Lead Stylist

The Production Factory is a global production agency working across stills and film. We produce high-end visual content for fashion, luxury, beauty, lifestyle, and culture’s most forward-thinking brands, creatives, and agencies. From concept to final delivery, we handle the full production journey - bringing ideas to life through thoughtful planning, expert production, and industry-leading post-production.

Our integrated approach means production and post-production work hand in hand, ensuring creative consistency, technical excellence, and a smooth, collaborative process throughout. We partner closely with photographers, directors, stylists, and creative teams to support ambitious ideas and deliver exceptional results at every stage.

This is a full-time onsite role (5 days per week) responsible for delivering commercially strong, brand-aligned styling across high-volume fashion shoots. Previous management experience beneficial as the styling team will report into this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and evolve the George online styling identity, ensuring styling remains commercially strong, brand-aligned and consistent across all outputs.
• Apply a creative styling approach while working at pace in a high-volume studio environment, with a strong focus on accuracy and consistency.
• Meet daily shoot targets while maintaining a high standard of styling and working with the wider team to minimise reshoots.
• Develop a strong understanding of each product, including key selling points, areas of focus and product care requirements.
• Proactively monitor current trends, competitor activity and trade information, sharing relevant insights with the wider team.
• Work closely with the Samples Manager to organise clothing, prepare outfits, arrange items in shoot-schedule order, and ensure garments are steamed, fitted and pinned appropriately.
• Take responsibility for the care, organisation and upkeep of studio and wardrobe areas.
• Maintain a consistent and organised workflow, completing daily tasks and aiming to exceed agreed targets and deadlines.
• Adhere to client style guides where applicable and contribute to keeping them relevant and up to date.
• Problem-solve styling challenges quickly and calmly during live shoots, acting as a key decision-maker when required.
• Partner with Production to maintain workflow efficiency, reduce reshoot risk and support continuous improvement of studio processes.
• Provide ad hoc support to the Sample Lead with sample processing when required.
• Support additional social and campaign styling when required.
• Manage the styling team, including recruitment, appraisals, performance reviews and day-to-day guidance.

SKILLS

• Significant experience as a senior stylist within a high-volume e-Commerce studio environment.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating on-model e-Commerce fashion styling across menswear and womenswear, with proven experience styling a wide range of product categories.
• Excellent understanding of fit, proportion, garment preparation and presentation within a fast-paced studio setting.
• Highly organised, with experience pulling together creative looks and managing multiple priorities to schedule.
• Excellent attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to learn and develop.
• Awareness of current still-life, social media and competitor trends, with the ability to translate them into customer-appropriate styling.
• Strong communication skills, helping to keep shoots on schedule and support effective collaboration across teams.
• A good understanding of the customer, brand positioning and how to move the brand forward while remaining relevant.
• Confident making independent decisions and navigating complex or sensitive client conversations in a calm, solution-focused manner.
• Experience contributing to style guides and brand documentation.
• Collaborative, enthusiastic and positive approach.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Production Factory is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.