Team Photographer

Jazz Basketball Investors LLC•Salt Lake City, UT

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Utah Jazz are looking for a skilled and dedicated Team Photographer to join our organization. This role is essential for capturing high-quality images of all home and road games, community outreach events, and other key moments with a creative eye. The ideal candidate will have a focused background in sports photography, be adept at managing and editing photos, be able to collaborate effectively with various departments, and have a keen eye to develop visually compelling images for digital media platforms. The role also requires an exceptional ability to produce quality work within tight timeframes, a high level of professional decorum and confidentiality, with consistent travel during the year, both in and out of season. If you are passionate about basketball and photography and have a creative eye for capturing compelling visuals, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

In-game and pregame photography: capture dynamic and engaging photos on game days with a primary focus on in-game activities as well as pregame moments for Utah Jazz home and road games. Ensure that all significant moments and events are documented with high-quality images.
Photo Management: Organize, manage, and process internal and external photography requests. Manages timely handoff of images to social team and other stakeholders.
Creative Shoots: Ability to lead and conceptualize editorial/studio style photography.
Event Photography: Lead photography efforts for community outreach events, corporate partnership events, and other special events as assigned. Provide coverage that highlights the organization’s involvement and initiatives.
Photo Editing: Edit and prepare photos for use across Utah Jazz digital platforms and creative assets. Ensure that all images are polished and aligned with the team’s branding.
Digital Asset Management: Execute digital asset management workflows to build and maintain the Utah Jazz photo database via ScorePlay or similar systems. Ensure the database is organized and up-to-date in a timely fashion.
A fundamental understanding operating high-end video cameras and audio equipment as needed.
Collaboration: Work closely with the basketball operations, creative, social media, and video teams on assigned projects. Provide photographic content that supports and enhances team efforts.
Team Building: Work in an advisory role to assist the development and growth of a photography intern, providing leadership and helping direct game/event coverage.

Nice To Haves

Focused background in sports photography
Exceptional ability to produce quality work within tight timeframes
High level of professional decorum and confidentiality
Consistent travel during the year, both in and out of season
Passionate about basketball and photography
Creative eye for capturing compelling visuals

Responsibilities

Capture dynamic and engaging photos on game days with a primary focus on in-game activities as well as pregame moments for Utah Jazz home and road games. Ensure that all significant moments and events are documented with high-quality images.
Organize, manage, and process internal and external photography requests. Manages timely handoff of images to social team and other stakeholders.
Lead and conceptualize editorial/studio style photography.
Lead photography efforts for community outreach events, corporate partnership events, and other special events as assigned. Provide coverage that highlights the organization’s involvement and initiatives.
Edit and prepare photos for use across Utah Jazz digital platforms and creative assets. Ensure that all images are polished and aligned with the team’s branding.
Execute digital asset management workflows to build and maintain the Utah Jazz photo database via ScorePlay or similar systems. Ensure the database is organized and up-to-date in a timely fashion.
Operate high-end video cameras and audio equipment as needed.
Work closely with the basketball operations, creative, social media, and video teams on assigned projects. Provide photographic content that supports and enhances team efforts.
Work in an advisory role to assist the development and growth of a photography intern, providing leadership and helping direct game/event coverage.
Protect the reputation of the company.
Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy.
Accept other duties, as assigned.