Bookings Director - Smashbox Studios
Description
- Field booking and rental inquiries, assist with all questions and requests
- Schedule booking holds, create estimates, negotiate final rates and contracts
- Set up client accounts to establish a seamless billing process, keep all information up to date and valid
- Develop ongoing relationships with Brands, Producers, Photographers, Photo Assistants, Directors, Photo Agents, Agency Producers, Art Buyers, and Publicists
- Actively develop new business by conducting sales outreach, meetings, presentations, attending local industry events, as well as following up with current and past clientele
- Consistently reach monthly sales goal targets
- Monitor and report sales metrics and continually develop strategies to improve KPIs
- Hire, maintain and manage staff for cafe and front of house
- Keep all staff members informed of logistical details pertinent to the productions taking place
- Oversees maintenance and quality control throughout studio, lobby and cafe areas
- Continually improve on presentation and client experience
- Close all studio billing, as well as oversee and manage the administrator position, keeping AR/ AP up to date and coordinating with accounting department
- Manage the studio team to ensure new and recurring clients have successful experiences, remaining enthusiastic Smashbox Studios clients
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of photo studio or on-set production experience
- Existing network of photo industry relationships
- Excellent customer service awareness
- High-level attention to detail and organization
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Leadership experience and awareness
- Strong team player
- Mastery of sales/ negotiation/ closing process
- Understanding of legal contract language
- Resourceful, attempting solutions before escalating
- Ability to anticipate potential problems and knowing when to ask for help
- Skill in MS Office (Excel, Word, databases), G Suite and competence in other popular business systems
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**Overview** CoCreativ is the world’s first CX studio network dedicated to providing scalable CX content solutions through strategy, creativity, and execution. Our unique CX solutions offer multichannel, multi-format content at any scale, including photography, video, animation, AR, VR, and CGI. Additionally, CoCreativ provides creative collaboration software for high-scale content production—ideal for agile teams with the highest creative standards. We serve the industry by delivering end-to-end CX solutions to create and run programs at scale more efficiently. Our creative studio collective includes: Industrial Color - elevated content at any scale Smashbox Studios - creative production rental services globaledit® - creative collaboration software