Ecommerce Product Photographer

About the role

Hobby Lobby Ecommerce is looking for a Product Photographer to join our Visual Merchandising team. This position is responsible for creating accurate, consistent, high-quality product photography that helps customers confidently shop our products online. The ideal candidate has a strong eye for detail, understands lighting and composition, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume studio environment. This role requires balancing creativity and technical photography skills with established standards, productivity expectations, and an efficient workflow.

Responsibilities

• Photograph a wide variety of merchandise for use on Hobby Lobby's ecommerce website.
• Produce clear, accurate, and visually consistent product images that represent merchandise from a customer-focused perspective.
• Determine appropriate lighting, composition, angles, and positioning based on the product and established photography standards.
• Prepare, arrange, and position merchandise for photography.
• Capture required product views and details to help customers understand the product's appearance, features, scale, texture, and construction.
• Perform image review and basic-to-intermediate photo editing, including cropping, color correction, exposure adjustments, cleanup, and other necessary retouching.
• Maintain established quality and productivity standards while working through a high volume of merchandise.
• Organize and manage digital image files according to established processes.
• Maintain an organized, clean, and efficient studio workspace.
• Collaborate with Photo Editors, Stylists, and other members of the Ecommerce Visual Merchandising team.
• Receive and apply feedback to continually improve image quality, consistency, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience with DSLR cameras and professional photography equipment.
• Working knowledge of studio lighting, exposure, composition, color, and basic photographic principles.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge.
• Ability to perform basic-to-intermediate photo editing and retouching.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify subtle differences in color, lighting, positioning, and image quality.
• Ability to follow established photography standards while using good judgment when photographing products with unique requirements.
• Comfortable working in a production environment with quality and productivity expectations.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple products and priorities while maintaining accuracy.
• Ability to accept direction and feedback and work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Dependable, adaptable, and willing to learn new processes and techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional product, commercial, retail, or ecommerce photography experience.
• Experience photographing a broad range of products, materials, sizes, and finishes.
• Experience working in a high-volume photography or production studio.
• Experience with Capture One and tethered photography workflows a plus.
• Familiarity with Mac computers and macOS.
• Understanding of ecommerce product imagery and how photography supports the online customer experience.
• Experience with color correction and preparing images for digital use.

Safety sensitive position – subject to drug and alcohol testing.