# Senior Photographer

**Company:** [Bergen Logistics](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/otf1Cf1NuLuoa6xnczz25V.md)
**Location:** North Bergen, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** 5903

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## Description

The Senior Photographer is responsible for high-quality, high-volume photography across Still Life, Ghost Mannequin, and Accessories, while maintaining established brand, lighting, composition, color, and technical standards.

In addition to production, the Senior Photographer provides technical leadership by maintaining and optimizing lighting setups and photography workflows, ensuring stations are properly configured and production-ready, troubleshooting technical issues, and escalating equipment faults or maintenance needs to the Studio Operations Manager.

The Senior Photographer also supports and mentors photographers, helping improve consistency, efficiency, and image quality across the studio. While the Mid-Level Photographer follows established standards, the Senior Photographer helps refine and improve those standards and workflows.

Key Responsibilities

### Photography Production

-   Produce high-volume fashion and product photography across Still-life, Ghost Mannequin & Accessories categories
-   Consistently deliver imagery that meets established brand and e-commerce quality standards
-   Maintain consistent lighting, composition, exposure, framing, color, and overall image quality
-   Adapt photography techniques and setups to support multiple brands, categories, and production requirements within a high-volume environment
-   Maintain production pace while balancing efficiency, consistency, and attention to detail

### Technical & Lighting Leadership

-   Develop, test, document, and maintain studio lighting standards and photography setups
-   Evaluate and implement new photography techniques, tools, and technologies that can improve image quality and production efficiency
-   Establish repeatable photography setups that promote consistency and maximize throughput
-   Troubleshoot technical photography, lighting, and workflow issues
-   Serve as a technical resource for photographers and studio team members

### Equipment Management

-   Keep photography stations and equipment clean, organized, properly configured, and production-ready.
-   Perform routine equipment checks and basic upkeep to support uninterrupted production.
-   Identify and report equipment faults, damage, or maintenance requirements to the Studio Operations Manager.

### File & Asset Management

-   Define and maintain photography file-naming, folder structure, metadata, and color-profile standards.
-   Verify image-set completeness, file accuracy, and organization before final handoff.
-   Maintain consistent digital asset practices throughout production.

### Workflow & Process Improvement

-   Identify opportunities to improve photography workflows and productivity.
-   Develop and implement improved photography processes.
-   Partner with Production and Styling teams to eliminate production bottlenecks.
-   Support continuous improvement across Still-life, Ghost Mannequin & Accessories photography.

### Product Flow

-   Partner with Studio Operations Coordinator and Stylist to identify and flag products that are not ready for photography.
-   Communicate roadblocks impacting workflow efficiency, production delays and reshoots.

### Team Collaboration

-   Partner with photographers, stylists, production coordinators, and studio leadership.
-   Share technical knowledge and photography best practices.
-   Support development and implementation of studio photography standards.

## Requirements

-   2–5 years of professional photography experience, preferably in fashion, luxury e-commerce, or high-volume product photography.

## Benefits

We provide a competitive benefits package including:

-   Medical, dental, vision, ancillary benefits
-   Flexible spending and dependent care accounts
-   401(k) match
-   PTO, Sick time, paid holidays
-   Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The expected hourly rate for this position is $40/hr to $42/hr

\*Bergen Logistics, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. Bergen Logistics may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.

\*We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.