Company Description
Depop is the community-powered fashion marketplace to buy and sell circular fashion, with over 30 million registered users in more than 150 countries. Depop is a place for anyone to discover and celebrate their style on their own terms, and to feel good about their fashion choices by extending the lives of millions of garments.
The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and New York. Depop has approximately 400 employees dedicated to its mission of building the world’s most diverse progressive home of fashion, that’s kinder on the planet and kinder to people. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company.
Depop is an equal opportunity employer. Our mission is to build the world’s most diverse progressive home of fashion. To do this, we encourage people from underrepresented communities to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We’re continuing to build recruitment processes that are fair and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments required throughout your interview experience with us. Depop supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skillsets.
Job Description
Reporting into the Senior Creative Director, the Senior Creative Studio Manager is the strategic driver and owner for the creative process to ensure that in-house Creative Studio projects are delivered on time, on budget, with the most efficient process and allocation of resources.
You will lead the Studio production process, from developing creative workflow processes with multiple departments and teams, to resourcing and outsourcing, production, and asset delivery.
As a point of contact across the business for Creative and Production you are a strong cross functional communicator and you champion collaboration. You will manage a team of producers, and allocate projects and tasks to the in house creative team leading an efficient and engaging team environment
You have a day to day role planning and monitoring project development, resource and workflow while also looking for opportunities to develop and improve processes, add value and increase efficiency.
Working with:
Reporting directly to the Creative Director and responsible for a team of in-house producers, as well as being the Studio Manager for the in-house creative team.
XFN: Marketing Managers and cross functional stakeholders and heads of department and leads; IT, People team, Finance and /accounts
External: Producers; Agencies; creative freelancers, suppliers
Responsibilities:
Ownership of the end to end creative process to ensure that all in house Creative Studio projects are delivered on time, on budget, with the most efficient workflow and allocation of resources.
Monitoring, reviewing and filtering all incoming creative briefs, ensuring they are clear and thorough, liaising with cross functional brief owners and managers
Scoping out and determining the priority, resource, timings and budget for multiple creative and digital projects.
As XFN point of contact for creative projects, communicating and liaising between Creative and production teams and multiple departments and stakeholders.
Planning and managing timing schedules for all members of the creative and production team. Day to day progress tracking of all projects and resources ensuring productivity and efficiency.
Improving the Creative Workflow process; efficient streamlining whilst maintaining the highest quality output.
Managing studio budget lines and liaising with finance
Overseeing the organisation of Digital and production assets, contracts and licences
Scoping, interrogating, and implementing content and project management software, tools and resources for the department
Monitoring, allocating, booking in and onboarding freelancers, specialist skill set and agency support where required
Holding regular production and creative team meetings, managing direct reports
Negotiating with external suppliers, including agents representing external teams and freelancers.
Empathetic team manager focused on the personal and professional development of the team.
Requirements...
Proven track record in managing a creative studio/services, extensive experience in Digital project management
Strong Communication and cross functional skills
Highly organised, able to manage multiple projects and tasks at one time
Personable and empathetic, working effectively with teams with multiple skill sets
Strong negotiator and financial controller
Able to find ways to increase productivity and efficiency in the process
Able to work across a variety of production processes, experienced with multiple project management tools and systems
Flexible and able to adapt quickly to changing schedules and priorities
Additional Information
UK Benefits
Health + Mental Wellbeing
● Cash-plan or PMI - you have the choice of a healthcare plan that best suits you
● Subsidised counselling and coaching - we partner with Selfspace to provide you with the opportunity for a good conversation with a qualified person
● Cycle to Work scheme - choose between Evans or the Green Commute Initiative to help access a bike for your commute
● Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - have access to a confidential support network of expert advice 24/7
● Mental Health First Aiders - we have trained individuals across the business to offer support and signposting
Work/Life Balance
● 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days
● 1 company-wide day off per quarter
● Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering
● Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.
● Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant
● All offices are dog-friendly
● Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries
Flexible Working
MyMode is our hybrid-working model, designed to empower our employees to choose a working mode that works for them. MyMode is composed of 3 working modes: Flex, Office Based and Remote.
● Flex: we'd love you to head to your nearest Depop office once a week, but feel free to work from home the rest of the week.
● Office: Want to head into the office more? No problem, you can opt to be "Office-Based", with your very own desk.
● Remote: depending on your role you can request to be a remote worker, and only head into the office 4 times per year.
All of our offices are also dog-friendly! Do your best work with your best friend.
You can also apply to work abroad for 4 weeks of the year (in UK tax treaty countries).
Family Life
● Our parental leave policies aim to support and enable parents to play equal roles in nurturing their families, in a way that is flexible and truly gender-neutral. Our full-time regular employees are eligible for 18 weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of their child. We also offer IVF leave, shared parental leave and paid emergency parent/carer leave.
Learn and Grow
● We offer budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions and more. We also sponsor and run a myriad of programmes, conferences and meet-ups to upskill our employees and enhance their journey with us.
Your Future
● Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)
● Pension (Depop will match your contribution up to 6% of your qualifying earnings)
And finally, as a valued Depop employee we waive all of our employees’ fees when they sell on Depop so you can ship your sold items anywhere in the UK for free.
