Job Description
Job Description
Location: Center Line, MI
Position: Long Term Contract (Possible Extension)
Title: 1440091 - Product Photographer (Automotive Parts)
Job Description:
- Seeking a detail-oriented and skilled Product Photographer to capture high-quality images of automotive parts in accordance with the PIES (Product Information Exchange Standard) Image Guidelines.
- The photographer will play a key role in ensuring our digital catalogs, eCommerce platforms, and marketing materials feature accurate, professional, and standardized product images that meet industry requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Photograph a wide range of automotive parts in a controlled studio environment.
- Ensure all images comply with PIES image requirements (e.g., angle, background, size, resolution, file naming).
- Set up and maintain proper studio lighting, backgrounds, and equipment to achieve consistent results.
- Retouch, edit, and optimize images for clarity, color accuracy, and compliance with digital specifications.
- Maintain an organized digital asset library, ensuring proper labeling and metadata for all product images.
- Collaborate with product managers, cataloging teams, and marketing staff to prioritize image needs.
- Stay current on industry imaging standards and continuously improve workflows for efficiency and accuracy.
Requirements:
- Ability to lift and handle automotive parts weighing up to [40 lbs].
- Proven experience in product photography, ideally with industrial or automotive components.
- Strong knowledge of studio lighting, camera equipment, and photo editing software (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, or equivalent).
- Familiarity with PIES standards (or willingness to learn quickly and apply them accurately).
- High attention to detail and ability to replicate consistent angles, backgrounds, and lighting across thousands of SKUs.
- Strong organizational and file management skills.
- Ability to work independently while meeting deadlines.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience photographing reflective, metallic, or irregularly shaped objects.
- Knowledge of ACES/ACES2 and other automotive catalog data standards.
- Background in automotive aftermarket or parts cataloging.
- Experience with DAM (Digital Asset Management) systems.
- Additional Information / Must Have's:
- They need to be self motivated, I won't be there on site to review anything every day.
- They also need to know how to actually do this kind of stuff…. I'm no photographer and I don't know how to teach someone who is going to do this.
- Id request a candidate to also submit a portfolio of example work I can review along with the resume.
- Location will be based in our centerline facility down in centerline MI.
Education:
- Minimum of Associates degree
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