Part-time · Open
Production Assistant
The person who makes the lead photographer faster. Move the gear, set the lights, hold the mark, learn the craft.
- Where
- Detroit and Howell studio, events across Michigan, some travel.
- When
- Event days, plus studio days for kit prep and testing.
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.
- Set up early and ready to go? If other event staff are still getting last-minute things done, ask if you can help. We always go out of our way to help when we have time.
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.
Not for you if
- You need constant direction.
- You’d rather watch than carry.
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.
The process
How hiring works
1. Apply
Fill out the short form on the role you want, with a link to your work.
2. Phone screen
A real conversation about you, not a script.
3. References
We ask for three, and we call them.
4. Offer in writing
Your role and rate in writing.
5. Onboarding and training
Paid training: the videos, a quiz and a hands-on day at the studio. You sign The Standard.
6. Shadow an event
Work an event as an apprentice.
7. Work
First event, then the next.
Apply
Sound like you? A few questions, then it’s in front of us. Before you start, read The Standard, the rules everyone signs.