Luisa Avietti

I am a highly creative individual with over nine years of experience working within the publishing industry. A particular passion of mine is shoot production and props. An area I’d love to focus my skillset towards. I am both motivated and hardworking and thrive under pressure. I am a dedicated team player and possess great communication skills. I thrive to maintain high-quality work within fast-paced and high-pressure environments.

Props & Set Stylist - Freelance

(2025-11)

• Extensive knowledge of prop houses and prop buying.
• Expertise in selecting and arranging props that complement the food enhances the overall composition of the scene, whether on set or off.
• Specialised in working in the food and beverage sector, having worked across cookbooks to advertising campaigns.
• Budget management understanding of editorial and advertorial shoots.

Props Asset Assistant – CLOVER Productions - CP Film Production Ltd

(2025-04 - 2025-10)

• Responsible for keeping track of all prop assets for Clover productions, which covers set build, locations and studio.
• Sourcing and tracking of assets across the Props and Set Dec department, ensuring it aligns with production timelines.
• Managed asset inventory and organised the rentals and purchases buying while tracking the strict budget.

Producer - Deputy Picture Editor - YOU Magazine, The Mail on Sunday

(2018-05 - 2025-03)

• Managed and selected creative teams for photoshoots. Including photographers/ stylists/ hair and make-up.
• Location and studio scouting for photoshoots. Sourced and managed multiple vendors from props houses to catering and travel requests.
• Researched and secured new talent to keep relevant to new trends across traditional and social media platforms.
• Directly communicate and lead internal and external teams to bring each brief to life.
• Pitching shoot ideas and presenting a mood board.
• Execute multiple productions at one time, making sure each production is in keeping with the client’s brief.
• Lead and support all production teams in pre-production by collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver results on tight deadlines.
• Responsible for the desk budget and invoice payment schedule.
• Researched and selected appropriate imagery for each feature. Within my realm, I also negotiated and obtained licenses, including copyright images and trademarks.

Picture Researcher - YOU Magazine, The Mail on Sunday

(2016-01 - 2018-05)

• Worked on multiple features on a fast-paced weekly magazine.
• Regularly dealt with last-minute changes, high-pressure environments and several tasks at any one time.
• Image requests and rights, from research imagery to buy-in shoots.
• General administrative duties such as booking photographers, arranging material for shoots, handling invoices.

Picture researcher - Cedar Communications

Worked across many different commercial magazine titles at one time, such as High Life and Tesco Magazine. Responsible for finding the correct imagery for each magazine and obtaining image licensing rights.

Fashion Assistant - ES Magazine

Assisted on fashion shoots in-house and on location. Helping to coordinate the smooth running of the team on the day and leading up to the shoot. Responsible for call-ins and returns of high-end fashion items.

Picture Desk - TNR

News desk picture department as a researcher. Responsible for booking in airtime for upcoming news interviews. Searching for TNR News coverage in national newspapers. Pitching and selling TNR stories to news sales departments. Assisting and overseeing news-based photo shoots.

BA (Hons) - Photography - Arts University Bournemouth