Visual Media Production Coordinator

Primary Responsibilities:

Visual Media Project Management:

• Coordinate photography calendar and ongoing needs in partnership with broader Communications team.
• Proactive outreach to project partners ahead of photography to confirm participation/costsharing.
• Lead photography planning in collaboration with project teams from initial planning discussions through delivery of final assets.
• Act as primary point of contact for client/property management team photographer and external partners.
• Lead coordination of staging models and other needs with interior and external partners.
• When required represent Olson Kundigprofessionally to our clients partners and the public during photography and videography shoots.
• Coordinate all estimates and invoices ensuring timely sharing with Accounts Payable and tracking against budget.

Additional Production Support:

• Support external requests for videography of the office team members and projects.
• Support quarterly staff headshot logistics and coordination including room setup.
• Support storyboarding for videography initiatives.
• Using phone or office equipment capture additional images/footage within existing guidelines for social media use.

Administrative Support:

• Oversee and improve Marketing processes around photography planning.
• Maintain a database of photographers including tracking recommendations from team members and PR firm and researching new photographers videographers and drone operators.
• Regularly audit photographers used by peer firms and target media outlets.
• Research external talent agencies for staffing nonresidential photoshoots.

Education/Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Communications Marketing Business Journalism English or closely related field
• 4 years of photoshoot coordination project management architectural marketing or equivalent experience in a related field
• Intermediate proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Lightroom InDesign) for light photo editing and layout creation.
• Project coordination and scheduling ability to manage multiple photography projects.
• Familiarity with social media content trends and tools for optimizing imagery and video across platform as well as ongoing interest in engaging with new developments.
• Experience with project management tools (Smartsheet Asana Monday Trello) for tracking multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of photography and videography production processes including planning staging and postproduction.
• Basic image review and selection ability to evaluate photographs for quality and alignment with firm needs.
• Problemsolving bringing a solutionsfocused mindset to staging issues weather concerns lastminute changes and other assorted challenges.
• Knowledge of project management principles particularly for creative and marketingrelated projects.
• Awareness of branding and visual storytelling to align photography with organizational goals.
• Experience with vendor management (photographers videographers talent agencies).
• Basic understanding of budgeting and invoicing processes for photography projects.

What can you expect from us

• A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative creative and challenging
• Opportunity to grow professionally with excellent projects
• Check our culture page to learn about life at Olson Kundig

In addition to a dynamic and creative culture Olson Kundig provides a generous benefits package that includes 16 days of paid time off paid holidays health plan 401k match bonuses profitsharing plans for qualified positions a monthly travel subsidy for public transportation and more.

As a firm we are committed to pay practices that are fair competitive and reflect internal pay equity. At the time of posting this job the hiring range for this position in Seattle is between $80000 and $85000 annually. Final salary decisions are made based upon the extent and relatedness of the candidates education and experience and considering internal equity and external market factors.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess longterm work authorization.