E-Commerce Photographer

ABOUT THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is dedicated to illustrated storytelling.  Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum’s collection features works by artists including Norman Rockwell, Kadir Nelson, Jessie Willcox Smith, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Judith F. Baca, Frida Kahlo, and Maxfield Parrish; as well as comic art legends such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware, and R. Crumb; and photographers Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Dorothea Lange. The Museum also houses the Lucas Archives, containing models, props, concept art, and costumes from Lucas’s filmmaking career.

Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with a landscape by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA, the Museum is in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on an 11-acre campus that includes new green space and a 300,000-square-foot building with galleries, two theaters, a library, restaurant, café, retail store, and community spaces.

POSITION SUMMARY

The E-Commerce Photographer is responsible for creating high-quality, accurate, and visually compelling product photography for use across the museum’s e-commerce and digital platforms. This role supports the presentation of retail merchandise by producing consistent imagery that reflects established brand and visual standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Photograph retail merchandise for e-commerce, digital marketing, and other online platforms.

• Set up and operate cameras, lighting, backdrops, and other studio equipment to produce consistent, high-quality product images.

• Capture multiple product views, including front, back, side, detail, packaging, and other required angles.

• Style and position merchandise to accurately represent product features, scale, color, texture, and details.

• Maintain consistency in lighting, composition, cropping, backgrounds, and overall image quality across product categories.

• Perform basic post-production, including color correction, cropping, exposure adjustments, resizing, and minor image cleanup.

• Prepare, name, organize, and deliver digital image files according to established e-commerce specifications and workflows.

• Partner with E-Commerce and Retail Merchandising team to prioritize products based on launch dates, inventory availability, campaigns, and business needs.

• Maintain photography equipment and keep the studio and workspace organized, clean, and ready for production.

• Track photographed products and completed assets to support an efficient product-to-site workflow.

• Ensure product photography accurately represents merchandise and meets established brand standards.

• Assist with lifestyle, promotional, or other photography projects as needed.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Analytical Rigor: Simplifies complex problems by using critical thinking to evaluate problems, gathering information, incorporating multiple perspectives, understanding causes, and identifying best-possible solutions. Invests time in planning, discovery, and reflection to drive better decisions and more efficient implementations. Adopts an audience-centric approach, understanding the needs of the audience and incorporating them, as appropriate, into the decision.

Courageous Communication: Intentionally works well with others both on the team and cross-functionally to achieve individual, team, department, or organizational goals. Values diverse input and working with others as a way to achieve the best output possible.

Collaborative Excellence: Displays courage when handling difficult conversations and genuinely and intentionally communicates. Relays key messages effectively, targeted to specific audiences. Identifies others' communication styles and perspectives, adjusting language and approach accordingly. Employs active listening to understand, rather than reply. Asks for, integrates, and values feedback from team, peers, and leaders.

Adaptive Resilience: Thrives and grows in a rapidly changing and complex environment. Displays flexibility, activates networks, and adopts a continuous growth mindset to learn from mistakes and bounce back from adversity.

Inclusive Interaction: Actively contributes to an environment in which all employees feel a sense of belonging, valued for their differences and empowered to participate and contribute freely.

Building Trust & Relationship Management

• Accountable Ownership and clearly shares information and the "why" behind decisions.

• Asks for and values the opinions of others. Displays empathy when listening.

• Acknowledges when trust has been broken and focuses on rebuilding.

• Relates comfortably with people across levels, functions, cultures, and geographies. Identifies interpersonal and group dynamics and reacts effectively.

Accountable Ownership

• Takes ownership of outcomes, positive or negative, without blaming others