Photography Program Lead & Brand Storytelling

Stantec; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Team Lead, Photography to drive MCPR photography strategy and day‑to‑day operations. The role blends art direction, production management, and team leadership to deliver photography that supports storytelling, marketing priorities and business objectives.

You will collaborate with MCPR teams across regions to ensure brand consistency, develop briefs, direct shoots, and approve imagery for digital assets and intranet usage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in marketing, photography or related field.
• 7+ years of related work experience, 2-3 years in a people leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the MCPR photography strategy, approach and standards, balancing enterprise consistency with regional flexibility.
• Review workflows and build scalable photography planning, intake, prioritization, production and delivery processes.
• Prioritize requests using set criteria including business impact, marketing value, timing and budgets; define levels of photography support.
• Track program activity, budgets and photography spend, keeping projects on schedule.
• Define success metrics for the photography program and track image usage across websites and channels.
• Maintain photography guidance, templates, tools and resources; manage asset library archiving and distribution.

Skills

Team leadership

Photography

Brand & art direction

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in marketing, photography or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Team Lead, Photography to drive MCPR photography strategy and day‑to‑day operations. The role blends art direction, production management, and team leadership to deliver photography that supports storytelling, marketing priorities and business objectives.

You will collaborate with MCPR teams across regions to ensure brand consistency, develop briefs, direct shoots, and approve imagery for digital assets and intranet usage.