Photo Assistant Jobs in Portland, OR (NOW HIRING)

About the Team

The Rejuvenation photography team consists of highly passionate, collaborative, and process-driven thinkers. As part of the team, you'll bring your ideas, organization, and leadership to the discussion. Our role is to create cohesive visual direction and photography for the brand across all channels, bringing products to market creatively, accurately, and on time.

About the Role

Join our dynamic creative team as the Photo Studio Supervisor, where you'll help drive the day-to-day execution of our studio photography process. You won't just support studio logistics; you'll be a key partner across departments, helping ensure product, samples, sets, equipment, schedules, and teams are aligned to deliver inspiring assets for the Rejuvenation brand.

As a hands-on leader in the studio, you'll stay close to the floor to direct priorities, support coordinators, remove roadblocks, and keep daily production moving from shoot preparation through wrap. Working closely with producers, art directors, photographers, stylists, coordinators, sample teams, and freelance partners, you'll help ensure photo shoots are organized, efficient, and executed to the highest standard.

This role is also responsible for building and maintaining the photography schedule, balancing creative priorities, sample readiness, set availability, photographer needs, coordinator capacity, and business timelines. You'll help capture production metrics to understand shoot volume, schedule health, sample issues, delays, rework, and workflow blockers, using that information to improve how the studio plans, communicates, and delivers work.

We're looking for someone with strong organizational skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and natural leadership qualities to support the team and keep production moving. If you thrive in a collaborative setting, enjoy solving problems in real time, and have a keen eye for detail, we want you to help us shape the visual narrative of the Rejuvenation brand.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

Be part of a highly collaborative creative team and support the daily management of studio production details, including merchandise, samples, props, photography equipment, set readiness, scheduling, and creative goals.

Lead day-to-day studio floor operations by staying present and engaged on the floor, ensuring shoots are prepared, organized, and executed on schedule.

Directly manage, train, schedule, and support studio coordinators, assistants, temporary associates, freelance partners, and/or ICs as needed.

Provide daily direction to coordinators, clarifying priorities, coaching in the moment, and ensuring follow-through on sample movement, set readiness, shoot support, and end-of-day reset.

Build and maintain the photography schedule in partnership with creative and production teams, balancing shoot priorities, sample readiness, set and prop needs, photographer availability, and coordinator capacity.

Act as the connection between the photography schedule and floor execution, adjusting plans in real time when late product, sample issues, set changes, or shifting creative priorities impact production.

Partner closely with producers, art directors, photographers, stylists, sample teams, and post-production partners to support a seamless photo production process.

Help ensure merchandise for shoots is properly tracked, staged, returned, and accounted for.

Support sample flow between the warehouse, studio, sets, and photo teams to reduce delays and improve shoot readiness.

Capture and maintain key production metrics, including shoot volume, completed assets, schedule changes, sample readiness, delays, rework, and other workflow blockers.

Use production metrics and regular hindsights to identify trends, communicate risks, and recommend process improvements that support efficiency, accuracy, and on-time asset delivery.

Communicate schedule changes, late product issues, sample concerns, production risks, and workflow updates to the appropriate partners.

Maintain a clean, organized, safe, and production-ready studio environment.

Ensure studio spaces, sets, props, and sample areas are properly maintained and reset for upcoming work.

Support the team in troubleshooting day-of-shoot challenges, including missing product, set readiness, workflow changes, and shifting production priorities.

Own and maintain production documents, studio schedules, sample tracking documents, shot lists, digital guidelines, production metrics, and other key workflow tools.

Partner with the photo team to ensure digital assets are captured, organized, and handed off according to brand and production guidelines.

Work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure all necessary photo assets are completed accurately and on time.

Identify and implement procedures to support and improve the studio production process.

Perform regular hindsights of studio workflow and identify needed improvements, follow-through opportunities, and best practices.

Lead onboarding, training, performance feedback, timekeeping, and daily direction for assigned team members.

Promote strong communication, accountability, and collaboration across creative, production, sample, and operations teams.

Help uphold brand standards for Rejuvenation photography by supporting accuracy, consistency, attention to detail, and efficient execution.

Partner with studio leadership on workload planning, daily priorities, coordinator coverage, production metrics, and process improvements.

Support vendor, contractor, and freelance coordination as needed for studio operations and production support.

Why you will love working at Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

We're a successful, fast-growing company with an entrepreneurial spirit.

A technologically and data-driven business.

Competitive salaries and comprehensive health benefits.

We're at the forefront of tech and retail, redefining technology for the next generation.

We're passionate about our internal and external clients and live/breathe the client experience.

We get to be creative daily.

A smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas.

We believe in autonomy and reward taking initiative.

We have fun!

We're excited about you because you...

Have 3-5 years of prior photo studio, photo production, sample operations, creative operations, visual merchandising, or related experience.

Have at least 3-5 years of prior supervisory, lead, or team coordination experience.

Understand how a photo studio team works and what role each partner plays in bringing inspiring assets to life.

Are a clear communicator with strong time management, people, and leadership skills.

Are a confident delegator who can set clear expectations and follow through with team members and cross-functional partners.

Are comfortable balancing hands-on floor leadership with coordinator management, ensuring the team has clear direction while daily production stays on track.

Thrive in a fast-paced creative production environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.

Have strong organization skills and the ability to effectively prioritize multiple responsibilities.

Demonstrate strong attention to detail and a high level of ownership.

Have a strong sense of initiative and can work effectively in a team environment.

Can build effective relationships with internal and external cross-functional partners, either on site or remotely.

Are comfortable using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Working experience with Airtable is a plus.

Have experience using production schedules, sample tracking tools, workflow documents, asset management systems, or other production planning tools.

Have experience building, maintaining, and communicating production or photography schedules with changing priorities and cross-functional inputs.

Have experience capturing production metrics, reporting workflow status, and using data to improve scheduling, staffing, sample readiness, and studio efficiency.

Have experience working with merchandise, samples, props, sets, photography equipment, or studio inventory.

Are comfortable providing feedback, training, and support to hourly, temporary, freelance, or cross-functional team members.

Can work a flexible schedule as needed to meet the needs of the business.

Can support occasional early, late, or extended production days based on shoot schedules and business needs.

Can occasionally travel or support location shoots as business needs require.

People First

Putting People First means investing in overall well-being and opportunities to grow and advance within the organization. Depending on the position and location, here are a few highlights of what benefits may be available:

Benefits

• A generous discount on all WSI brands
• A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
• Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer
• Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits
• Tax-free commuter benefits
• A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health

Continued Learning

• In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
• Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
• Resources for self-development
• Advisor (Mentor) program
• Career development workshops, learning programs, and speaker series  

 

WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration).

This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.

Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.