Photography Assistant

Journal Communications Inc • Franklin, TN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re Journal Communications, Inc., a media company based in Franklin, Tenn., and we are seeking a full-time Photo Assistant to manage multimedia for our digital brands. Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply; we have an established training system for our creative team.

Requirements

• Strong visual eye with the ability to quickly evaluate quality imagery
• Associate's degree or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, WordPress and the iOS platform
• Extremely well organized with good problem-solving skills
• Positive and proactive attitude and passion for the job
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively as needed
• Proven ability to work quickly and effectively with very strong attention to detail
• Understanding of file formats, metadata standards, and best asset organization practices
• Solid understanding of digital web production and emerging AI tools
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Nice To Haves

• Color correction/image editing experience is a plus!
• Video editing experience is a big plus!

Responsibilities

• Become the main point of contact for asset requests for Livability.com and our other websites.
• Source, traffic and quality check visual assets, including photography, video, illustration and graphics.
• Support staff and freelance photographers through press credentials requests, photo subject outreach, image transfer, etc.
• Catalog assets within global Digital Asset Management system in an accurate, consistent and timely manner: Metadata, history usage, DAM cleanup
• Uphold asset usage, storage and organization guidelines.
• Crop, size and prepare assets for various media channels, including direct population into WordPress
• Help creative team plan and schedule photo shoots
• Build photo/video shot lists

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree