Creative Studio Manager

Who is Catch?

Catch.com.au has been bringing low prices to everyday Aussies on the brands they know and love since we started shaking up online retail in 2006.

We are Australian owned and operated and have deep expertise on Australian consumer online shopping behaviour. Catch.com.au is part of the Wesfarmers Group, placing us in good company alongside Australia's top retailers, Kmart, Target, Bunnings, Officeworks and API.

Our vision is to be Australia’s most loved online destination for families. There's still a lot of work ahead of us, so we’re always on the lookout for creative, resourceful, and resilient people that can quickly learn new skills and adapt on the fly. 

The Opportunity

Catch is seeking the services of a full-time Integrated Creative Studio Manager to manage the day-to-day workflow within the design studio of a major eCommerce business. Reporting into the Head of Content, this role is pivotal to our success, responsible for leading and inspiring a team of creative professions to produce on brand digital creative on time. 

What you’ll be doing

What does a normal day in the life of a Creative Studio Manager look like? Well, no two days are alike at Catch, but you could probably expect your day to include some of the following things:

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team of graphic designers and copywriters.
• Creating a culture of innovation and collaboration
• Across industry trends and innovation to add value to idea generation with team
• Operationalise best practice end to end workflow management to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Creating and implementing monthly deadlines, project goals and workflows to ensure a smooth production process with on-time delivery.
• Manage high volume across internal and freelance creative team within a fast-paced studio ensuring each asset is consistent, on brief and on brand.
• Assessing briefs and assigning resources to a project.
• Implementing and managing monthly utilisation reports.
• High attention detail and brief reviews with internal teams.
• Manage & oversee all design and production projects from initial concept to final completion, consistently meeting deadlines & requirements ensuring best practice digital creative is delivered.
• Present concepts to internal stakeholders including Head of Content, including listening for constructive, actionable feedback for the creative team.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to understand business & project needs.
• Lead key internal stakeholder meetings including production WIP

The skills you'll have

• Degree in Design, Marketing or similar
• 7+ years’ experience working in the industry as a Studio / Production Manager is essential
• Experience as a digital graphic design with knowledge of retail creative requirements, video and photography shoots
• Experience in creating and leading campaigns
• Strong leadership capabilities experienced in staff management and development; or demonstrated experience leading a mid-sized team
• Strong project/traffic/workflow management with clear understanding of design principles
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite & Monday.com (Figma favourable)
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage strong stakeholder relationships - internal & external
• Strong Account Management and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Be able to frequently adapt to the scope of work in a fast-paced environment

Why join the Catch team?

There’s never been a more exciting time to join the Catch Team!!

Its a fun, challenging and uniquely different place to work and on top of that we offer a range of benefits including:

• Flexibility that works for you. This allows our teams to navigate work life and home life on their terms
• Extended Parental Leave - 16 weeks for Primary Carers
• Convenient Melbourne office location, which is just across from Southern Cross Station
• Modern and Open office space with ample onsite kitchen facilities, break out areas and access to lite breakfast (toast, cereal, fruit).
• End of trip facilities with all the amenities like hair dryers and towel service as well as bike storage
• To enable our team members to give back to our communities, we offer paid volunteer leave
• Subscription to our OnePass loyalty program, so you can enjoy free delivery as you shop on Catch
• A 5% discount when you shop at Kmart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks

At Catch, we welcome all applications and screen them without attention to race, age, beliefs, sex, orientation, gender identity and disability.