Audrey Pechenart

Studio and creative operations professional with 8+ years of experience across photography, visual content, luxury brands and creative production. Experienced in leading creative teams, managing production workflows, coordinating freelancers and external partners, and delivering high-quality visual content across multiple markets. Combines a strong creative eye and hands-on understanding of photography and content production with proven experience in team leadership, workload planning, quality standards, stakeholder management and operational improvement.

Particularly experienced in creating the structure and working environment that enables creative professionals to deliver high-quality work efficiently, consistently and on brand.

Photography Manager - COSTAR GROUP - London & Paris

(2023-01 - 2025-09)

• Led and developed a team of 10+ photographers and creative professionals across multiple markets, with responsibility for recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management and team development
• Managed photography production planning across multiple regions, balancing workload, resources, priorities and delivery deadlines
• Established consistent visual quality standards and coaching practices across a distributed creative team
• Designed and implemented scalable production workflows, increasing operational efficiency by over 300%
• Managed day-to-day creative operations, ensuring projects were appropriately resourced and delivered to a high standard
• Coordinated internal and external partners to ensure creative output aligned with business objectives, quality expectations and deadlines
• Identified production bottlenecks and implemented process improvements to increase efficiency and consistency
• Collaborated with external partners and suppliers, balancing quality, timelines and cost-effectiveness

Freelance Photographer - Self employed - Paris

(2020-09 - 2022-12)

• Developed and delivered branded visual storytelling projects for hospitality, lifestyle and premium design clients
• Managed creative projects from initial brief and concept through production and final delivery
• Produced photography and social-first digital content aligned with brand identity, audience engagement and premium positioning
• Managed client relationships, project timelines, production coordination and creative partnerships across multiple simultaneous projects
• Balanced creative quality, client expectations, timelines and production requirements throughout each project

Senior Marketing Consultant - EPOKA - Paris

(2019-07 - 2019-12)

• Coordinated international communication projects for global brands within a fast-paced agency environment
• Partnered with strategy, creative and client teams to deliver projects to tight deadlines

Corporate Communication Manager - SWAROVSKI - Paris

(2017-04 - 2019-07)

France / Italy

• Supported international luxury brand communication initiatives across multiple regions and high-visibility projects
• Coordinated creative, marketing and communication stakeholders across international markets
• Contributed to premium campaign execution and global storytelling, ensuring consistency with brand standards

Styling Assistant (E-Commerce Studio) - SELFRIDGES - London

(2014-09 - 2015-08)

• Supported fashion styling and visual merchandising for high-volume e-commerce photography production
• Collaborated daily with photographers, stylists, producers and creative teams within a fast-paced studio environment
• Developed a strong understanding of visual storytelling, commercial photography and creative production workflows

MBA - Luxury Brand Marketing and International Management - Institut Supérieur de Marketing du Luxe / EDC, CARTIER CHAIR - Sup de Luxe (2015-01 - 2016-12)

MSC - Middle East Politics - SOAS, University of London (2013-01 - 2014-12)

Economy and Social Sciences Degree - Economy and Social Sciences - Catholic University of Paris (2010-01 - 2013-12)