Photo Studio Ops Forum 2021

In this panel discussion, we will dive into how, by adopting the right short and long-term strategies, studios can both:

• Continue to grow, evolve, and transform to meet the needs of the business and the customer
• Keep teams engaged, creative and properly resourced 

We’ll discuss best practices, challenges and opportunities around developing and evolving an optimized, efficient, and agile studio. Panelists will share ideas and action tips for better team management, communication, collaboration, creativity, quality, budgeting, data generation and interpretation of performance metrics and ROI among other important issues. 

Topics covered will include: 

• Moving from the tactical to the strategic 
• In-house or out or hybrid production – studio + creative
• Flexibility and agility – finding time for last minute “adds” and “scope creep”
• Demand management
• Building and maximizing internal and vendor relationships
• Review and *Improve*
• Emerging technologies and new media 
• Budget allocation and the investment in content creation
• Contingency planning
• Finding and maximizing efficiencies
• Metrics and data to support your decision making
• Automating processes (call sheets/casting/pipelines)