Photo & Motion Stylist - Milwaukee Photo Studio

Responsible for styling and propping merchandise to enhance product and create compelling visual images. Provides technical and aesthetic styling of merchandise during photo shoots.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

COORDINATE AND EXECUTE THE END TO END STYLING PROCESS

• Organizes all samples upon receipt at studio, according to daily shooting schedule
  
• Manage all studio and location set styling to ensure successful results.
  
• Partners with production to provide guidance with shot cadence for daily on set efficiencies
  
• Maintains continuous ongoing knowledge of industry retail trends
  
• Sustains prop room to keep current and updates regularly with seasonal samples

• Close communication with Studio Partners and/ or merchants to forecast/resolve sample issues.
  
• Attends key seasonal strategic trend and campaign meetings.
  
• Continued collaboration with our Studio partners to increase transparency and work towards common goals.
  
• Active participant in regular cross-functional meetings to ensure cohesive direction within the studio.
  

• Produce timely cost effective photography that meets the expectation of the customer.
  
• Understand our current customers' buying habits to retain her while attracting new customers.
  
• Continue offering elevated styling solutions within our on fig, mannequin and laydown photography.
  
• Create imagery to influence buying decisions in each of our marketing segmentations.
  
• Identify ways within our styling to speak to different cultures and ethnicities by making small changes or nuances.
  
• Maintain expected shot count per project.
  
• Accessorizes all merchandise for photo shoots, maintaining clear specific guidelines for brand differentiation
  
• Provides all styling needs on set, including adjusting merchandise for proper representation
  
• Ideate opportunities to highlight your skill set with Videos educating the customer on styling solutions.
  
• Support training efforts for store visual merchandising teams
  

• 2-3 years of on set styling experience or in a related field
  
• Bachelor's Degree in associated field or experience with photo styling in a studio or comparable environment
  
• Portfolio, showing styling required
  
• Computer proficient on Macintosh workstations.
  
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong sense of color and style
  
• Good organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and maintain strict deadlines
  
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  
• Ability to adapt to change and maintain continuous flexibility
  
• Collaborate with multiple creative partners on a daily basis
  

• Ability to lift 10 - 25lbs
• Some travel may be required with location photography