Creative Studio Operations Director & Lead Integrator

The Short Version I’m a commercial photographer, director. My last three shoots were for Doritos + F1 globally, BMW on a volumetric stage, and Blue Buffalo. I’m being asked to shoot a science docu on lasers and epigenetics. I am completing a music composition for the National Gallery of Art in DC for their upcoming summer exhibit.

I need help structuring and organizing my business from a solo operator with adhoc systems to a structured creative studio. That’s where you come in: A Lead Integrator - someone who thinks strategically on Friday, prioritizes, and builds the schedule and spreadsheet by Monday morning.

What I Need I absolutely crush it in my creative endeavors on set and for my clients because there is a clear structure. I need someone to create those structures for my business as a whole and especially around my personal creative projects.

Your Responsibilities

• After doing a thorough intake and in-depth discovery, create a system for prioritizing and scheduling daily behavior.
• (Ferociously) protect a minimum 90-minute daily creative block. This would be the biggest win.
• Body Double Protocol: work shoulder-to-shoulder during administrative sprints to bypass execution blocks and push stalled tasks across the finish line.
• Build and maintain SOPs across all repeating workflows - asset tracking, invoice close-outs, basic forecasting.
• Own the CRM for agency outreach, follow-ups, and client cultivation. LinkedIn focused.
• Source, screen, and onboard project contractors as production dictates (like social media editors, music studio techs)
• Occasional personal and family logistics coordination.

Do you have experience in Sourcing?, Who You Are Prefer 5+ years experience managing high level creatives, executives or start-up founders. Organized in a way that feels biological. Energized by high idea-flow, not overwhelmed by it. You hold authority in your domain without seeking permission. You’re comfortable reviewing a contract and attending a client dinner on the same day. You use AI tools daily to multiply your output - already doing it, not learning about it.

You are not a creative looking for proximity to the industry. You are the person who makes visionary creatives functional.

$50,000 - $80,000 a year - Part-time, Full-time, Contract