Studio & Growth Manager

I'm a photographer and filmmaker working across commercial campaigns, film projects, and fine-art prints products. The creative work is growing faster than the business behind it, and I need a right hand who turns ideas into running systems.

As Studio & Growth Manager, you'll own the engine of the studio: finding and approaching new clients, maintaining the print shop, keeping admin in order, and building the marketing engine that brings people in. You'll work directly with me, with a lot of autonomy and real influence on how the business grows.
This role is for a generalist who loves variety, thinks in systems, and enjoys using AI tools to get more done with less.

What you'll do:
Your week splits roughly across four areas.
1. Business development & outreach (~35%)

• Research commercial clients and brands for campaign shoots, and film and commercial projects (specific targets and broader prospect lists)
• Pull contacts from Apollo, write and send first outreach email s, and run structured follow-ups
• Research keynote and speaking opportunities and prepare applications
• Research hotels and venues for art gallery partnerships and handle first outreach
• Build and keep a clean CRM: every lead, conversation and next step logged

2. Marketing & content (~25%)

• Build and run email funnels for print products, the Print Club community and commercial clients
• Set up and grow the newsletter
• Write 4–5 SEO-optimised articles for the production website, then keep a regular publishing rhythm
• Build landing pages for the website when necessary
• Edit reels and create social media carousels, using Claude and other AI tools

3. Print shop (~20%)

• Set up and manage the online shop for prints and the Print Club
• Manage the fulfilment centre, stock, packaging and supplies
• Handle shop customer service, shipping issues and returns

4. Operations, finance & production (~20%)

• Plan simple commercial photoshoots: locations, crew, models, gear, call sheets, schedules
• Run a lightweight weekly planning rhythm (scrum-style) to keep projects moving
• Bookkeeping prep: collect and file receipts, organise them in a folder system, prepare documents for the tax advisor
• Improve and automate recurring workflows as the studio grows