Photographer Level 3

At Straub Collaborative, our teams are well-versed in developing stable workflows and infrastructure to handle 500, 2000, or 50,000 samples at a time. We can be in your distribution center and manage 24-hour turn arounds. We can help you build style guides, manage your DAMs, and leverage your product data in more efficient ways.

We don’t stand up and wave our arms. We don’t push. We don’t overpromise and under-deliver. We sit at YOUR table. And give you exactly what you need — quality, high-volume, fast-turn content — exactly when you need it. With studios and resources around the world, we can help you reach the content scalability and production redundancy you’re looking for without losing your brand’s uniqueness.

Location Portland, OR

Position Summary

Photographer Level 3- This photographer is a practiced master in the art of Photography and Video capture. They have a mastery of strobe and continuous lighting instruments as well as file formats and video codecs. They have an exemplary portfolio of images and video representing their passion and commercial work. This position has a proven understanding of the complete photography and video capture workflow. They are comfortable with originating new visual creative ideas as well as working directly with our clients and following specific style guides. This role is an expert in directing a set and can work well under pressure. They will also mentor and train Photographer Levels 1 and 2 and conduct cross studio training and process improvement activities.

This position requires you to be an expert proficiency in utilizing all photography and video equipment within the studio. The photographer must be prepared to take a lead role in achieving their individual and team success. They actively participate in preproduction and retrospective meetings. They create the expectations on set for styling and are the last line of defense in quality control of all items before upload.

Essential Functions

• Independently directs photography and video sets such as apparel on model. Mannequin and Tabletop.
• Executes and captures images and video per the style guide and job worksheet as well as Art Director's vision, validating the quality control of work.
• Participates in the estimation, planning and execution of location productions for still imagery and video.
• Meets and sets daily expectations in naming images & video clips, adding metadata, shot counts, and completing quality control.
• Requires excellent communication and project management skills to mentor, train, and provide deliverables across regional studios and work directly with clients.
• Directing sets include finalizing the work plan and flow with Stylist, HMU, and Models. This may include oversights to other sets on the studio floor for safety, scalability, efficiency and adherence to client style guides.
• Required to create process documentation, including lighting diagrams, go-bys, shooting examples, and set images.
• Mentors and trains photography staff on studio standards, guidelines, and technical improvements across Studios.
• are successful from planning through creation.
• Provides accurate time assessment for scheduling and client estimates.
• Produces innovative, consistently reproducible solutions within the cost confines of clients. The solutions must be accomplished across the studio's photography staff.
• Actively participates in pre-production and retrospective (post-mortem) meetings and image review process.
• Timely complication of action items assigned to the photographer to help enable the team’s success by updating photography and video standards and sharing the documentation globally to sending out meeting documentation.
• Processes images according to job specifications, transfers to the next workflow stage.
• Follows job specifications in documenting proper file names/changes, complete notes on job spreadsheets, and report daily status on workload to studio manager and project manager.
• Creates communicates, and documents visual references (lighting diagrams, shooting examples, go-bys) to ensure upload to client standard, as needed.
• Mentor and train team members to specific studio/client standards globally.
• Requires excellent communication and project management skills to mentor, train, and provide deliverables across regional studios and work directly with clients.
• Establishes the flow on set with stylists and models as well as style projects as necessary.
• Ensures all documentation is completed promptly. This will include expense reports, reimbursement forms, and time tracking/time-off requests, et. al.
• Follow all studio standards for shooting guidelines, including shooting templates, go-bys, and overlays.
• Builds photosets as needed and completes tear down, including the return and storage of equipment.
• Facilitates studio repair needs with the studio manager.
• Travel requirements may be up to 10% of the time to Straub's other studio locations. The ability to travel outside of your country of residence is a plus.
• Possesses a strong understanding of specific clients.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience
• 7 years of experience in e-commerce photography and video production experience
• A portfolio of work that demonstrates commercial photography and video is required.
• Expert knowledge of Capture One, Canon, PhaseOne, and Profoto lighting, Adobe Premiere and all forms of continuous lighting.
• Experience in using MAC operating systems
• Experience in utilizing production workflow management tools is desired, e.g., Shotflow.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs, specifically Word and Excel. Within Excel, the candidate should be able at a minimum to execute a search, sort a list by applying multiple filter settings, populate a new column of data in an existing spreadsheet, and manage file conversions among CSV and text-based files to Excel.
• Must have excellent problem-solving ability and creatively respond to set needs.
• Must have proficient necessary math skills and the ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Must have Expereince with video

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using digital communication tools such as Microsoft Team
• Experience with ProWorkflow.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring seamless execution through stellar organizational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to details with ability to focus on a repetitive task and consistently accurate entry of data.
• Solves non-routine problems in collaboration with his or her manager; takes initiative to modify procedures and processes as appropriate and makes contributions that impact work team results.
• Demonstrated planning skills and the ability to prioritize using information around due dates, clients, internal resource skill sets, and when to escalate for assistance and awareness.
• Ability to work both independently and within a changing team.
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedules.
• Respectful and courteous when interacting with others, a calm and collaborative demeanor is expected when working through conflict. You will always professionally present the studio and yourself. The expectation is to balance listening and talking, writing clearly, and accurately any decisions.
  

Benefits

The salary range for this full-time position is $60,000-$70,000, commensurate with experience and skills.

Straub Collaborative offers excellent benefits, including:

• 401(k) matched at 4%
• Full medical, dental, vision (company contribution based on employee’s selection and family status)
• Health Care Spending Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (for healthcare & dependent care)
• Life insurance, disability, and accidental death covered by company at 100%
• Flexible paid time off (with approval from supervisor)
• 11 paid holidays
• Company lunches & events (at Studio locations)

Culture/ EEO Statement

Straub Collaborative embraces diversity in a profound way and believes in the power of a shared table to bring people together as we are committed to building a culturally inclusive team. We see diversity and inclusion as central to our organization. This means that we stand up against discrimination and harassment wherever we operate.

Straub Collaborative is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) and equal pay to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.

Salary : $60,000 - $70,000