Sr Photographer

American Eagle Outfitters•Pittsburgh, PA

15d•Hybrid

About The Position

American Eagle Outfitters is looking for an extremely experienced and creatively driven fashion photographer with an extensive portfolio to lead photography in our e-commerce photo studio. The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven understanding of the women's and men's fashion industry and the ability to raise the creative bar through commercially relevant imagery, lighting and dynamic creativity. The ability to work within and across large, interdependent teams is a must, so the right person will have an understanding of the balance needed between creativity, communication, and collaboration. This role owns the end-to-end creation of photographic imagery — from shoot execution through lighting, color, sets, posing, editing etc.— ensuring the American Eagle brand is represented with consistency, quality, and momentum across platforms. The ideal candidate is a professional photographer with strong instincts, a commercial eye, incredible communication skills, and the ability to operate efficiently in a fast-paced fashion environment.

Requirements

Online portfolio that demonstrates expertise and judgment in the applied techniques of on-figure fashion photography (composition, lighting, capture, and processing), as well as pre-production and post-production steps.
Minimum of 5 years experience in commercial ecomm studio photography.
Applicant should possess expert knowledge of Canon Pro series camera systems and glass including care and maintenance best practices.
Applicant should be an expert in lighting with both flash & continuous systems including Broncolor, Profoto, Aputure, Nanlux, and ARRI; be able to execute ‘natural light’ and ‘blended light’ scenarios and possess knowledge of care and maintenance best practices.
Applicant is an expert in standardized e-commerce photography & lighting practices including metering and color balancing.
Applicant is an expert in CaptureOne Studio tethered capture and possess essential troubleshooting skills for common software bugs and have a working knowledge of MacOS and CaptureOne compatibility.
Applicant is an expert in basic photo retouching practices with proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
Applicant is proficient in Figma collaborative design tool.

Responsibilities

Take direction from Creative Director and collaborate on daily shoots with team members to follow style guides and produce consistent on figure product shots for American Eagle e-commerce and lifestyle photography in studio.
Continually meet seasonal deadlines while maintaining established brand standards.
Become the primary expert on all studio production software and analytical tools.
Assume responsibility over all studio sets and EQ to maintain camera, lighting, and grip equipment.
Routinely improve and document all studio processes in centralized formats.
Work with studio creative leads to continually evolve shoot creative direction with the ever changing trends.
Shoot supplemental assets as needed for email, stores, and web sets.
Manage the second fulltime photographer and any freelance photographers brought in.
Manage the Product Photographer and advance the shooting of accessories and shoes.
Manage the fulltime digitech team and any freelance grip, lighting, and digitech’s brought in.
Participate in the photography of still life assets and product flats.
Assist in location scouting.