Photographer & Content Specialist
About The Position
The Photographer & Content Specialist sits on sweetgreen’s creative team and brings the brand’s creative vision to life through photography and short-form content across social and brand channels. This hands-on, multidisciplinary role creates polished hero imagery as well as low-fi, culturally relevant content for social platforms. The specialist partners closely with the art director to protect and advance the sweetgreen identity and help the brand participate in culture in real time. The role covers food, product, lifestyle, and people photography; short-form social content concepting, production, and editing; and behind-the-scenes content at restaurants and events. It also includes occasional editing, color correction, and light retouching, organizing the image library, stewarding brand guidelines, and contributing ideas to creative concepts. Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. The company has reimagined fast food since 2007 and aims to develop its people and create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of photography and content creation experience; in-house experience is preferred.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating food, product, lifestyle, and people photography.
- Proven ability to concept, shoot, and edit short-form, lo-fi social content for platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.
- Fluency in Lightroom, Photoshop, and video-editing software such as Premiere or similar.
- Comfort shooting on location in restaurants, at events, and in a studio or kitchen setup.
- Strong creative judgment and the ability to articulate ideas.
- Highly collaborative, with comfort partnering with creative leads and cross-functional teams.
- Organized and adaptable, with the ability to manage high-volume work while maintaining quality.
- Visual storytelling ability and an understanding of brand voice and consistency.
- Self-starter with a desire to improve and stay innovative in an evolving marketplace.
- Passion for photography, culture, food, sustainability, products, and trends.
Nice To Haves
- Motion or animation skills using After Effects or similar.
- In-house photography and content creation experience.
Responsibilities
- Shoot food, product, lifestyle, and people photography for menu launches, partnerships, campaigns, and everyday brand content.
- Concept, shoot, and edit short-form, lo-fi content for social platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, including lighting, styling, composition, editing, music direction, color, and finishing.
- Capture behind-the-scenes content in restaurants and at events, partnerships, and team moments.
- Edit, color-correct, and occasionally lightly retouch original work.
- Organize the brand image library by tagging, naming, and filing photography and content for easy discovery and reuse.
- Steward sweetgreen brand guidelines and visual systems so imagery and video reflect the brand identity.
- Drive ideation in support of overall creative concepts.
- Collaborate with the art director to find new ways to elevate the sweetgreen identity.
Benefits
- Highly competitive pay and bonus plan.
- Three medical plans.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Flexible PTO plan.
- 401(k) program.
- Employee HSA and FSA.
- Complimentary greens.
- Opportunity to make an impact by developing people and connecting them to real food.
- A collaborative team that supports employees and lives the company’s core values.
- Career path with personal and professional development opportunities.
- Free sweetgreen swag.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
