Photo Specialist
Sidley Expired |
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Chicago, IL, USA |
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Summary
The Photo Specialist is responsible for our Portfolio of Photo Services that includes management of the photo studio, corporate-wide photo shoots, scheduling and executing daily requests, as well large one-off high profile projects. The Specialist is also responsible for selecting and implementing a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform to centralize our photo assets by building and curating enterprise-level repositories and reimagining the asset management processes. The Specialist will lead team members across the firm to translate business, creative, and operational requirements into a DAM improvement roadmap. The Specialist will also be responsible for leading the ongoing enhancements, integrations, migrations, and best practices for the DAM platform. Additionally, the Specialist will collaborate with our Multimedia Production team as a videographer to record various productions in our video studio, in all of our offices, and on location.
Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).
Education and/or Experience:
Required
The following will also be required of the successful candidate:
The Photo Specialist is responsible for our Portfolio of Photo Services that includes management of the photo studio, corporate-wide photo shoots, scheduling and executing daily requests, as well large one-off high profile projects. The Specialist is also responsible for selecting and implementing a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform to centralize our photo assets by building and curating enterprise-level repositories and reimagining the asset management processes. The Specialist will lead team members across the firm to translate business, creative, and operational requirements into a DAM improvement roadmap. The Specialist will also be responsible for leading the ongoing enhancements, integrations, migrations, and best practices for the DAM platform. Additionally, the Specialist will collaborate with our Multimedia Production team as a videographer to record various productions in our video studio, in all of our offices, and on location.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversees projects that include onsite and offsite photo shoots, professional portraits for lawyers and staff, generating social media content, photographing firmwide events, as well as create products for the internet, intranet, photo books, publications, social media, all of which includes photo retouching.
- Operates and maintains a variety of digital photographic equipment and accessories, including cameras, lenses, tripods, electronic lighting and light meters, photographic studio systems, reflectors, filters, props, and more.
- Coaches, reviews and delegates work to colleagues, as well as trains staff in all 21 offices on how to take photos and maintain their gear to meet the Firm’s standards.
- Implement and maintain a new DAM, which includes identifying the best solution, then develops new processes, creates metadata models, search schemas, and taxonomy namespaces to support the firm’s global identity and brands across all 21 offices worldwide.
- Works with senior staff, stake holders and department heads on implementing and integrating the DAM into the Firm’s other photo databases to reduce redundancy and streamline processes.
- Leads and coordinates the work of internal and external photographers to develop new, and streamline old processes.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).
Education and/or Experience:
Required
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience of professional photography, photo editing and archive experience.
- Experience with digital technology and editing software packages.
- Experience with Lightroom and Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, and Illustrator and Premiere.
- Experience with digital asset management systems (uploading assets, editing metadata, creating workflows, etc.)
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates artistic judgment and creativity.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
- Experience with environmental and studio portraits
- Ability to setup and facilitate large production shoots for brochures and magazines
- Law firm experience
- Experience with videography/cinematography
The following will also be required of the successful candidate:
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Good judgment
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others
- Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities