# Studio manager > The person who owns a studio's workflow design, quality, operator onboarding and deliverables. Also known as: studio managers. Category: E-commerce and workflow. A studio manager owns the workflow design, quality discipline, operator onboarding and customer deliverable specifications of a photo studio. The role sits between the operators and the customer. ## How PhotoRobot uses it The role is distinct from the [operator](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/operator) and the [integrator](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/integrator). PhotoRobot Academy trains it in the [Studio Manager Essentials](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/studio-manager-essentials) track. ## Related terms - [Studio Manager Essentials](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/studio-manager-essentials): The PhotoRobot Academy certification track for studio managers. - [Operator](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/operator): The studio photographer or production staff member who runs PhotoRobot equipment every day. - [Production workflow](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/production-workflow): The stages a product passes through in a photo studio, from intake to delivery and return. - [Quality control](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/quality-control): Checking images against requirements before they are published, and sending failures back. ## Where this term appears on photorobot.com Mentioned on 9 pages. Most relevant: - [PhotoRobot FAQs](https://www.photorobot.com/faq): Studio managers can then (based on visual reports) easily discover lower productivity or quality issues, and help operators to get back on track. - [Rapidly Onboard Studio Teams with PhotoRobot Academy](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/introducing-photorobot-academy): The curriculum supports the complete and frictionless onboarding of production line operators, studio managers, integrators, network and hardware specialists, and certified instructors. - [Discover PI Profiles and the Capture PI Advisor](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/pi-profiles-and-capture-pi-advisor): Every experienced studio manager knows that the most common mistake in product photography is assuming “a product is a product.” This assumption is common in traditional photo studio software… - [Simple Product Portfolio Production: PhotoRobot Wizards](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/product-portfolio-production): This allows studio managers to configure wizards to simplify the operation of different photography modules, and support various photography applications. - [Digital Asset Management](https://www.photorobot.com/software/management): Studio managers and quality assurance teams can approve work internally. - [Wizard Mode - PhotoRobot User Support Manual](https://www.photorobot.com/manuals/wizard-mode): In most cases, both modes are set up during machine installation, or customized by a photographer or studio manager. - [Automate Sending Product Images with Integrated DAM Software](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/automate-sending-product-images): …photographer pages to share assignments and report on production Approval processes for studio managers, quality assurance teams, and client review Client pages to view projects, stages of production,… - [Does Your Business Need Digital Asset Management Software?](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/digital-asset-management-software): Team members can easily access the tasks they are responsible for, with pages for studio managers, photographers, clients, or retouchers. - [Make PhotoRobot Controls Look Like Your Studio](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/productive-studio-management-software): Smarter project & item lists amount to less scrolling for your studio managers, with fewer mis-clicks slowing down production.