Studio Manager
IMA Life
- Hybrid and flexible working policy
- Career development opportunities with dedicated L&D budget
- Competitive salary
- Member of the Institute of Practitioners for Advertising
- A working environment that champions ED&I
- Disability Confident Accredited employer
- Careers after Babies partner and Menopause Workplace Pledge employer
- Access to Coaching
- Global office locations
- Vibrant agency environment with regular social and wellbeing activities
- Internal employee forum
About the team
The IMA Producers are at the heart of making it happen. We start in pre-production, managing and supporting the creative process whilst guiding it through. We resource the right team and ensure everything runs smoothly on the shoot days. Collaborating with the post-production team, we work with all stakeholders to ensure that deliverables are sent on time and within budget.
Summary of the role
Responsible for leading our Offshore Studio, the Studio Manager will be an experienced professional with a demonstrable design background. They will manage projects from concept to execution, ensuring high-quality creative output. The Studio Manager will oversee the daily operations of the studio, guide a team of design and production professionals, and ensure that all work aligns with our agency’s creative vision, client objectives, and commercial goals.
Some responsibilities of the Studio Manager role will include
- Lead and manage the design team, providing guidance, support, and mentorship.
- Oversee the end-to-end design process, from briefing to final delivery across all specialisms.
- To exhibit the confident, compelling and coherent presentation skills required for pitching, client and internal meetings.
- Maintain high creative standards and ensure all work aligns with client expectations.
- Collaborate with account managers, strategists, and other stakeholders to develop compelling creative solutions.
- Coordinate all studio requests for both in-house and client campaigns within the design studio.
Interested in joining us? Apply today to become our next Studio Manager.
Just a heads up that we don't hire through recruitment agencies, so if you'd like to be considered for a role, please only apply directly as we'd still like to hear from you!
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- Department
- Studio & Production
- Locations
- Cape Town
- Remote status
- Hybrid

About IMA
Informed by human behaviour. Fuelled by creativity. Connected by data, media and digital. We are IMA.
A global connected marketing agency. Building brands for real people. That live and last in the real world. We’re proud to be IPA members, a Google Partner and a Meta Business Partner.
IMA is an accredited Disability Confident Employer which means we welcome and encourage applications from disabled people.
From application to employment, we will ensure an inclusive and accessible environment.
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