Coordinator, Photography & Content – Chicago Blackhawks

Job Title: Coordinator, Photography & Content

Department: Content & Creative

Reports To: Manager, Social Media

Location: Chicago / United Center (In-Office)

Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm / Monday – Friday, *This place would require intensive journey and non-traditional hours (evenings, weekends, holidays) based mostly on the occasions schedule.

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

# Direct Reports: None

Compensation: The annual budgeted wage for this place is $50,000 to $60,000. The remaining supply will likely be decided based mostly on the candidate’s {qualifications}, expertise, and inner fairness issues.

*Portfolio or web site required — purposes with out samples won’t be thought-about.

The Chicago Blackhawks is an equal alternative employer that values range in any respect ranges. All people, no matter private traits, are inspired to use. All certified purposes will obtain consideration for employment with out regard to gender, race, faith or spiritual creed, shade, gender id, gender expression, nationwide origin, ancestry, bodily or psychological incapacity, medical situation, marital standing, registered home accomplice standing, age, sexual orientation, navy or veteran standing, or every other foundation protected by federal, state, native legislation, ordinance, or regulation and won’t be discriminated in opposition to on these bases. We are dedicated to offering affordable lodging for people with disabilities.

Role Summary:

The Coordinator, Photography & Content will likely be answerable for capturing and delivering high-quality nonetheless pictures that brings the joy and essence of the Chicago Blackhawks to life — whereas additionally contributing to the broader content material wants of a fast-moving social and inventive workforce. Photography is the muse of this function, however the superb candidate brings vary: somebody who can pivot from taking pictures a recreation to supporting a video shoot, contributing to a social marketing campaign, or pitching concepts in a content material assembly. You will work independently and collaboratively throughout the social, content material, and inventive workforce — taking pictures, enhancing, and delivering work in actual time whereas assembly tight deadlines and upholding model requirements. Your work will immediately join followers to the workforce by means of compelling visible storytelling throughout all Blackhawks channels.

The superb candidate for this place is a flexible and expert visible storyteller with a photography-first mindset and the vary to supply throughout codecs. You’re equally snug behind a digital camera capturing a game-winning objective as you’re contributing to broader content material initiatives — and your eye for what resonates on social platforms makes the whole lot you produce really feel native and compelling.

How You’ll Contribute:

Content Capture & Production

• Capture, edit, and ship high-quality nonetheless pictures in actual time for Chicago Blackhawks social channels, web site, and inner utilization

• Apply robust post-production abilities utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud (Lightroom, Photoshop) to supply polished, on-brand imagery

• Compress and export content material in a number of codecs optimized for net, social platforms, and inner distribution

• Contribute to short-form video and movement content material as wanted, together with behind-the-scenes protection, participant options, and social-first codecs — pictures is the core of this function, however versatility throughout content material varieties is required

Digital Asset & Social Support

• Be an lively member of the social media workforce — pitch concepts, stay present with social media trade traits, and generate inventive and compelling content material

Team Collaboration

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of expertise in pictures and visible content material creation, with a powerful choice for candidates who’ve labored throughout a number of codecs (video, social content material, digital media).

• Bachelors diploma in Photography, Visual Media, Marketing, or associated discipline required.

• Willing and capable of work nights, weekends, and journey extensively as required — this function attends all 82 common season video games (41 dwelling, 41 away) plus playoffs if relevant, travels with the workforce for street recreation protection all through the season, and represents the group at marquee NHL occasions together with the NHL Draft, NHL Awards, All-Star Weekend, and different league-wide tentpole moments.

• Strong pictures abilities with demonstrated expertise capturing reside occasions, folks, and actual environments — sports activities expertise strongly most popular

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Lightroom, Photoshop)

• Working information of graphic design rules, together with format, typography, and model consistency

• Familiarity with social media platforms, traits, and content material codecs

• Must reveal our organizational values of integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality

What It’s Like Working Here:

The Chicago Blackhawks expertise isn’t simply on the ice. Our workplace, positioned within the United Center, promotes a enjoyable, partaking, fast-paced and collaborative environment the place we will have fun each hockey and one another. Our dedication to curating an setting the place all people really feel empowered to convey their finest self to work every day may be seen all through our group. Whether you’re a job seeker seeking to be a part of the group, a present member of our superb workforce, or somebody seeking to assist assist our mission, our objective is identical – to reimagine the potential of hockey by means of memorable, inclusive experiences.

Perks and Benefits:

Competitive complete rewards package deal, full advantages (medical, dental, imaginative and prescient, 401k matching, paid life insurance coverage), worker help program (EAP), complete PTO package deal, social occasions, volunteer alternatives, and studying and improvement. Employer-paid breakfast, lunch, parking, on-site fitness center and coaching lessons, worker ticket program, and extra.

The Team:

The Chicago Blackhawks began their journey as one of many NHL’s “Original Six” skilled ice hockey groups in 1926. Members of the Central Division within the NHL’s Western Conference and six-time Stanley Cup Champions (1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, 2015), the workforce calls the United Center dwelling.

Each day the Team works to uphold our mission to reimagine the potential of hockey. At its core, the workforce and higher group uphold its mission by means of its core values centered round integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality. They are fiercely devoted to evolving and delivering new and legendary fan experiences and charming new and various audiences, each on and off the ice. As a part of their unwavering dedication to drive impression and objective within the Chicago group, the group opened the Fifth Third Arena (the workforce’s official follow facility and group house for youth hockey improvement), continues to make expansions to the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, and purchased the AHL workforce the Rockford IceHogs.

The Chicago Blackhawks proceed to develop in its commitments to honor and have fun Black Hawk’s legacy by providing our platforms, making significant contributions, collaborating with Native American folks, and reimagining methods to assist the numerous Native American folks and communities they reside amongst and alongside. They have interaction on this work by means of their formal partnership with Black Hawk’s ancestral tribe, the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, which the tribe established with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021.