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About The Position

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of photo editing and image research experience with a consumer brand, top editorial publication, or advertising agency.
• Bachelor’s degree in Photography or a related visual field, or equivalent professional experience; formal study in technical and creative photography foundations.
• Strong visual sensibility and experience shaping cohesive visual narratives through image selection, sequencing, and editing.
• Hands-on experience managing image rights, licensing, contracts, and usage compliance within DAM systems.
• Experience in agency-led creative environments and understanding of agency processes, production schedules, creative reviews, and client-style feedback cycles.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S.-focused image licensing, copyright law, and usage restrictions.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, including retouching and color correction.
• Understanding of photographic principles including composition, lighting, color, perspective, and storytelling, applied to editorial and commercial contexts.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage complex workstreams and meet deadlines.
• Comfort working directly with advertising agencies and external partners and navigating agency workflows, production timelines, and creative review processes.
• Understanding of production timelines, dependencies, and deliverable requirements.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experience in agency or large-scale production environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and attention to detail.
• Collaborative and self-motivated, with the ability to own critical systems with minimal oversight.
• Ability to work proactively across cross-functional teams, adapt to different working styles, and keep projects organized and moving forward.
• Hands-on experience in photo production and managing photographers or photo shoots.
• Familiarity with large-scale and boutique stock agencies and advanced image research techniques.
• Ability to conduct in-depth location research and virtual location scouting, brief photographers, and develop shot lists that capture local character and context across U.S. real estate markets.

Nice To Haves

• On-set experience with larger advertising campaigns.
• Orange Logic experience.
• Interest in AI-assisted image tools and evolving photo technologies.
• Experience supporting hyper-local photography initiatives, including knowledge of regional, architectural, and stylistic nuances across U.S. real estate markets.
• Curiosity about photography culture, emerging photographers, industry trends, and visual storytelling approaches.

Responsibilities

• Curate and edit imagery that tells Zillow’s brand story across customer touchpoints, including image selection, sequencing, cropping, retouching, and color correction in accordance with brand standards.
• Review photography from external shoots for aesthetics, sequencing, narrative, and intended-use alignment.
• Research images across stock, commissioned, user-generated, and emerging channels while ensuring rights and usage compliance.
• Identify and cultivate photography sources, and manage image licensing, usage rights, and contracts.
• Lead image-rights tracking, licensing compliance, and usage governance in DAM systems; ensure images are documented, restricted, expired, or archived according to terms and legal requirements.
• Help evolve DAM processes, metadata standards, naming conventions, and organizational systems, and advise teams on image rights, DAM practices, and image governance.
• Manage assigned photo projects from intake through delivery, owning scope, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across concurrent projects.
• Coordinate reviews and approvals, keep stakeholders aligned on milestones, and proactively communicate project status, priorities, and risks.
• Partner with agencies and internal teams to support efficient, on-brief production and account for production processes, timelines, and deliverables.
• Define project requirements, usage needs, and success criteria with stakeholders; create project plans and shot schedules with realistic deadlines.
• Define and document photo workflows that improve efficiency, reduce risk, and support collaboration.
• Maintain project visibility using tools such as Jira and Airtable.
• Apply knowledge of U.S. real estate markets and the home-buying journey to image selection, sequencing, and storytelling.
• Explore image-based and AI-assisted tools to improve research, editing, rights tracking, and workflow efficiency.
• Stay current on photography trends, tools, platforms, and image technologies.
• Conduct location research and virtual location scouting, brief photographers, and develop shot lists that reflect local character and context.