Photo director
| Highest | $10,500 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 8 to 12 years of experience |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $10,500max |
| FranceFrench B2 · €170–3.9k | $10,300 |
| ItalyIELTS 6.0 · €0–4k | $10,100 |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $10,100 |
| AustriaGerman A2–C1 · €726 | $9,850 |
| JapanJLPT N2 · ¥535k | $9,850 |
What does the day look like?
10% of the day is the fantasy: approving a finished frame on a luxury shoot next to famous photographers. 90% is spreadsheets, licensing contracts, call sheets, permits, casting, insurance, selecting from 5,000 raw frames, and meetings with the editor-in-chief, marketing heads and legal.
You write the creative brief and mood board, select and contract the photographer, stylist, hair and makeup artist, prop stylist and location scout, estimate the budget across model fees, studio rental, travel, catering, per diems, equipment hire and insurance, issue purchase orders, negotiate usage rights, model releases and syndication rights, pick frames from the contact sheet and give retouching markups. Tools are Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One Pro, InDesign, DF Studio, PhotoShelter, Disco, Miro, Frame.io, Asana, Monday.com, Excel, Google Sheets, DocuSign and Getty Images / Shutterstock portals. Office weeks run 40 to 50 hours, shoot days run 12 to 16 hours, with 05:00 call times, weekend work and international travel.
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