Senior Hair & Make-up Artist

Leicester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

At NEXT we are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Hair & Make-Up Artist to lead the team at our Head Office Photo Studio!

You will be part of an amazing team of in-house creative managers working as one to deliver the full end to end process of asset creation. This is an extremely fast-paced

role that strives to maintain Nexts photographic vision and creative beliefs.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is creative & proactive with an exceptional eye for detail who can deliver results and guide a team.

What Youll Take On

Lead hair and make-up across one or multiple studio sets ensuring consistent brand-aligned results.
Create and translate creative briefs into commercially relevant trend-aware hair and make-up looks.
Create and present mood boards and briefs aligned to seasonal trends product categories and campaign direction.
Remain ahead of fashion beauty social and cultural trends to evolve studio aesthetics.
Provide day-to-day leadership and mentorship to the team including freelance talent within the studio.
Support onboarding training and ongoing development of team members.
Lead by example on set fostering a positive collaborative and solution-focused environment that maintains exceptional standards.
Ability to confidently build rapport present ideas and presentations to senior members of the team.
Carry out performance feedback conversations to help drive team engagement accountability and consistent standards across all shoots.
Ensure kit standards hygiene compliance and stock control processes are maintained.
Flexibly support shoots at other studios or on location when required.

What Youll Bring

Minimum 5 years experience in commercial hair and make-up within a fast-paced studio environment.
Proven experience leading or mentoring other artists.
Advanced technical knowledge of hair styling make-up application products and emerging techniques.
Strong portfolio demonstrating e-commerce and editorial work.
Commercially aware with a deep understanding of fashion and lifestyle trends.
Confident in making creative decisions under time pressure.
Exceptional planning organisational and workload management skills.
Calm resilient and solution-oriented in high-pressure environments.
Excellent communicator with the ability to give and receive feedback.
Competent using Mac OS and G Suite.

Please include your portfolio to support your application

Required Experience:

Senior IC

DescriptionAt NEXT we are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Hair & Make-Up Artist to lead the team at our Head Office Photo Studio!You will be part of an amazing team of in-house creative managers working as one to deliver the full end to end process of asset creation. This is an extrem...

Description

At NEXT we are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Hair & Make-Up Artist to lead the team at our Head Office Photo Studio!

You will be part of an amazing team of in-house creative managers working as one to deliver the full end to end process of asset creation. This is an extremely fast-paced

role that strives to maintain Nexts photographic vision and creative beliefs.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is creative & proactive with an exceptional eye for detail who can deliver results and guide a team.

What Youll Take On

Lead hair and make-up across one or multiple studio sets ensuring consistent brand-aligned results.
Create and translate creative briefs into commercially relevant trend-aware hair and make-up looks.
Create and present mood boards and briefs aligned to seasonal trends product categories and campaign direction.
Remain ahead of fashion beauty social and cultural trends to evolve studio aesthetics.
Provide day-to-day leadership and mentorship to the team including freelance talent within the studio.
Support onboarding training and ongoing development of team members.
Lead by example on set fostering a positive collaborative and solution-focused environment that maintains exceptional standards.
Ability to confidently build rapport present ideas and presentations to senior members of the team.
Carry out performance feedback conversations to help drive team engagement accountability and consistent standards across all shoots.
Ensure kit standards hygiene compliance and stock control processes are maintained.
Flexibly support shoots at other studios or on location when required.

What Youll Bring

Minimum 5 years experience in commercial hair and make-up within a fast-paced studio environment.
Proven experience leading or mentoring other artists.
Advanced technical knowledge of hair styling make-up application products and emerging techniques.
Strong portfolio demonstrating e-commerce and editorial work.
Commercially aware with a deep understanding of fashion and lifestyle trends.
Confident in making creative decisions under time pressure.
Exceptional planning organisational and workload management skills.
Calm resilient and solution-oriented in high-pressure environments.
Excellent communicator with the ability to give and receive feedback.
Competent using Mac OS and G Suite.

Please include your portfolio to support your application

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Skills

Python
3ds Max
Anatomy Knowledge
Computer Graphics
Perforce
Zbrush
Unreal Engine
Maya
Adobe Photoshop
Scripting
Unity
Color Theory

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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now po ... View more

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