Location:
South Elgin (Onsite) (This job lives in the studio shooting product everyday)
Our client is seeking a full-time onsite in-house Product Photographer to join their team. The client is a leader in their specific specialty products space with both brick and mortar and an online store.
Position Overview:
Responsible for high-volume product photography supporting one of the country’s largest specialty yarn retailers. This Photographer will support over 23,000 skews.
Key Responsibilities:
- Photograph hundreds of products each week.
- Focus on getting images correct in-camera rather than relying on extensive post-production.
- Extremely limited editing requirements; efficiency and accuracy are critical.
- Ensure consistent lighting, color representation, and image quality.
- Help work through a substantial backlog of products that have not yet been photographed (some dating back 6+ years).
- Photograph yarn products, garments, and other merchandise.
- Participate in occasional model shoots when needed.
- Set up and run in-studio product shoots without handholding.
Technical Requirements:
- Strong understanding of photography equipment and studio setups.
- Ability to independently troubleshoot cameras, lighting, and related equipment.
- Experience with Lightroom and efficient asset management practices.
- Ability to work quickly while maintaining consistent quality standards.
- Organized and help execute file naming and placement.
Ideal Candidate:
- High-volume product photography experience.
- 5+ years of product photography for online and print.
- Strong technical photography skills.
- Detail-oriented and highly efficient.
- Comfortable working independently with minimal oversight.
- Understands color-critical photography and accurate product representation for e-commerce.
- Open to a Production Artist that has strong photography abilities.
Key Client Emphasis:
Color accuracy is absolutely essential on all products. Customers must see online colors that closely match the real product, making quality control and consistency a major priority in this positions.
