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Job Description

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OVERVIEW

CoStar delivers real-time, verified commercial real estate data that helps clients confidently spot great opportunities and make smart choices ahead of competitors. By combining the power of CoStar’s independent research organization – the industry’s largest – with global data delivery, software, and application solutions, clients can act on opportunities with confidence.

The Research team is the heart of CoStar, capturing market-critical information that enables our commercial real estate clients to make informed, high impact business decisions daily. CoStar Group’s research contributes to the most important segment of our economy, helping businesses open offices, retail stores, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. CoStar Group is seeking an Associate Architectural Photographer to join our growing research organization.

As a CoStar Associate Architectural Photographer, you will be providing high quality photographs, drone videos, still images, and walk-through videos on the most important commercial buildings in your region. Owners and brokers rely on CoStar, LoopNet and Apartments.com to provide high quality media to best market their properties to tenants and investors. As our Associate Architectural Photographer, you will be at the heart of the commercial real estate industry, capturing high quality images that enable our clients to make informed high impact business decisions. With 24 million people visiting CoStar’s websites each month, every day your images will help our client’s best market their properties.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide professional quality photography and video on assigned commercial properties in your assigned region

• Produce interior photography using available light sources as well as lighting systems when necessary

• Create visually appealing and technically sound video with such tools as cameras, drones, gimbals, and sliders

• Utilize time of day, time of season and location-based decisions on when to best photograph the exterior of commercial buildings

• Professional and effective communication with clients during all aspects of the media shoot including scheduling, and on-site execution

• Edit all photography and video in a timely fashion resulting in a completed project.

• Continued learning and development of your craft, including staying up to date on new techniques and technology

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma required

• 2+ years practical photography and videography experience as an Architectural Photographer or Real Estate Photographer

• 1+ years experience as a Drone Photographer (FAA Part 107 License/Certification required prior to hire)

• Demonstrate proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite:, IE: Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere Pro or similar

• Candidates are required to submit portfolio of work supporting above listed experience

• Full understanding of best practices for Architectural Photography, demonstrating artistic vision and creativity

• Demonstrate a full understanding of manual camera settings and lighting (flash and ambient)

• Be knowledgeable of MAC OS and MS Office

• Repetitive and frequent standing, seeing, sitting, walking, and driving up to eight hours per day

• Holding five pounds in one hand for five minutes (photography and videography)

• Repetitive hand and arm movements needed to type and write

• Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, lifting, twisting and carrying are necessary to perform job functions

• Must be able to work on computer and or mobile devices from vehicle throughout workday

• Will be exposed to both vehicle noise and possible car exhaust

• Ability to conduct job duties outside in various weather conditions each day

• Ability to travel up to one week per month

PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree

• Experience functioning autonomously in the field while achieving key performance and quality indicators

• Ability to develop strong personal relationships with key contacts at assigned companies

• Proven success managing multiple responsibilities, changing priorities, and excel in a fast-paced environment without missing deadlines

• Possess excellent oral and written communication, as well as organizational skills

OVERVIEW OF COMPANY

Founded in 1987, we are a NASDAQ listed company with a market cap of over US$30B and sit alongside other notable names such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple. Behind some of the most well-known brands in the industry, CoStar Group includes CoStar, the largest provider of CRE research and real-time data; LoopNet, the most heavily trafficked mobile and online real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the premier rental home resource for renters, property managers and owners; STR, the leading provider of performance benchmarking and comparative analytics to the hotel industry; BizBuySell, the largest online marketplace for businesses-for-sales; and Lands of America, the leading operator of online marketplaces for rural real estate.

As a technology company, we are the trusted partner for all commercial real estate professionals empowering many of the most well-respected landlords, development companies, brokerage firms, banks, lenders, investors and government agencies with our data products and leading marketplaces.

We do this by actively researching the commercial real estate markets and providing data, analytics, innovative tools and powerful marketing platforms in the U.S. and Internationally to help our clients transact with one another. CoStar continues to win multiple awards including one of Forbes most innovative companies (2017) and Fortune’s fastest growing companies (2018). Headquartered in Miami, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Canada, and Asia with a staff of over 4,300 worldwide.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you'll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drugs

• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance

• Commuter and parking benefits

• 401(K) retirement plans, with matching contributions

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

Become part of a team of professionals enjoying the opportunity to learn, do, and grow in a rewarding atmosphere. But don't just take our word for it - see why our team chose to work at and stay at CoStar Group: