Associate Photographer - Birmingham, AL

Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

Job Description

The Role: Associate Photographers are the talented and versatile team responsible for the media collection for Homes.com and Apartments.com. They create virtual tours, floorplans, and photography for residential homes using a Pro 3 Matterport, digital camera equipment, and iPads. Each Associate Photographer is assigned a core territory within which they service clients of Homes.com and Apartments.com. They manage appointments, capture high-quality images, and work closely with clients, sales associates, logistics, and the management team. Photographers are managed remotely by a Photography Manager located in local markets.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing efforts on Homes.com and Apartments.com by capturing beautiful 3-D virtual tours and floor plans.
• Create a portfolio of photographs to best feature homes and apartments, utilizing photography techniques to capture the spaces in the most pleasing way possible.
• Work closely with scheduling and dispatch teams to maximize appointments and meet client demands.
• Professionally communicate with clients, sales associates, researcher partners, and management to strategically evaluate priorities, initiatives, and tasks.
• Own the market! While not working on a residential home, navigate one-mile square grids to ensure complete commercial real estate data coverage. Identify new inventory, missing availability, and commercial properties to be photographed.
• Abide by CoStar safety standards to safeguard company vehicles and equipment.
• Represent CoStar in a professional manner at all times.
• Participate in conference calls with sales and research teams as needed.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional experience in real estate photography.
• Experience working as a professional photographer or recently earned a degree in photography.
• Experience with drone photography and a FAA Part 107 License/Certification obtained within 30 days of offer.
• Strong time management skills and very detailed-oriented.
• Capability to accurately capture and enter data.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of Windows, Apple OS, Microsoft Office, and Internet applications.
• Field experience preferred.
• Current and valid driver’s license.
• Satisfactory completion of a Driving Record/Driving Abstract check prior to start.

Physical Requirements

• Repetitive and frequent sitting in a car, standing and walking for up to 8 hours per day.
• Lift, carry, and maneuver equipment weighing up to 5 pounds.
• Repetitive hand and arm movements needed to type on a tablet or laptop and operate camera equipment.
• Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, lifting, twisting, and carrying necessary to perform job functions.
• Able to work and drive outside during all seasons.
• The ability to work weekends on a rotating schedule.

Compensation

The Associate Photographer position is hourly plus bonus-eligible. The bonuses are paid on a monthly cycle and are based on your performance against pre-determined performance metrics. The pay amount is $50,000 annually, with opportunity for monthly bonuses. This is an hourly role.

What's In It For You?

• A collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
• Generous compensation and performance-based incentives.
• Investment in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.
• Benefits package including comprehensive healthcare coverage, life, legal, and supplementary insurance, virtual and in-person mental health counseling services, 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.