Photographer & Content Specialist

The role

The Photographer & Content Specialist brings the creative vision to life through photo and short-form content across social and brand channels. You will shoot food, product, lifestyle, and people photography and create short-form content for social platforms.

What you will do

• Shoot food, product, lifestyle, and people photography
• Concept, shoot, and edit short-form, lo-fi content for social
• Capture behind-the-scenes content in restaurants and at events
• Edit, color-correct, and lightly retouch work
• Keep brand image library organized by tagging, naming, and filing
• Steward brand guidelines and visual systems
• Drive ideation to support overall creative concepts
• Collaborate with the art director to elevate the brand identity

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of photography and content creation experience
• A strong portfolio demonstrating food, product, lifestyle, and people photography
• Proven ability to concept, shoot, and edit short-form, lo-fi content for social (IG, TikTok, and similar)
• Fluency in Lightroom, Photoshop, and video editing software (Premiere or similar)
• Comfort shooting on location in restaurants, at events, and in a studio or kitchen setup

Nice to have

• preferably in-house experience
• Motion or animation skills (After Effects or similar) are a plus

Benefits

• Three different medical plans
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• Free sweetgreen swag

About the company

Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities.