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Digital Tech
URBN
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Free People: Digital Tech
Founded in 1984, Free People (www.FreePeople.com) is a boutique women’s fashion label that operates eCommerce, retail, and wholesale businesses. Free People is the fastest growing URBN brand and has a vibrant eCommerce platform including web, mobile and a newly released iPhone app. Free People is frequently recognized as an industry leader from a technical, creative and innovative perspective. Free People’s retail business includes over 80 boutique stores and its Wholesale business includes over 1,400 specialty boutiques and department stores across the globe. Free People is an inspiring shopping experience for the stylish, confident, and curious young woman who appreciates our distinctive assortment of apparel and accessories.
Overview
The Digital Tech should be someone who is organized, possesses strong time management skills, and should be extremely interested in computers/software workflows with a strong interest in photography. The Digital Tech Assistant works with the photographer and stylists during on-model shoots to ensure proper capture and labeling of incoming images. The digital tech is also responsible for working with the art directors and stylists on making final selects, proper image preparation for the web and passing the final images to the web team. The techs are responsible for preparing all images shot in studio for post-production and work with the Digital Asset Manager to maintain the FP web studio’s image archive. On down time, techs will be called upon to assist the retouching team (proficiency with Adobe Photoshop is strongly preferred), are responsible for software updates, researching new hardware/software workflow combinations, and monthly monitor calibrations of all image-capturing computers. Techs will also serve as a photo assistant on set.
Our Company
Free People was the name first given to what would eventually become the URBN Inc. family, and resurfaced in 1984 to identify the brand as a wholesale collection. Today, Free People has grown to include, in addition to wholesale, both a significant retail and online presence. Currently, we operate over 40 stores in the U.S., as well as three wholesale showrooms whose teams have brought Free People to over 1,200 specialty boutiques and department stores across the globe. In all phases of Free People, we look to inspire our customers, our girls – the sweet and sultry, dreamy and tom-girl - with our assortment of apparel and accessories.
Responsibilities
• Maintain hardware and software
• Manage archive of all web images
• Research an develop new digital work flows
• Assist photographer with lighting and grip
• Color calibrate all computer monitors to insure proper image representation
• Work with sample coordinators, visual merchandisers, and stylists to insure the images are delivered to they web to team by its deadline
Qualifications
• Knowledgeable of digital photography workflow
• Hands-on experience of the Canon EOS system
• Retouching/Photoshop proficiency strongly preferred
• Mac OS X proficiency
• Hands-on experience Capture One Pro strongly preferred
• RAW processing proficiency
• Basic photography studio experience
• General web image knowledge, such as web standards and color spaces
• Extremely organized with strong time management skills
• Minor IT and troubleshooting skills
• Minor catalog prepress experience is a plus
Education
A Bachelors degree is expected.
Location
Philadelphia, PA