Bookings Director - Smashbox Studios

CoCreativ team

Description

The Studio Booker fields incoming studio booking requests, while managing competing interests to maximize revenue, balancing immediate value and potential long term relationships. He/ She facilitates a high-touch client experience by leveraging Smashbox services and ensuring each production receives personalized treatment. As the face of the studio, they set the tone, ensuring a high performing, yet warm and welcoming atmosphere.
Responsibilities
  • 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

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

Benefits & Perks

Benefits
The anticipated salary range for this role is $65,000 - $80,000 annually. Ranges are based on various factors including experience, the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience, and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
We offer a competitive benefits package including major medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, and employee discounts.

How to apply

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CoCreativ

**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

Job Details

Posted on May 26

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Full time

Junior

$65K - $80K