Set Builder

The Set Builder is integral to designing and creating photography sets and props, ensuring they align with the Creative Brief.

Working under the guidance of the Creative Brief, Production and Studio Manager, you will lead freelance sub-teams to efficiently create and build studio sets and prototypes that meet the design brief, budget, and deadlines. Utilising available set build resources to deliver maximum value for money.

Key Responsibilities:

• Studio maintenance: Managing the upkeep of sets and studios through painting, decorating and joinery. Ensuring sets are completed and redecorated to align with the shoot schedule. Ensuring sets are efficiently dismantled after each shoot.
• Materials knowledge: Possessing in-depth knowledge of materials and their properties to assist with material selection and the technical aspects of studio briefs.  
• Specialist equipment management: Ensuring specialist equipment is properly maintained and compliant with Health & Safety testing. Managing a workshop inventory and adhering to budget with consumable spend.
• Stakeholder management and communication: Delivering clear and effective communication to key stakeholders, including the Senior Set Builder, Studio Manager, and Production team. Keeping them updated on progress during the build process and contributing to production plans to ensure the timely and successful delivery of set builds and image shoots in line with the brief
• Freelance talent management: Collaborating with the Senior Set Builder, Studio Manager to trial, supervise, train, and schedule freelance talent. Ensuring freelance team members are effectively managed, assigned tasks, and up to date with training on Health & Safety and workshop tools/equipment before use. Acting as a point of contact and role model for freelancers while providing regular briefings on any changes to the work schedule
• Health & Safety: Responsible for upholding health and safety standards in the studio workshop, including monitoring trip hazards, sharp edges, and ensuring all sets comply with safety regulations to protect ITG employees, freelancers, and visitors. Additionally, responsible for providing health and safety training and conducting pre-project briefings for ITG employees and freelancers
• Continued professional development: Attending training courses as needed to maintain proficiency in equipment use, and subsequently responsible for training and educating the broader team, including freelance set builders

• Previous experience in a Set Build/Studio Maintenance role
• Be time aware: Be mindful of how you spend your time each day. Most of your time should be focused on delivering, and not spent chasing brief owners for clarity, or missing inputs or feedback
• Have efficiencies front of mind: Always be looking for how we can work smarter, and more effectively together
• Be commercially mindful: Treat every pound as if it were your own, and be thoughtful and responsible in your decision-making in order to drive savings
• Take pride in the role you play in reporting your contributions to time and cost savings with Client Directors

Work's a treat!

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays - we understand the importance of you getting some down time.

• Annual Wellbeing Day - enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme - helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan - claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options - spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings - through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.

• Employee Assistance Programme - our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you're happy, we're happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day - we're all about giving back... and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme - know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.

• Wellbeing Programme - giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave - support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we're always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.

What next?
If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.