About the Role
Associate Photographers are responsible for media collection for Homes.com and Apartments.com, creating virtual tours, floorplans, and photography for residential homes using professional equipment. This role involves working independently within a core territory, setting appointments, scanning homes, and capturing marketing photography, while collaborating with clients, sales associates, and management.
Responsibilities
- Support marketing efforts on Homes.com and Apartments.com by capturing 3-D virtual tours and footprints.
- Create a portfolio of photographs to best feature homes and apartments.
- Work closely with scheduling and dispatch teams to maximize appointments and meet client demands.
- Professionally communicate with clients, sales, researcher partners, and management.
- Navigate one-mile square grids to ensure complete commercial real estate data coverage.
- Identify new inventory, missing availability, and commercial properties to be photographed.
- Abide by CoStar safety standards to safeguard company vehicle and equipment.
- Represent CoStar in a professional manner at all times.
- Participate in conference calls with sales and research teams as needed.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional experience.
- Track record of commitment to prior employers.
- Real Estate Photography experience required.
- Experience working as a professional photographer, or a recently earned degree in photography.
- Strong customer service experience with a client first mindset.
- Be an experienced Drone Photographer with a FAA Part 107 License/Certification obtained within 30 days of offer.
- Strong time management skills and very detailed oriented.
- Capability to accurately capture and enter data.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet applications.
- Knowledge of Apple IOS products.
- Enjoys working independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Field experience preferred.
- Candidates must possess a current and valid driver’s license.
- Satisfactory completion of a Driving Record/Driving Abstract check prior to start.
- Driving history must reflect responsible driving behavior and compliance with traffic laws.
- We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.
- CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Skills
- Photography techniques
- Time management
- Data capture and entry
- Communication (oral and written)
- Organizational skills
- Windows
- Microsoft Office
- Internet applications
- Apple IOS products
Location
- Poughkeepsie, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
Education Level
- High School Diploma/GED
- Degree in photography
Salary/Compensations
- $49,000 - $50,000 (Hourly)
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
- Commuter and parking benefits
- 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
- Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
About the Company
- CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.
- Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
- We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.
- We’ve continually refined, transformed, and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.
- We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.
- This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.
- By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.
Equal Opportunity
- CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
- CoStar Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
- CoStar Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
- If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access www.costargroup.com/careers as a result of your disability.
- You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to recruitaccommodation@costar.com.
