Lead Photographer
Apply Job ID 25900 Date posted Jul. 24, 2023 Location Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Quad is seeking an experienced, highly creative Lead Photographer for our greater Pittsburgh, PA photo studio to generate exclusive content for one of our largest retail clients.
Responsibilities
- Enthusiastically collaborate with client to align on creative vision
- Translate provided art direction into an always elevated end result
- Engage in full scope of photography workflow, including the execution of in-studio and on-location photography needs for shots inclusive of e-commerce, production, lifestyle, etc.
- Utilize techniques representative of current industry trends and a forward-thinking perspective
- Masterfully orchestrate lighting set ups and make necessary adjustments
- Exude a sense of innovation and showcase inspiration via concept boards
- Ensure deadlines are met with a solution-oriented, efficiency-focused mindset
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment and technology issues
- Actively participate in style out, pre-production, and post-mortem meetings, while objectively evaluating imagery
- Flourish relationships with the client, leadership, and internal team members
- Seek freelance talent as needed
- Responsible for the management and mentorship of 3-5 direct reports
- Study our client’s brand and customer, as well as the competitive landscape
Qualifications
- Required to provide a portfolio
- At least 10 years of photography experience within a corporate environment
- Degree in Photography, Design, Visual/Fine Arts, or related studies
- Proven expertise in a high-volume, high-paced environment
- Flexible in response to shifting business priorities and tight deadlines
- Stellar communication, strong organizational and time management skills
- Highly experienced with Canon, Broncolor, Apple, CaptureOne, Adobe and Microsoft suites
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Categories at a glance
Explore available opportunities by job type, click each to learn more.
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Sales
Develop sales strategies to help solve our clients’ challenges and grow their business.
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Creative
Concept and design compelling campaigns and products for leading retailers, publishers and brand marketers.
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Media
Develop plans to buy and schedule media to support clients' marketing objectives from print to digital media and broadcast.
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Client Services
Manage client relationships and their projects from within a facility, creative studio or in the client’s on-site location.
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Corporate
Make an impact in strategic administrative roles that include information technology (IT), accounting, legal and marketing.
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Manufacturing
Make quality print products in a highly automated and technologically advanced environment.
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Drivers & Logistics
Create customized distribution solutions to move freight on-time, every time, delivering on customers' needs.
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Electrical & Mechanical
Be a problem solver and join a team that ensures our facilities, offices and equipment are running efficiently.
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Campus
Gain real-work experience through internships and trainee programs with strategic entry-level opportunities.
Our Benefits
The importance of caring for one another, runs deep. It is at the heart of our healthcare and wellness programs, our retirement plans, all of our benefits. It's how we build rich, balanced lives for ourselves and our families, at work and at home.
Our Culture
From the very beginning, Quad has been defined by the people who work here. Our values, our skills, our creativity – it has all grown from those very first days in business, passed from worker to worker, built on the relationships – the trust – between us. All the presses, computers and technology; all the buildings; all the resources; none of it matters without the people who make Quad work.
