Staff Headshot Photographer

Collegiate Composites LLC; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Collegiate Composites LLC is seeking a staff photographer to cover college campuses in the Virginia/DC region for the Spring 2027 season (late January to April) and beyond. The work is on-location headshots at schools such as UVA, JMU, William & Mary, Univ. of Richmond, GMU, GWU, and others.

We provide all equipment and training. There is zero post-work and scheduling is handled by our office. Travel expenses (gas, meals, hotels) are covered, with travel time reimbursed on longer trips.

Responsibilities

• Handle on-location headshot sessions for college clients in VA/DC.
• Sessions occur weekdays during the school year; weekends are for other photography work.
• All post-session work and scheduling/logistics are managed by the office.
• Company provides equipment and training; travel expenses are covered.

Job description

• We are a headshot-style photography company serving the college market
• We are hiring a staff photographer to handle our clients in the Virginia/DC region for our Spring 2027 season (beginning at the end of January and going through end of April) and beyond.
• We work on-location on college campuses. Most of the work for this position is at Univ. of Virginia, JMU, William & Mary, Univ. of Richmond, George Mason, George Washington Univ., etc.
• We only take photos Monday to Friday (not necessarily every day in a week), during normal business hours, and only during the school year - leaving the weekends and summers for photographers to handle most of their normal business (weddings, seniors, family portraits, etc.)
• We provide all the equipment and training
• There is zero post-work required after photo sessions. We handle everything after the photo session.
• There is zero scheduling/logistics that the photographer is expected to handle; that is all coordinated in our office.
• In additional to pay, we cover all travel expenses, including gas, food, hotels, etc., and on longer trips, we reimburse for travel time.
• We are NOT an event photography company. Rather these sessions are more akin to yearbook photography
• Compensation (again, we cover all expenses) ranges from $265 to $400 per day (take home pay per job).