Club Photographer

The employer is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or disability.

The employer welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Position Title : Club Photographer

Location : Beatty Street & National Soccer Development Centre (UBC)

Terms : Full-time, Permanent

Reports to : Senior Manager, Content

Vancouver Whitecaps FC is looking for a new team member to join our Marketing & Content

department in the position of Club Photographer.

The Club Photographer is responsible for overseeing high-level photography production and will be

responsible for working with the content team on the ideation, planning and execution of photoshoots and archival capture.

Specific Job Duties include, but are not limited to :

• Lead day-to-day photo administration and operations, including maintaining and evaluating network of freelance photographers that are used for gamedays throughout the first team, second team and L1BC levels
• Photograph all home games, select road games and / or major travel events (i.e. Postseason, All-Star, etc), along with capturing photography from training sessions and events
• Ideate, plan, and execute all studio, lifestyle, and media day shoots
• Edit and provide efficient delivery of Matchday images in real-time to digital team
• Manage the clubs photo archive through metadata and tagging
• Follow brand guideline specifications and ensure consistency on quality during production
• Build relationships with professional athletes and coaches
• Act as a go-to resource for Creative Team, Content team, and other business members for finding, sourcing, and curating quality and appropriate imagery options for a variety of projects and initiatives

Qualifications / Experience :

In addition to bringing a commitment to Vancouver Whitecaps FC vision and values, the successful candidate will have degrees of demonstrated skills and experience as follows :

• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or extensive experience in sports photography.
• A minimum of 3 years in professional photography experience, specializing in sports and entertainment
• Experience with editorial photo shoots
• Specialist in studio configurations with the use of strobe lights and other studio accessories
• Professional photography skills, specializing in sports and entertainment (including portfolio)
• Extensive knowledge of photo archiving and digital asset management systems
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Competence in Adobe Premiere video editing software
• Strong personal and communication skills including the ability to interact with both athletes and executives.
• Must possess a service-oriented mentality
• Fluency in Spanish is an asset
• Experience in design and video production is an asset
• Ability to work non-standard work week, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays

The Club

Vancouver Whitecaps FC is the longest-running professional soccer club in Canada and the United States. Since its inaugural season in , the club has united generations of loyal fans in British Columbia and beyond.

With academies in eight out of ten provinces, a network of partner clubs, and hundreds of camps

and clinics every year, Whitecaps FC provide a foundation for Canada’s soccer future.

In addition to its two professional men’s teams, the Club is proud to be one of the first two founding teams for a new professional women’s league in Canada, which will be launched in the year .

We are also strongly committed to providing opportunities to Canadian athletes, both male and female, with the

largest soccer development structure in Canada. This includes academy programs in eight of ten provinces across the country.

In addition to building a winning team on and off the pitch, the Club places great importance in giving

back to our community, harnessing the power of sport to create a stronger, more equitable & inclusive

society through three key community goals : helping meet critical needs, using soccer to build life skills and creating soccer participation opportunities in Indigenous communities.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

This includes but is not limited to people of colour, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual

orientation or gender identity. Should you require any accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our People & Culture department.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will

be contacted.

No recruiters or agencies, please.