Production Assistant

What you’ll do

• Load, set up, and strike the studio kit with the lead. Every cable taped, nothing dangling.
• Move the light where the lead points. Hold the reflector. Manage the line and the mark.
• Keep batteries charging, cards backed up, and the kit ready for the next person.
• Shadow, then own the setup. This is how our photographers start.

Who you are

• Curious about lighting and photography. You want to learn by doing it for real.
• Strong and steady. Cases up to 80 lbs, long days on your feet.
• A “send-done” person. Ask once, it gets done, you say when it’s done.

What it pays

• $25/hr to start (our training rate), paid every two weeks through Gusto.
• $35/hr once you can run a setup on your own. In writing before your first event.

Full detail in How We Pay.

1. Step 1

   Apply

   Fill out the short form on the role you want. Tell us where you’re based, when you’re available, and what you do for fun. Photographers: send your work. We reply to every applicant.

2. Step 2

   Phone screen

   A real conversation, not a script. What do you do now and why? Why us? When are you available, and how far will you travel?

3. Step 3

   References

   If we like the conversation we ask for three references from current or past coworkers, and we actually call them: what was it like to work with you, and would they hire you again?

4. Step 4

   Offer in writing

   Role, responsibilities, and pay rate, in writing.

5. Step 5

   Onboarding and training

   Paid training: the videos, a quiz and a hands-on day at the studio. You read and sign The Standard before your first event.

6. Step 6

   Shadow an event

   Work an event as an apprentice.

7. Step 7

   Work

   First event, then the next.