Photographer​/Digital Assets Manager

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Full Time El Segundo, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

Job Title: Photographer/Digital Assets Manager

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Senior Manager, Brand Design

Manages: N/A

Collaboration: Daily collaboration with the broader Creative and Content team, Integrated Marketing, and Marketing Operations;
Regular collaboration with leaders across the organization including Game Operations, Basketball Operations, Ticketing, Corporate Partnerships, Community, Communications, Facilities and HR.

Team Overview: Creative and Content is part of the marketing department, leading brand identity, visual design and art direction for the Los Angeles Lakers. The team is responsible for generating creative ideas and forming campaign concepts to achieve long-term and short-term business objectives, guided by the broader marketing team. The creative and content team designs and delivers creative stories and assets to serve a variety of organization needs prioritizing brand storytelling, fan engagement, broadcast support, corporate partnerships and season ticket members.

This team is responsible for producing creative and editorial content daily during the season to tell the basketball story. Creative and Content also serves the broader business, supporting longer-term fan engagement, international growth, basketball operations, community programs, DEIB initiatives and internal employee programming.

Position Summary: The Photographer/Digital Assets Manager plays a key role in capturing and managing the visual stories of the Los Angeles Lakers. In this role, you will create compelling photography that reflects the team's brand, players, culture, and experiences while supporting the creative needs of the organization across marketing, social, communications, and other cross-functional teams. You will be responsible for capturing, tagging, organizing, archiving, and distributing photo assets, ensuring the organization has timely access to high-quality imagery.

This role requires strong creative instincts, technical expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-profile sports environment while maintaining a consistent visual standard for the Lakers brand.

Essential Functions (Duties & Responsibilities**):

• Assist in all photography needs for the organization
• Photograph home games, practices, photoshoots, and company events (community or internal)
• Go-to resource for all organizational photography needs, including fulfillment of internal and external photo requests
• Work closely with the Marketing Department to identify best images and ability to edit and archive for use
• Catalog/tag images from multiple photographers and organize/manage the team’s photo library by establishing and maintaining processes consistent with easy use and retrieval
• Manage team’s photo library in an organized manner to allow seamless collaboration across all departments
• Work collaboratively with the Marketing department to execute visual goals for content and brand initiatives
• Collaborate with Creative Team on visual brand direction for the season

** Duties & Responsibilities subject to change based on organizational needs and direction from management.

Previous

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a photographer within a collaborative environment
• Minimum 1-2 years management experience overseeing junior members or other creative staff

Technology Capabilities:

• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite;including Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom. Experience with metadata, photo logging, or…