Sr. Photographer

• Are you passionate about commercial photography and excited by the opportunity to bring a global brand to life through compelling visual storytelling?

• Do you thrive in a collaborative creative environment where you're trusted to lead productions, solve problems, and turn ideas into impactful visual experiences?

• Are you energized by the opportunity to continuously refine your craft, explore emerging technologies, and create work that sets the standard for a global brand?

Helping You Thrive By:

• Offering competitive wages and benefits, that support your life both in and out of work

• Providing a flexible hybrid work schedule, meaning we expect the office to be your primary place of work, balanced with choice and control.

• Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you grow and upskill.

• Fostering a culture of inclusion where employees feel seen, heard and valued - and living it out every day.

• Empowering you to make a meaningful impact on people and the planet through your work and Steelcase's ongoing commitment.

You'll Support Meaningful Work By:

• Leading photography productions from concept through final delivery across studio, on-location, and travel-based shoots.

• Creating compelling visual content across product, environmental, editorial, brand, leadership, and event photography needs.

• Partnering with art directors, designers, producers, and business partners to translate creative concepts and business objectives into impactful imagery.

• Directing photo shoots while balancing creative vision, production quality, timelines, budgets, and operational requirements.

• Managing photography production readiness, including equipment, lighting, software, color management, travel logistics, and technical workflows.

• Performing advanced post-production work, including image processing, color correction, retouching, asset organization, and final delivery.

• Advancing photography practices by leveraging emerging technologies, improving workflows, mentoring others, and collaborating across photography, video, and 3D content teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7 years of professional commercial photography experience with a portfolio demonstrating work across product, studio, editorial, environmental, architectural, and/or brand photography.

• Demonstrated ability to lead photography productions from concept through final delivery while balancing creative objectives, timelines, budgets, and production requirements.

• Advanced proficiency with professional camera systems, studio strobe lighting, and on-location photography production.

• Advanced proficiency in Capture One and Adobe Creative Cloud, including image processing, color correction, retouching, and asset preparation.

• Strong understanding of photography composition, lighting, visual storytelling, color management, and production best practices.

• Experience with tethered capture workflows, digital asset management systems, metadata standards, and asset delivery processes.

• Demonstrated ability to translate creative direction and business objectives into compelling visual solutions with minimal oversight.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to effectively partner across creative teams, stakeholders, vendors, and production partners.

• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally on an occasional basis.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Photography, Fine Arts, Visual Communications, Graphic Design, or a related field.

• Experience in an in-house creative team, agency, commercial studio, or comparable creative environment.

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across photography, video, photorealistic 3D renderings, or virtual production

• Knowledge of adjacent creative disciplines and emerging content production technologies.

• Experience implementing tools, technologies, or workflows that improve creative quality and operational efficiency.

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At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.

Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.