Part-Time Photographer - Creston, IA

Careers Part-Time Photographer - Creston, IA Last updated: 07/29/2026 Part-Time Photographer - Creston, IA

WHO WE ARE:

American Marketing & Publishing, LLC has provided trusted and effective local advertising solutions to family-owned businesses for 28 years. Today we are one of the fastest growing fully integrated digital advertising companies in the U.S. We’re looking for a talented and hardworking Part-Time Commercial Photographer , eager to tackle new challenges, in a growing, dynamic and innovative environment. We’ve been helping family owned businesses advertise intelligently and inexpensively in their communities since 1997. Our mission is to ensure our clients win the call when consumers have a need and begin to search, and we’ve become the trusted, go-to partner to our longstanding advertising clients when it comes to their online visibility and marketing needs. We help tens of thousands of businesses manage their online business listings, company profiles, imagery, website, social postings, and reviews. We own the CloseBy® Text Marketing Platform and we are one of the largest virtual interior tour agencies in North America. In sum, we provide the best people in the community – hard working small business owners – with the best local advertising solutions in the industry. Job Summary : Conduct exterior and interior business photo shoots for our small business client base following specific and detailed instructions, using specialized company equipment. Our commercial photographers typically work with a significant number of scheduled clients and must effectively manage a tight shooting schedule at multiple locations. Principle Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to : Use a Digital SLR camera, tripod and other professional photographic equipment in order to efficiently set up and execute panoramic photo shoots to accurate and exacting technological standards. Must be able to multi-task, maintain a schedule, adapt and think on your feet as priorities arise and change, keep yourself organized, pay very close attention to detail, troubleshoot technical aspects of the photo equipment you will be using and strive for perfection in your work. Reliability, punctuality and flexibility are critical to this position. Arriving early in order to be set up and ready to conduct a photo shoot is imperative. Working early morning or late evening hours in order to accommodate the ideal timing of photo shoots that mesh well with the operating hours of the businesses you will be photographing is also necessary. Any time off requests must be communicated with ample notice to mitigate scheduling disruptions. Must have a reliable automobile and clean driving record in order to travel and be on location multiple days throughout the week. Consistently meet and exceed the requirements set forth by our clients and partners, and maintain a high level of accountability for all processes related to shooting the photos. Follow established protocols with the use of all company equipment and materials including but not limited to: cameras and photo equipment, design software, email, phone, fax, and internal and external databases. Any other duties as assigned by the manager. Core Competencies: Working knowledge of professional camera equipment and DSLR cameras. Work independently while working across a broad geography and at client locations, demonstrating good judgment in all circumstances while keeping supervisor informed. Maintain a well-organized workflow and flexible schedule. Comfort in a work environment that emphasizes personal accountability and continual learning related to technology and new or evolving procedures and tasks. Pay close attention to detail and be able to handle multiple projects efficiently at the same time. Maintain quality standards. Functional Demands: The essential physical requirements of the job require that the employee possesses the capacity to drive continuously for very long periods (sometimes for four hours or more) to a distinct geographic territory from the Company’s office or employee’s home, the ability to work in assigned photography territories for eight or more hours each day Monday through Friday, the ability to enter and exit Employee’s own vehicle regularly to conduct photoshoots at business establishments (including establishments located up or down stairways), the ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time, sometimes in inclement weather, carrying approximately twenty pounds of equipment, the ability to drive an automobile after dark all seasons of the year and in occasionally inclement weather, and the ability to open and close doors to the entrances of prospective business customers. Travel multiple days through the week. Educational & Experience Requirements: Four-year college degree preferred but not required Paid Time Off (PTO) 401(k) (Fidelity) Wage Range: $16.00/Hour #J-18808-Ljbffr American Marketing & Publishing, L.L.C.