Associate Photographer - Oklahoma City, OK
Overview
CoStar Group 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 iPad.
- Support marketing efforts on our industry-leading marketplaces, Homes.com and Apartments.com, by capturing beautiful 3-D virtual tours and footprints.
- 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, 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 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 are needed to type on a tablet or laptop and operate camera equipment.
- Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, lifting, twisting, and carrying are necessary to perform job functions.
- The ability to work and drive outside during all seasons.
- The ability to work weekends on a rotating schedule.
Qualifications
- 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.
- Experience as an experienced Drone Photographer with 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, Microsoft Office, and Internet applications.
- Field experience preferred.
What's In It For You?
- Generous compensation and performance-based incentives.
- Investment in professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.
- Benefits Package Includes:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / 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.
Compensation
The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role will fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
- Base Compensation: $49,000 - $50,000 (Hourly)
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.