Photo Production Manager

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🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

💵 $60k - $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🍿 Producer

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Pulse Trading Cards

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2 - 10 employees

Founded 2023

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

👥 B2C

eCommerce • Retail • B2C

Pulse Trading Cards is an independent trading card and collectibles company that designs, produces, and sells sports trading card products direct-to-consumer through a Shopify-powered online store. Pulse offers hobby boxes, blaster boxes, on-demand on-card autographs, and specialty sets (for baseball, football, basketball) including holographic “Aura” releases and branded collaborations (e. g. , Pulse x Big League Chew). The company emphasizes premium materials and print quality, prioritizes on-card autographs when possible, provides worldwide shipping and customer service, and notes its products are not official league-licensed items.

📋 Description

• Translate upcoming releases into clear image needs by athlete, subject, style, and deadline • Research and obtain images from photo agencies, image companies, photographer archives, athlete representatives, and other approved sources • Select images with strong composition, appropriate resolution, and suitability for trading card layouts • Identify missing imagery and determine whether to source existing photography or commission new shoots • Arrange athlete access and availability with the athlete partnerships team, agents, and representatives • Find, hire, and coordinate local photographers • Develop briefs and shot lists with the creative team • Manage locations, schedules, wardrobe, equipment, budgets, agreements, permissions, and deliverables • Organize multi-athlete photography sessions at tournaments, showcases, camps, signing events, and other gatherings • Coordinate event access, spaces, session times, photographers, lighting, backdrops, staffing, and file delivery • Build and maintain relationships with photographers, agencies, and image companies • Negotiate project scope, pricing, turnaround times, and deliverables within approved budgets • Obtain and track photography usage permissions and document restrictions, credits, expiration dates, and reporting obligations • Flag unclear rights or additional permissions for leadership and legal review • Brief external retouching partners, manage deadlines and revisions, and review returned assets • Coordinate final approvals and deliver production-ready files to the design team • Maintain organized image libraries, file naming, athlete identification, metadata, folder structures, version control, and rights records • Track image usage, deadlines, costs, missing images, and outstanding approvals • Identify and resolve delays before they affect design or production schedules • Collaborate with creative, athlete partnerships, product, and New Jersey-based teams

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience in photo production, photo research, photo editing, art buying, or creative production • Experience sourcing photography from agencies, image companies, independent photographers, or other professional sources • Experience coordinating photo shoots, including booking photographers, scheduling talent, preparing briefs and shot lists, managing budgets, and tracking deliverables • Practical understanding of photography licensing and usage rights, including documenting permissions and restrictions • Strong visual judgment, with the ability to assess image quality, composition, resolution, and suitability for trading card layouts • Familiarity with retouching and post-production workflows, including briefing external partners, consolidating feedback, and reviewing final files • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with experience maintaining image libraries, file naming standards, metadata, and version control • Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to manage photographers, agencies, athlete representatives, and other outside partners • Proficiency with spreadsheets, project-management tools, and digital asset-management platforms • Ability to work independently in a remote environment, manage multiple deadlines, and collaborate regularly with our New Jersey-based team • Willingness to travel occasionally for athlete shoots and events, including selected evenings or weekends • Preferred: experience in sports photography, sports media, trading cards, collectibles, or licensed consumer products • Preferred: established network of photographers, photo agencies, or image providers • Preferred: experience coordinating athletes or other talent and organizing multi-person photo sessions at events • Preferred: familiarity with preparing images for print production • Advanced hands-on photography or retouching skills are not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Competitive compensation • Ownership and impact • Unique projects • Travel opportunities • Professional growth • Direct collaboration • PTO • Healthcare

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