Lead Stylist Part-Time (FTC), EU Imaging Team en Barcelona

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Job summary
Amazon Imaging builds the world’s best online shopping experience through photography, video, graphic design, and usability design enabling millions of customers to make more informed purchasing decisions. Imaging at Amazon is a large and fast-growing network of teams located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on fashion and product photography, photo retouching, graphic design, video and CGI production, automated image acquisition, and image support services. We are continually innovating and setting new industry standards for showcasing tens of millions of products across multiple global marketplaces. We are obsessed with innovating on behalf of our customers, and continually push beyond the boundaries of traditional e-commerce photography and videography.

Amazon is looking for a highly skilled Still Life and On Figure Photo Stylist for its fast paced commercial photo studio in Barcelona. Successful candidates will be self-starters, strong communicators, very detail-oriented, and highly creative. The Photo Studio Stylist will be assisting and styling in a range of different categories for e-commerce photography. He/She will be contributing to continual style improvements and styling/prep efficiencies. He/She will be a key stakeholder of environmental photo and video shootings, and will be engaged in product line visual customer experience enhancement.
The successful candidate will have a solid visual culture background and understanding of design trends. He/she will be detail focused, with good merchandise coordination. The Photo Studio Stylist will be able to manage multiple tasks and to interact with creative and sales teams.
This role is a part-time fixed term contract.

Key job responsibilities

• Assist on set with prepping, prioritizing imaging order, and styling products
• Troubleshoot and prioritize direction from creative on set
• Monitor incoming product in order to prepare for daily productivity
• Run daily product shoots while maintaining positive energy in studio at all times
• Use the vision of the brand, buyer requests, and other resources as guides to make specific styling choices
• Act as point person for freelance stylists & assistants
• Organize and maintain the workspace, styling props inventory and request supplies
• Support safety initiatives regarding studio workflow and processes
• Drive creative briefings
• Drive Style-guide changes
• Support CX change ideation and incubation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in fashion merchandising, or related field required
• Professional styling experience in a high volume commercial photography studio
• Strong experience in a specialized styling category, such as advanced model styling or product styling
• Professional portfolio that demonstrates a mastery of one or more categories of styling
• Strong understanding of market trends, visual composition, and the art of aesthetic presentation
• Productivity-focused and with an exceptional eye for detail
• Accustomed to the high intensity level of an e-commerce studio environment
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines
• An obsession for delighting customers
• English (written and verbal)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a variety of studio settings ranging from editorial, E-commerce, to retail catalog
• Rigorous knowledge of styling techniques across the industry and in various merchandise categories
• Strong fashion and styling sense with the ability to incorporate new methods
• Proactive and able to show initiative/ideas to constantly improve the image quality of the site
• Translate brand vision into visually enticing styles
• Self-driven and able to easily communicate creative ideas and collaborate in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage high volumes of workflow including, prioritization, planning, and task delegation under tight deadlines

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