Manager, Shoot Producer

POSITION SUMMARY
The Shoot Production Manager is an expert on image and asset production, and execution. Responsible for producing photography and video shoots for Marketing initiatives to ensure concepts are realized and right for the brand. The Shoot Production Manager manages all content production from a holistic standpoint across budget, scheduling and resource communication.The Shoot Production Manager must understand industry trends to evolve processes and relevant cultural trends. Partner with creative stakeholders to manage project needs, while meeting budgets, timelines and production specs.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Schedule and oversee shoot production for collateral, digital media, PR and advertising.
- Manage relationships with all outside talent and their representatives as required for still and moving image production (photographers, directors, set designers, stylists, models, etc.).
- Partner with Sample Library and Fashion Office to ensure merchandise availability for all creative executions.
- Responsible for production budgets. Function includes working with Marketing, Finance and Creative to keep within proposed budgets. Track, process and code shoot invoices in timely fashion.
- Manage all production relationships with outside vendors, secure pricing, timing, continuity & loyalty to the Coach aesthetic.
- Work closely with Creative Team to ensure creative concept is met & provide solutions when necessary.
- Maintain constant dialogue with Project Management to ensure all projects remain on schedule throughout the production process.
- Work with internal and external partners in securing vendors, product and services needed to fulfill projects internationally.
- Track / maintain usage and permission documents for images being used company wide.

CRITERIA/PROFILE
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience in Production. Managerial experience required.
- Must have proven experience with budgets and financial aspects of business.
- Strong problem-solving skills required.
- Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced environment, responding to shifting priorities.
- Experience in Fashion/Accessory industry preferred.
- International experience beneficial.

Our Competencies for All Employees
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
- Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
- Managerial Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Coach at #LI-MS1 www.coach.com.