Associate Photographer - Detroit, MI
CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. We are 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.
About the role
Associate Photographers are responsible for media collection for Homes.com and Apartments.com. Equipped with a top-of-the-line Pro 3 Matterport, digital camera equipment, and iPad, our Associate Photographers create virtual tours, floorplans, and photography for residential homes. Each Associate Photographer is assigned a core territory to service clients of Homes.com and Apartments.com, with appointments set for defined dates and times. This role works closely with clients, sales associates, logistics, and the management team.
Responsibilities
- Support marketing efforts on Homes.com and Apartments.com by capturing 3-D virtual tours and floorplans.
- Create a portfolio of photographs to best feature homes and apartments, utilizing photography techniques to capture spaces in the most pleasing way.
- Work closely with scheduling and dispatch teams to maximize appointments and meet client demands.
- Professionally communicate with clients, sales, researcher partners, and management to strategically evaluate priorities, initiatives, and tasks.
- Navigate one-mile square grids to ensure complete commercial real estate data coverage when not working on residential homes. Identify new inventory, missing availability, and commercial properties to be photographed.
- Abide by CoStar safety standards to safeguard company vehicle and equipment.
- Represent CoStar in a professional manner at all times.
- Participate in conference calls with sales and research teams as needed.
Physical Requirements
- Repetitive and frequent sitting in a car, standing, and walking for up to 8 hours per day.
- Must lift, carry, and maneuver equipment weighing up to 5 pounds.
- Repetitive hand and arm movements to type on a tablet or laptop and operate camera equipment.
- Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, lifting, twisting, and carrying.
- Ability to work and drive outside during all seasons.
- Ability to work weekends on a rotating schedule.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional experience.
- Track record of commitment to prior employers.
- Real Estate Photography experience required.
- Experience working as a professional photographer or a recently earned degree in photography.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Strong customer service experience with a client-first mindset.
- Experienced Drone Photographer with a FAA Part 107 License/Certification (obtained within 30 days of offer).
- Strong time management skills and attention to detail.
- Capability to accurately capture and enter data.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet applications, as well as Apple iOS products.
- Enjoys working independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Field experience preferred.
- Current and valid driver’s license.
- Satisfactory completion of a Driving Record/Driving Abstract check prior to start, reflecting responsible driving behavior and compliance with traffic laws.
Pay
Base Compensation: $49,000 - $50,000 (Hourly).
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical, Vision, Dental, and Prescription Drug.
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance.
- Virtual and in-person mental health counseling services for individuals and family.
- 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid time off.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups.