Photographer/Digital Assets Manager
About The Position
The Photographer/Digital Assets Manager plays a key role in capturing and managing the visual stories of the Los Angeles Lakers. In this role, you will create compelling photography that reflects the team’s brand, players, culture, and experiences while supporting the creative needs of the organization across marketing, social, communications, and other cross-functional teams. You will be responsible for capturing, tagging, organizing, archiving, and distributing photo assets, ensuring the organization has timely access to high-quality imagery. This role requires strong creative instincts, technical expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-profile sports environment while maintaining a consistent visual standard for the Lakers brand.
Requirements
- Minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a photographer within a collaborative environment
- Minimum 1-2 years management experience overseeing junior members or other creative staff
- Expert in Adobe Creative Suite; including Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom. Experience with metadata, photo logging, or digital asset management.
- Project Management Software (Wrike, Trello, Asana, etc.)
- Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
- Strong experience in live sports photography with a passion for basketball
- Experience setting up and executing photo shoots
- Expert knowledge of Media Asset Management, such as Scoreplay
- Knowledge of best photo tagging practices
- Strong knowledge of social media platforms, engagement principles, and best practices, with a deep understanding of sports photography, social-first content, industry trends, and emerging techniques.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and organizational skills
- Highly organized, resourceful, and can prioritize and multitask under the pressure of deadlines
- Demonstrate discretion and good judgement in capturing behind the scenes content
- Comfortable in fast-paced environments with the ability to adapt and problem solve
- Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism around athletes and coaches
- You are upbeat in your work and have a strong positive attitude
- Creative thinker who brings excitement and energy to each day on the job
Responsibilities
- Assist in all photography needs for the organization
- Photograph home games, practices, photoshoots, and company events (community or internal)
- Photograph non-game events for Lakers departments — Global Partnerships, Community Relations, Ticket Sales & Operations, etc.
- Go-to resource for all organizational photography needs, including fulfillment of internal and external photo requests
- Work closely with the Marketing Department to identify best images and ability to edit and archive for use
- Catalog/tag images from multiple photographers and organize/manage the team’s photo library by establishing and maintaining processes consistent with easy use and retrieval
- Manage team’s photo library in an organized manner to allow seamless collaboration across all departments
- Work collaboratively with the Marketing department to execute visual goals for content and brand initiatives
- Collaborate with Creative Team on visual brand direction for the season
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
