Senior Photographer

HydroJug; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HydroJug, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Photographer to own the lifestyle photography pipeline from brief to final delivery. You will shoot campaigns, launches, and ongoing content, collaborating with a Creative Director to ensure brand standards and color accuracy across all channels.

You’ll lead on-set execution, manage lighting and direction, and perform professional editing and retouching to a commercial standard. Some travel may be required to capture on-location scenes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial photography experience with lifestyle work for consumer/DTC brands.
• Strong ability to plan, shoot, and deliver end-to-end projects.
• Proficient in studio and location lighting including mixed/available light.

Responsibilities

• Own lifestyle photography across HydroJug campaigns and launches.
• On-set lighting, composition, and set coordination on shoots.
• Edit and retouch to a commercial standard; maintain color consistency.

Skills

Lifestyle photography

On-set execution

Studio lighting

Color correction

Brand guideline adherence

Travel for shoots

Education

5+ years commercial photography

Tools

Lightroom

Capture One

Photoshop

Job description

HydroJug, Inc. | Creative Team / Photography Ogden, UT | On-Site | Full-Time | Reports to

About the Role

HydroJug is looking for an experienced commercial photographer to own our lifestyle photography. The Senior Photographer owns the photo pipeline end to end: taking a creative brief, building the shot list, executing on set, and delivering finished retouched files. You will shoot HydroJug's campaigns, launches, and everyday content, support other brands we work with when they need coverage, and hold the color and quality bar across all of it. You partner with the Creative Director on direction and brand standards, and own execution and delivery

Responsibilities

Photography

• Lifestyle Photography: Shoot HydroJug's lifestyle content across campaigns, product launches, and ongoing everyday needs; carry the same standard onto other brands when they need coverage
• On-Set Execution: Own lighting, composition, and set coordination on every shoot, in studio and on location; direct talent and make the calls that get the shot
• Editing & Retouching: Take everything you shoot from raw file to final delivery, doing your own retouching to a commercial standard; hold color accuracy and stylistic consistency across brands

Planning

• Shot Lists & Pre-Production: Turn creative briefs into shot lists before every shoot, and flag what a brief is missing rather than discovering it on set
• Shoot Logistics: Support scheduling, talent, location, and prop coordination so shoot days run on time

Equipment & Studio

• Gear & Space: Manage an assortment of company-owned camera bodies, lenses, and lighting equipment, along with the studio space, including setup, upkeep, and what needs replacing

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of commercial photography experience, with lifestyle work for consumer or DTC brands in your portfolio
• Track record executing shoots start to finish: planning, shooting, editing, delivery
• Strong studio and location lighting skills, including mixed and available light
• Proficient in Lightroom, Capture One, and Photoshop, or close equivalents
• Able to do your own editing and retouching to a commercial standard, from raw file through final export
• Demonstrated ability to shoot to someone else's brand guidelines without dropping quality
• Detail-oriented on color accuracy and brand consistency, and reliable under launch and campaign deadlines
• Able to travel occasionally for on-location shoots
• The portfolio matters more to us than the résumé. If you have fewer than five years behind you but the work is there, apply anyway and let it speak for itself.

Preferred

• Ecommerce, retail, DTC, or consumer-goods domain background
• Able to shoot and edit across a range of styles rather than one signature look
• Strong file management and asset organization habits
• Familiarity with how photography gets used downstream across web, email, paid, and retail

Success Criteria

• First 30 Days: You know the brand guidelines, you've met the creative team, and you've executed your first shoot.
• 60 Days: You're shooting HydroJug's lifestyle content independently, with consistent quality and on-time delivery.
• 90 Days: You own your part of the photo pipeline, including shot lists, shoots, and edits, with little oversight needed from the Creative Director.

Location and Reporting

Reports to the Creative Director (Josh Kohler) as a senior individual contributor with no direct

reports. Partners closely with the Creative Director on brand direction and shot approval, with

brand and marketing leads on campaign and launch requirements, and with the creative and

content teams as the primary internal consumers of the photography. Some travel required for

Physical Requirements

Shoot days involve standing and moving for extended periods, frequently lifting and carrying camera and lighting equipment and cases weighing up to 50 pounds, and setting up and breaking down gear. Location work can mean varied terrain, weather, and indoor and outdoor conditions. Reasonable accommodations will be considered.

About HydroJug, Inc.

HydroJug, Inc. is a consumer brand headquartered in Ogden, Utah, designing and selling premium hydration and lifestyle products through direct-to-consumer and major retail channels.