Head Of Studio

Three Days Fitzroy Nine weeks live

The Heartbeat

Everybody here is talented and nobody is steering, so we are busy in every direction at once.

What Becomes Possible

Nine people who know what we are for. By six months, a brief we should not take gets turned down by somebody who is not you.

The Room You Are Given

What we pitch for, who we hire, and how the work gets made. You would set the standard and defend it.

Why This Role Exists

Our founder wants to be a designer again and has said so to everybody except a job advertisement.

Before You Answer Anything

The Place, And What A Week Is Like.

One long room above a bakery on Gertrude Street. It smells extraordinary and everybody complains about the stairs. Three days, and Tuesday is the one we ask you to keep. The rest is yours and we will not ask where you were.

And honestly

We took two clients last year we should have refused and both of them nearly broke the studio. Nobody felt able to say so at the time.

What They Are Actually Good At

This Is What They Do Well.

Brand work that clients keep for a decade. Four of ours have outlived the person who commissioned them.

And honestly

That we are a small studio and cannot afford to be choosy. We turned down our best client twice before he came back.

The Deal, Plainly

$160,000

Three days at the rate five would pay elsewhere, and we would rather you kept the other two.

And what is demanding about it

You would be the one saying no, out loud, to nine people who want to say yes. That does not get easier.

Why You

You have run a studio where the talent was never the problem, and you know that saying no is the whole job.

Her Question, Answered Plainly

How You Will Know It Is Yours.

You have protected a team from its own enthusiasm. You have turned down work and been right, and can name the job.

And honestly

The founder keeps the pen on three named accounts and he has said which. Everything else is yours.

What This Gives You

What You Would Walk Out With.

A studio of nine that becomes known for what it refuses, and two days a week that stay your own.

Your Reply Goes To A Person

The founder, and he has asked for every reply unopened by anybody else.

The Tango

You See It.

You Move It.

The Room Keeps Up.

You answer to the work. You lead, and the room moves with you.

Is This Your Tango?

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