Workshop is an integrated marketing agency providing strategic consulting and creative marketing solutions that help clients solve their evolving business challenges. Rooted in destination marketing from the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, Workshop has grown into an agency of 30+ talented employees whose expertise across marketing disciplines leads to innovative strategies and measurable results for destinations marketing organizations, tourism businesses, active outdoor companies, educational institutions, health care companies, economic development agencies, and other businesses. Workshop is headquartered in Lake Placid NY and Saratoga Springs, NY. Workshop has won multiple national, state and regional honors for its websites, creative, and strategic marketing solutions.
Summary
The Director of Photography will drive conceptual design and versatile imagery within complex Photographic Production projects to meet the objectives for Workshop clients. The Director of Photography is both a creative and technical leadership role of discipline of photography and not an executive-level leadership position.
This role requires an innovative approach to bringing the clients vision to life consistently and successfully. This role will build a reputation for Production excellence and contribute to the success of the team. The Director of Photography’s attention to detail both technically and creatively while delivering engaging work will be a differentiating factor in the overall success of Workshop clients.
This position is located in Lake Placid, NY.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Responsible for translating the client’s needs into compelling and effective imagery within budget, on time and with excellent quality
- Execute film and video production both on and off-site
- Develop sizzle reels, pitches, case studies, marketing pieces, and day-to-day social videos
- Execute all production aspects including pre-production, post production, writing, shooting, editing, and selection of music with the Photography team, in accordance with the client expectation and Workshop’s strategy to deliver that client expectation
- Continuing to learn and drive forward conceptual design and versatile imagery, still and motion, to deliver on behalf of the agency and its clients
- Participate in collaboration cross-functionally within Workshop to ensure cohesion of message and style across the Photographic Production lifecycle, and across the Workshop functions/departments
- Publish video content across online video platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and GoogleDrive)
- Ensure appropriate lifecycle management of all multimedia content (capture of media/cataloging/use/obsolesce)
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and/or Broadcasting and Electronic Media, or a degree in a related subject, like photography or film studies – desired
- Proven success with cameras, stabilization systems, lenses, composition, and lighting techniques – required
- Mastery of video content production including editing (color correction, grading and audio mixing) – required
- Proven success delivering complex Photographic projects – required
- History of delivering satisfied client’s utilizing IT software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, etc. – required
- Repeatedly demonstrating excitement with excessive and detailed shoots on set – required
- Demonstrated relentless focus on delivering photography excellence – required
- Proven history collaborating with clients and colleagues – required
Values
- Live It – What we do today matters most – Shine!
- Own It – Understand expectations, set up for success, give it your best effort and be accountable to the team – Win!
- Send It – Be hungry. Always look ahead. Don’t be afraid to fail. Win with pride.
- Appreciate It – Respecting the individual contributions of the team. Understanding the client. Rewarding openmindedness.
Benefits & Compensation
- Be a part of an employee-owned company located in the Heart of the Adirondack mountains
- Competitive based salary & Incentive Compensation Structure
- Comprehensive medical, dental & life insurance plan
- 401k
- Paid vacation, sick & personal days
- Paid holidays
Working Conditions & Physical Efforts
- Ability & willingness to travel <25% of time
- Intellectually intense, fasted paced and often changing environment
- Work is performed in an interior office or mobile work environment
- Remain stationary for extended periods of time while interfacing with a telephone and computer
- Requires employees have no restrictions operating a motor vehicle
- Requires employees have no restrictions on domestic or international travel
- This role requires limited physical effort and has limited exposure to physical risk
The duties and responsibilities, qualifications, physical conditions and other statements contained herein represent the current general nature of the job described, and are subject to change at any time, with or without notice. This job description does not limit in any way the assignments given to an employee in this role. Employees are expected to perform any and all duties (compliant, legal & ethical) assigned by the Company leadership, collaboratively and with the best intention of the customer and company.
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