Freelance Photographer - Fashion E-comm

Dolls Kill is a global fashion brand that empowers everyone to celebrate their individuality. With over 10 million social media followers—including influential personalities in music, art, pop culture, and fashion—we’re backed by consumer-focused investors who share our vision of building one of the world’s next great consumer brands. Based in Oakland, our team includes retail leaders, creative marketers, and fashion trendsetters who are passionate about what they do. Look for our latest press mentions in Business Insider, Racked, TeenVogue, PopSugar, Elle, and more.

About the Role

We are looking for a forward-thinking photographer to join our fast-paced eCommerce and editorial studio in a contractor role. Our team is passionate about our customers, products, and shopping experience, so the ideal candidate will have a personal connection to the Dolls Kill brand, an intuitive understanding of our customers, and an ability to highlight our aesthetic.

Responsibilities

• Shoot on-model photography for e-commerce, ensuring consistency in lighting, color, and framing across large volumes of styles.
• Produce high-quality and consistently beautiful images, ensuring they are correctly exposed and color accurate.
• Work in partnership with the Associate Creative Director to create on-brand product and marketing images.
• Manage lighting setups, camera equipment, and studio space for efficient, high-output shoot days.
• Perform quality assurance on all images.
• Crop and process images within Capture One.
• Ensure quality photo assets are delivered to meet post-production deadlines.
• Image processing and editing.
• Pre-production and shoot planning.
• Create content for social channels.

Requirements

• Knowledge of commercial studio & location lighting.
• Proficiency with lighting—both strobe and constant lighting setups.
• 3-5 years of experience shooting in a high-volume e-commerce studio.
• Awareness of contemporary trends in photography and fashion.
• Sense of urgency and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure and against deadlines.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Proficiency in Capture One and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Strong photography portfolio that demonstrates knowledge and techniques of digital lighting and photography. You *MUST* include a portfolio to be considered.