Visual Content Producer - Photography

About the role

Lakewood Church is seeking an experienced Visual Content Producer – Photography to lead the planning, capture, editing, and delivery of high‑quality photography for Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen Ministries. This hands‑on production role will create imagery for marketing campaigns, digital platforms, events, ministry initiatives, editorial needs, and live experiences while maintaining the visual standards of the Lakewood brand. The role works directly with the Senior Digital Producer and collaborates with Branding, Marketing, and ministry partners across Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen Ministries, Lakewood Music, Youth, and other ministry areas.

The position supports the Church’s mission of bringing hope through Jesus Christ to people around the world and requires a commitment to Lakewood’s vision, values, and core beliefs.

Responsibilities

• Lead photography projects from concept through final delivery, ensuring quality, consistency, and alignment with campaign goals.
• Collaborate with the Senior Digital Producer, Director of Branding, Marketing team, and ministry partners to develop visual concepts, shot direction, and creative strategies.
• Create creative briefs, mood boards, shot lists, schedules, and other pre‑production materials.
• Coordinate locations, resources, production timelines, and other needs required for successful shoots.
• Capture high‑quality photography for marketing campaigns, events, editorial needs, digital platforms, ministry initiatives, and live experiences.
• Direct subjects, environments, lighting, and composition to create strong visual storytelling.
• Operate professional camera systems and apply advanced knowledge of lighting, exposure, color, lensing, and composition.
• Make creative and technical decisions in real time to meet established expectations.
• Maintain organized, professional, and efficient shoot environments; guide photographers, freelancers, support staff, and other creative contributors as needed.
• Edit, retouch, color‑correct, and process photography using Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and related tools.
• Prepare and export final photography assets for print, web, social media, LED walls, and other digital platforms, ensuring brand standards and technical requirements are met.
• Organize, archive, and maintain photography assets according to established workflows and file‑management practices.
• Manage multiple photography projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Coordinate with internal teams, vendors, freelancers, photographers, and support staff throughout production.
• Maintain photography equipment and production resources; follow department standards and best practices.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated Christ‑like character with professional appearance and conduct.
• Uncompromised commitment to Lakewood Church’s vision, mission, values, and core beliefs.
• Extensive professional photography experience, especially in commercial, marketing, editorial, campaign, and event environments.
• Advanced knowledge of lighting, composition, exposure, color, lensing, and visual storytelling.
• Proven ability to plan and execute photography productions from concept through final delivery.
• Strong creative judgment and ability to direct subjects, environments, and on‑set production.
• Experience producing photography within established brand guidelines for large organizations or high‑visibility brands.
• Proficiency with professional camera systems such as Canon, Sony, Hasselblad, or comparable equipment.
• Expertise in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, with strong post‑production, retouching, and color‑correction skills.
• Strong project‑management, organizational, and time‑management abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline‑driven creative environment.
• Experience coordinating with photographers, freelancers, vendors, support staff, and other creative contributors.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and departments.
• Knowledge of photography asset management, file organization, and workflow systems.
• Physical ability to stand, move, lift, carry, and transport photography equipment for extended periods.
• Flexible schedule availability, including evenings, weekends, holidays, Sundays, and live events as required.
• Professional photography portfolio required.
• Minimum five years of professional photography production experience, including marketing, campaign, and event photography.
• Bachelor’s degree in Photography, Visual Communications, Media Studies, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience accepted in place of a degree.

Schedule

• Work schedule: Sunday – Thursday.
• Flexibility required based on photography production and ministry needs.
• Evening, weekend, holiday, Sunday, and live‑event availability required as needed.