The Studio & Ecommerce Collective
The Studio & E-commerce Collective is the podcast for studio and e-commerce production leaders. Hosted by Rich Summers, CEO and co-founder of Lets Flo, each episode digs into the real challenges of running high volume e-commerce studios, from sample management and shoot workflows to scaling content production without losing your mind. Featuring conversations with studio directors, production managers, photographers and the people who actually do the work, this is honest, practical and built for the people on the studio floor, not the boardroom. Part of The Studio & E-commerce Collective, an industry community bringing together events, a newsletter and this podcast.
The Studio & Ecommerce Collective
#4 Inside a World-Class Studio With Alison Leibowitz
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What does it actually take to build a world-class e-commerce studio from the ground up?
Alison Leibowitz spent 13 years as Head of Studio at Net-a-Porter, growing a team of 30 to 150 and increasing output capacity by 400%. In this episode, she sits down with Rich to share the lessons behind those numbers, from inheriting a reluctant team to keeping 150 creatives producing at their best without burning out.
Alison talks through how she hired for fit as much as talent, why stay interviews gave her a blueprint no exit interview ever could, and how opening the studio doors to the wider business changed everything. Oh, and why the COO left a site visit talking about a dance party instead of cost savings.
Honest, practical and straight from someone who has lived it. Essential listening for anyone leading a studio operation at scale.