Enterprise Studio Director

Sherwin-Williams is creating an enterprise studio at our new Cleveland Headquarters. We're looking for a talented professional to help lead and direct this new space. The Director of the Enterprise Studio will lead execution for photo and video ideation, photo execution, and video filming and editing across the Sherwin-Williams enterprise. It is an opportunity to create something from the ground up. The right candidate for this role must be a self-starter driven by strong creative vision and continuous process improvement mindset that combines fast turnaround times with effective, impactful, brand-driven visual storytelling and communications. This professional must be comfortable working with leaders at all levels within the organization, including directly with C-suite. They will be responsible for ensuring proper use of the brand, direct and lead execution of all photography and video shoots and manage final deliverables for the enterprise.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS :

(1) Director Responsibilities :

• Personnel : Recruit and develop production team through mentoring, sharing best practices and providing creative opportunities. Create and maintain an optimal workflow structure and systems for the enterprise. Vet and establish network of freelancers and vendors to support the enterprise studio team as needed.
• Operations : Develop in-house resources to capture photography as well as shoot and edit videos, including but not limited to variety of photography needs, live recordings in studio, technical and how-to demonstrations, customer testimonials, thought leadership interviews, video for social media, marketing automation and websites.
• Quality : Manage photo and video production for the enterprise and its groups, divisions, oversee the management of the Studio, guiding all stages of the creative process from concept to finished product. Work closely with the Corporate Communications team to ensure message alignment, ensure brand guidelines are met, and studio output is delivered using appropriate distribution channels. All deliverables should retain the highest level of quality and consistency. Production output should be agency-quality, targeted and cohesive.
• Shared Service : Work collaboratively with stakeholders and internal customers across the enterprise, taking business objectives through creative development to create effective and high-quality products.
• Financial Acumen : Managing the financial aspects of a project, including maintaining project budgets and accounting for expenditures. Review weekly / monthly / quarterly volume and quality reporting.

(2) Production & Studio Responsibilities :

(3) Other Responsibilities :

"Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and / or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships."

POSITION REQUIREMENTS :

FORMAL EDUCATION :

Required :

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE :

Required :

Preferred :

TECHNICAL / SKILL REQUIREMENTS :

Required :

Preferred :

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS : (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)