Lead- Photography Ops and QC

Aftershoot; Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aftershoot is building a global community of photographers and an AI-driven post-processing platform. The Lead – Photography Ops will own the datasets, quality standards, and a team of QCs and vendor partners, ensuring a photographer-centric standard at scale.

You’ll bridge expectations between photographers and ML/product teams. You’ll drive end-to-end QC, hire and manage staff, coordinate with external labs, and shape guidelines and calibration rhythms to minimize subjective drift while

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in photography, creative ops, or related field including leading teams/vendors.
• Strong command of photography workflows and quality control processes.
• Experience building guidelines, QA checks, and review cadences.
• Ability to articulate why an image works or doesn’t based on photographer perspective.

Responsibilities

• Own the photography QC function end to end: quality standards, capacity, turnaround.
• Hire, train, and manage a team of in-house QCs and reviewers.
• Manage external labelling vendors: scoping, onboarding, SLAs, capacity planning, and cost.
• Build and maintain labelling guidelines, rubrics, and edge-case documentation.
• Run calibration sessions to align reviewers and reduce drift.
• Audit labelled datasets and vendor output; track accuracy and rework.
• Define and report metrics: quality scores, TAT, cost per image, error patterns.
• Translate failure patterns into feedback for ML and Product.
• Partner with ML on dataset planning: what to label and when.
• Represent photographer’s perspective in product decisions.

Skills

Team leadership

Vendor management

Photography workflow

Data-driven quality

Clear communication

Tools

Lightroom

Photo Mechanic

Capture One

Job description

At Aftershoot, we’re building a global community of photographers who spend less time behind their screens and more time behind the lens. Every feature we create, every update we ship, is designed to make post-processing easier, faster, and smarter for photographers around the world.

From culling to editing to retouching. Our AI tools do all the heavy lifting, so photographers can focus on what they do best: capturing moments, telling stories, and creating magic.

We’re a fast-growing, passionate team backed over 100K+ active users globally. Double-digit ARR in less than 4 years, amazing investors and team who truly believe in our mission.

Our mission is clear: Become the default companion for every photographer in the world.

If you care deeply about building meaningful products, working with curious and driven teammates, and being part of a team that genuinely loves what they do, we’d love to meet you.

Let’s create the future of AI in photography, together.

About The Role

This role sits at the intersection of photography craft, quality operations, and people leadership.

As Lead – Photography Ops, you'll own the engine that feeds our AI: the datasets, the standards they're labelled against, and the team of QCs and vendor partners who do that work. You'll set the quality bar from a photographer's point of view, then build the systems, rubrics, and rhythms that keep it consistent at scale.

You'll be the bridge between what photographers actually expect from a cull and what our ML and Product teams build toward. When the two drift apart, you're the person who spots it, quantifies it, and drives it back into alignment.

If you've shot professionally, have led teams or vendors, and get satisfaction from turning subjective taste into a repeatable standard, this role is for you.

What you’ll do

• Own the photography QC function end to end: quality standards, capacity, and turnaround
• Hire, train, and manage a team of in-house QCs and reviewers
• Manage external labelling vendors: scoping, onboarding, SLAs, capacity planning, and cost
• Build and maintain labelling guidelines, rubrics, and edge-case documentation
• Run regular calibration sessions to keep reviewers aligned and reduce subjective drift
• Audit labelled datasets and vendor output; track accuracy, agreement rates, and rework
• Define and report the metrics that matter: quality scores, TAT, cost per image, error patterns
• Translate recurring failure patterns into clear, prioritised feedback for ML and Product
• Partner with ML on dataset planning: what we need labelled, in what volume, by when
• Represent the photographer's perspective in product and model decisions

What You’ll Bring

• 6+ years of experience in photography, creative operations, or a related field, including time leading a team or managing vendors
• Professional photography experience, or deep hands‑on expertise across photography workflows
• Strong command of culling and editing tools (Lightroom, Photo Mechanic, Capture One, etc.)
• Ability to critique image selections and articulate why something works or doesn't
• Comfort building process from scratch: guidelines, QA checks, review cadences
• A data-friendly approach to quality - you're comfortable with spreadsheets, dashboards, and tracking numbers over time
• Clear written communication, especially when giving structured feedback
• Experience with data labelling or annotation operations is a strong plus
• Comfort working from the Delhi office on a full time basis

You will work with

• Captain: Aakansha
• Team Members: Shubham, Sandeep, Keshav, Monu and the rest of the Aftershoot team.