Photography Team Member Job at Spelman College in Atlanta

and the job listing Expires on August 1, 2025

Do you love to be creative and work in a fast-paced, fun environment? Are you confident around people and thrive on staying organized? Do you enjoy working with children and their families? YOU could be a great fit!

Our Portrait Photography Team Member will be working alongside teammates, guiding families and children through the entire experience at our studio. Our studio team members are responsible for capturing magical images of children in our “Mystical Forest” setting as well as elegant modern family portraiture, using our streamlined session/posing systems.

This role requires a confident “people person,” who can interact comfortably with all, ensuring the session runs smoothly for clients and teammates alike. Organization and the ability to create and execute on a schedule are must-have skills!

Being successful means preparing an atmosphere that celebrates families and offers a 5-star experience at our studio, while ensuring the photography team captures 10-30 expressive, once-in-a-lifetime images to provide to our sales team.

Introducing parents to our beautiful fine art products and preparing them for a purchase with a small “gallery tour” will be a daily responsibility.

Participation in pre-session huddles with team members will ensure a successful studio day!

Who We Are

The J. Oates Portraits Mission is as follows: Our core values are the backbone of our business and guide our hiring process. We believe in the importance of family and we will strive to give every family a special experience and a portrait they can hold on to. We exist to be generous. Integrity, innovation, and communication are expected of all team members as we focus on attaining some very specific growth goals. Sound exciting? If you’d like to join our energetic team as we make a difference in hundreds of lives each month, send us your resume!

For more on what a J. Oates Portrait Experience is like see www.joatesportraits.com

Objectives—our Photography Team Member will:

1. Call parents before the session to create excitement for the experience
2. Work on rescheduling and reducing cancellation rates
3. Clean and prepare the studio before clients arrive each day
4. Skillfully work with the children’s photography team, capturing unique moments and expressions
5. Keep both staff and studio schedules organized
6. Accomplish 100% of the Photography Team Member checklist each shift
7. Create an inspiring studio environment that shows children how special they are and celebrates the parents and grandparents who love them
8. Confidence—comes with a natural boldness and ability to lead, to be in charge
9. Sensitivity—has an ability to discern children’s dispositions and insecurities and knows how to communicate with them to help them feel relaxed
10. Teamwork—reaches out to peers and supervisors to communicate; ability and desire to work as part of a team towards a common vision
11. Enthusiasm—generates excitement and passion about the work
12. Efficiency—able to produce results with minimal wasted effort
13. Problem solving—ability to think creatively and develop new solutions and alternatives when systems aren’t working
14. Honesty/integrity—with reporting, no corner-cutting
15. Organization—with calendar and our CRM; good with computer technology
16. Leadership—ability to lead meetings, approach confrontations, set an example and to guide a team to success
17. Intelligence—learns quickly, remembers learned procedures and can pass skills on
18. Persistence—refusal to stop until the job is done
19. Flexibility—adjusts quickly to changes and can help others to do so
20. High performance—enjoys seeing a team reach and exceed goals
21. Conversation skills—easily/naturally, in a balanced way with team and clients
22. Communication—maintains a standard of clear, consistent and appropriate communication with team and clients
23. Teachability—able to receive constructive criticism and feedback; desire to grow
24. Professionalism—in language, dress and interactions

Would you love giving families an inspiring experience with portraits that could shape their lives and how they see themselves? This position is an amazing opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment. If you are a natural leader and an inspiring individual who would love to work with people in this magical setting, you could be our next Photography Team Member —apply today!

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