows

Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and process discipline

Experienced in capacity planning, resource management, and operational structuring

Comfortable working with project and production management systems such as Asana and Creative Force

Proficient in managing large volumes of data and using advanced Excel functions (e.g., VLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, Power Query, and macros) to organize, validate, and analyze information

Technical proficiency with modern workflow systems, including a working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and data flow between production tools and platforms

Curious and eager to explore emerging technologies, including AI, to improve studio workflows, streamline processes, and increase operational efficiency

Excellent communicator with experience aligning cross-functional teams around processes and priorities

Thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments with evolving operational needs

Experience supporting vendor workflows and invoice processing with accuracy

Proactive, solutions-oriented, and motivated by continuous improvement

Stanley 1913 is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Stanley 1913 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to recruiting@stanley1913.com.

Stanley 1913 is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley 1913, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.

The base pay range for this position is for a successful candidate within the state listed. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on multiple factors such as work location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and experience.

Salary Range

$110,000—$130,000 USD