Nikita Karizma is recruiting a motivated, inspiring Studio Manager from a luxury fashion background to join her fashion design house. 

Suitable applicants will have a personality that can drive forward business growth and evolve with us as we move into a new studio space and approach future catwalk showcases.  We are moving into a new studio HQ in 2025, designed for a modern-day luxury house & press client. 

We have a global high-profile client & are looking for someone to join our team who can communicate with business contacts with sensitivity and maintain relationships for the company. 

This position is not suitable for a graduate.

Studio Management:

• Manage the team with a work ethic & company culture aligned with Nikita Karizma.  
• Scheduling the in-house team, ensuring deadline adherence to company goals.  
• Prepare all questions with current projects for meetings with Nikita. 
• Book in shipments / courier & keep a track of incoming deliveries.
• Attendance log for the team, submitting end of the month.  
• Management of the in-house & freelance team on busy days for red carpet, photoshoots & catwalk. 
• Press samples inventory management, logging samples on press loan & returns.  
• Setting firm boundaries for the business & handling sensitive business information.
• Manage freelancer contracts with NDAs, timekeeping, company rules & private set policies.  
• Managing our wider freelance team: Hairstylist, Makeup Artists, Stylists, Nail Techs, Photographers, Video Editors, Content Creators, Social Media Managers, Designers, Samplists, Pattern Cutters, etc. 
• Fashion Week: Liase with brand partners as we transition to the fashion week schedule, including the show production, event venue, PRs, casting director, creative teams, etc.  
• Manage the Studio HQ, ensure it is kept in an organised & clean manner with all studio supplies in stock.  
• Welcoming of industry guests at the studio HQ, offering them a welcome drink/snack & signing their contract / NDA in the entrance lounge.  
• Maintain the computer staff dropbox folders in an organised manner.  
• Ensure the company is working towards Nikita’s creative vision, signature style & the brand identity.  
• Ensure all members of the team are following the company systems on air table & spreadsheets and all check lists are being ticked off for all processes.  
• Ensure the team are following our workflow guides per role & not skipping any checkpoints.  
• Responsibility of being a key holder for the studio headquarters, opening & closing the studio daily. 

Product Development:

• Oversee our product development cycle.  
• Fabric sourcing & liaisons with fabric suppliers.  
• Order fabric / components with monthly wholesale order lists to maintain core fabrics in studio.  
• Oversee brand partnership collaborations between the brand brief & our team ensuring quality of work & deadlines are met for successful partnerships. 
• Maintain pattern cutting library in an organised manner. 
• Maintain fabric library books, spreadsheets & in studio fabrics & tags.  
• Organise factory samples inventory & all studio systems.  

Manufacturing & Wholesale:

• Costings on Google Sheets spreadsheet for all products with accuracy, currency exchange & profitability calculations to wholesale pricing.
• Final check of the Tech Packs for manufacturing produced by designers.  (Joint responsibility with Nikita) 
• Factory manufacturing.   This is packed & prepared in house by our designer.  Oversee this & make all final checks.  
• Submit grading to external grade house. 
• Quality control inspect & receive goods from factory.  Send the factory any corrections, update our air tables & any updates to consumptions.  
• Create the line sheet ready for wholesale buyers each season, ready before LFW. 
• Ensure our wholesale orders are delivered timely in the delivery windows. 

NIKITA (10-20% until we hire a PA):

• Preparation for red carpet, PR events & media appearances 
• Check her freelance team are delivering work for her founder profile: social media, Hair & Makeup, video & photographers.  
• Travel planning for business trips 
• Liaisons with her team on critical times of the year: Fashion Week, Red Carpet, etc.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years' experience working in the luxury fashion industry. 
• Experience managing production and delivery for wholesale in an organised, timely manner.  
• Experience working for a London Fashion Week catwalk designer as a studio manager for 4 seasons.  
• Experience at an on-schedule fashion week showcasing a design house
• Strong skillset in managing a team
• Strong people skills
• Rehearsed in product development & the luxury cycle. 
• A go-getter mindset, very driven and motivated for a long-term career aim in luxury fashion. 
• Competent usage of spreadsheets with formulas: Numbers, Excel & Google Sheets.  
• Can use organisation apps like Trello & Airtable
• Very organised with strong attention to detail
• Strong people leader & motivator
• Positive-minded
• Can work at ease under pressure
• Can keep sensitive business contacts confidential
• Can adhere to company policies, workflows, structure & systems in place.  

Application

Please apply with a CV and cover letter via the application form.