Studio Manager

£56,988 - £63,756 per annum

(We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)

Full-time (37.5h) / Permanent

Based in Islington, London

Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of our creative operation. You’ll make sure the studio runs like a well-oiled machine: managing workflows, prioritising work, protecting creative time, and ensuring brilliant ideas are delivered on time, on brief, and to the highest standards of quality, accessibility, and inclusion.

What you’ll be doing

As a Studio Manager, you are the operational heartbeat of our newly formed in-house creative and production team. We’re looking for an experienced individual who will lead the end-to-end setup of the new studio, transforming a group of talented individuals into a high-performing, well-organised creative community. You will design and implement the workflows, scheduling systems, and capacity planning models that allow our designers, editors, and copywriters to focus on what they do best: creating exceptional work.

• Coordinate and prioritise all incoming creative requests, making sure briefs are clear, realistic, and aligned with organisational priorities.

• Plan and manage studio capacity, balancing workloads and flagging issues early.

• Lead studio scheduling and traffic meetings, maintaining clear visibility of deadlines and dependencies

• Refine and improve creative production processes to increase efficiency, consistency, and creative quality

• Ensure all work meets agreed standards for brand, accessibility, approvals, and delivery

• Collaborate closely with colleagues across digital, social, and marketing teams to create respectful, effective ways of working

• Manage and support a small in-house team (including designers, editors, and writers), providing leadership, feedback, and development

• Oversee the use of freelancers and external support, ensuring value for money and the right talent for the job

• Step in with hands-on creative direction when needed, especially on fast-turnaround projects

• Champion a values-led, anti-racist, inclusive culture within the team

• Deputise for the Head of Creative & Production when required

If you love bringing clarity and structure to complex creative work, thrive on collaboration, and care deeply about values-led work, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Criteria for Success

1. Experience establishing, reviewing, and refining creative production processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and creative quality, for an in-house team or similar
2. Strong experience managing end-to-end production workflows, managing content delivery scheduling and team capacity planning for a multidisciplinary team
3. Experience managing creative production requests, able to assess and advise on briefs as required to ensure they are complete, clear and realistic
4. Experience in line management of creative professionals, including performance management, coaching, and fostering professional development within studio teams.
5. Experience in implementing, maintaining and updating planning tools, giving visibility of team capacity and upcoming deadlines. Familiarity with Asana is essential.
6. Experience in fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture, dedicated to anti-racism, that encourages creative exploration while delivering direct actionable feedback to designers, editors and writers.

One of our Anti Racism Plan objectives is to proactively achieve stronger representation of people of colour, particularly within leadership positions, and we have recently published ambitious race representation targets. 

As part of our commitment to increasing representation of people from underrepresented communities in the environmental sector, we are piloting a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) as a new approach to make our recruitment more equitable. If you identify as a person of colour, you can choose to opt in to the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

We will be aiming to offer everyone who opts into the scheme and meets the essential criteria a first stage interview. While we fully intend to honour this, exceptionally high application volumes may affect our capacity. If so, we will communicate clearly and keep candidates informed as we continue to learn and improve.

Your guaranteed interview application will be processed by The Industry Club and only be shared with the Greenpeace UK recruiting manager and HR team. Details on how to apply for the GIS scheme are detailed on the job application link here.

Visit The Industry Clubs website to view full details and apply.

Closing Date: 23 February 2026, 9am