Slate Studios is looking for a sales consultant, senior producers, and winter/spring interns (NYC)
As New York’s premier full-service production studio, Slate Studios partners with luxury fashion and lifestyle brands to tell their stories through compelling photography. We are currently having multiple positions open.
SALES CONSULTANT
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Meet with potential clients in person to discuss our services
- Answer telephone and e-mail communications in a timely fashion and take orders
- Prepare sales reports for scheduled meetings
- Emphasize our service features and benefits, discuss prices, and upsell our entire portfolio
- Build and foster relationships with your existing customers to create new opportunities for revenue growth
- Generate and develop new customer accounts through cold-calling to increase revenue
- Ensure follow-up with existing leads
- Always maintain professionalism, tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to portray the company in a positive light
- Maintain accurate records, including sales call reports, expense reimbursement forms, and other documentation
- Keep sales team updated on all market conditions within your assigned territory
- Build and maintain ongoing awareness of new services, competitor activities, market trends and other research.
Requirements
- 3 -5 years of direct sales experience in fashion/e-commerce industry
- Must have knowledge in photo production
- Demonstrated ability to convert prospects and close deals while maintaining established sales quotas
- Must have experience in Salesforce
- Professional demeanor, selling style, and appearance
- Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with customers
- Self motivated with high energy and an engaging level of enthusiasm
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- High level of integrity and professional work ethic
- Must be results driven and have a proven track record.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent problem solving and organization skills.
- Must be self-motivated and possess a tenacious work attitude.
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Strong analytical skills and understanding of brand positioning.
Job Type: Commission
SENIOR PRODUCER
Responsibilities
The Senior Photo Producer duties will include Management of Accounts including Casting, Booking Teams, Billing, Estimating/Invoicing, establishing vendor relationships, and daily production duties of the studio.
Requirements
Must have extensive knowledge of:
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- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Bridge
- Capture One Pro
- Quickbooks
- Must have 2+ years professional photography/production experience
- Must have experience in e-commerce, social content creation + management
- This is a 5x day per week commitment.
DIGITAL MARKETING INTERNSHIP
Responsibilities
- Monitor social media and media landscape
- Help manage marketing and social media calendars
- Help develop content for social media and email marketing
- Meet deadlines in a timely manner
- Respond to user comments and questions in a professional, helpful manner, while maintaining the voice of Slate Studios
- Produce inventive ideas to solve various marketing needs and take on tasks as they arise
- Find creative opportunities for media trades, event sponsorship, affiliates, etc
- Edit blog copy and formatting (in Google, Word Doc, Tumblr)
Requirements
- Ability to multi-task with a high level of attention to detail while remaining poised under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Pursuing a major in communications, marketing, advertising, or photography
- Creative, positive, eager to learn
- Maintain active, personal social media accounts
- Knowledge of Hootsuite & Buffer a plus!
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong passion for photography and digital e-commerce
- Self motivated – ability to focus and complete duties independently
- Must have a flexible weekly schedule
- Confident, creative thinker – ability to speak up and contribute in a team environment
- Imaginative writer
- Graphic design skills including creating basic ads, flyers, brochures, invitations, etc a plus!
- Knowledge of video editing software a plus!
STUDIO INTERNSHIP
Responsibilities
- Learn about handling & setting up studio equipment
- Work directly with studio Producer to assist on setting up shoots
- Learn about photography setups and working with a Photographer & Digital Tech
- Organize and clean working studio
- Arrange equipment and filing systems
- Assist in cooperation with team members to finish projects for shoots
- Interact with clients in a professional, helpful manner, while maintaining the voice of Slate Studios
Requirements
- Ability to multi-task with a high level of attention to detail while remaining poised under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Pursuing a major in photography, or have a strong passion for photography
- Creative, positive, eager to learn
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Self motivated – ability to focus and complete duties independently
- Must have a flexible weekly schedule
- Confident, creative thinker
- Ability to speak up and contribute in a team environment
Please email resume, recent headshot, and Linkedin profile to info@slate-nyc.com. In the subject line, please include the position you’re applying to and your name.