Summary:Reporting to the Team Photographer, the Assistant Team Photographer will be an integral part of shaping the visual storytelling of the Washington Nationals' ballpark experience. The position will act as a second photographer to the team photographer on game days as well as provide support for on and off-field events, archival organization, and department requests. The primary focus will be on photographing the action and ballpark atmosphere, then editing and organizing images following events and games. There will be opportunities to assist in capturing additional game initiatives and imaging needs that support the sales, marketing, and communications departments.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist with coverage of game day needs such as player arrivals, clubhouse setup, batting practice, pregame ceremonies, game day promotions and activations, game action, fan photos, ballpark atmosphere, and sponsorship signage.
- On occasion, edit top images from the live feed of content during games for immediate social and requested use.
- Cull through all images postgame and after events for selective editing.
- Edit the culled images from each event with a team preset to ensure a cohesive look across all team photography.
- Assist in maintaining and organizing the team's online photo archiving system (Photoshelter), and in the distribution of images to all departments.
- Caption and tag photos in Photo Mechanic with high accuracy to ensure ease in locating in the future.
- Assist in studio photoshoots with planning, designing, lighting, set up, and capturing high-quality images.
- Collaborate with Team Photographer to fulfill photo requests from Social, Communications, Player Relations, Nationals Philanthropies, Corporate Sponsorship, Ticket Sales, Marketing, etc.
- Support Team Photographer in coordinating with the media photographers in the photo wells.
- Assist Team Photographer with team operations and other imaging needs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A minimum of 4 years of photography experience, preferably within professional or college sports organizations, or equivalent experience gained through relevant college courses.
- Strong skills in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, including Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
- Familiarity with Photo Mechanic and ability to write general metadata to ensure proper organization and retrieval of image files.
- Experience with Photoshelter and file management.
- Good working knowledge of Apple Mac OS.
- Strong artistic vision and creative abilities.
- Action-oriented, highly organized, and ability to multi-task.
- Trust builder with discretion of the highest order.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Successfully pass a Background Investigation.
- Uphold Core Values: Excellence, Performance, and Accountability. These core values set the tone in everything we do, help us succeed on and off the field, make a difference in the community and provide the best guest experience in sports. It is important that the person in the position commits themselves to these core values so that we can constantly move forward in the same direction - Together.
Physical/Environmental Requirements
- Office: Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work requires weekend and/or evening work whenever there are games or events scheduled.
- Gameday: Job requires employee to function in a high activity and heavily crowded outdoor professional sports venue. May work at heights. Employee will be exposed to inclement weather of varying degrees. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk long distances, and climb up/down stairs. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit and must lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.
Compensation:The projected wage rate for this position is $27.00 per hour. Actual pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to the applicant's: qualifications, skills, expertise, education/training, certifications, and other organization requirements. Starting salaries for new employees are frequently not at the top of the applicable salary range.