About L2 Brands!

L2 Brands is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, custom-logo apparel, headwear and home décor serving the large and growing Collegiate, Resort/Destination, Golf and Corporate markets. For over 30 years, L2 Brands, through its League, Legacy, Ouray and Locale lifestyle brands, has created premium customized products that connect consumers with the schools, traditions, destinations and workplaces they identify with and love.

The Headwear Image Specialist will oversee the overall headwear digital imaging process and work in conjunction with production to ensure the daily production photos are to the agreed upon standard and the process is as efficient as possible. They will also be responsible for working in collaboration with IT to manage the Ortery photography equipment and software, ensuring quality standards are maintained. This position requires an understanding of photography, the necessity of strong Adobe Photoshop skills & editing, excellent organization, and attention to detail. The position will assist the VP Headwear Merchandising, Marketing Design Manager, and Digital Marketing Manager with additional projects and imagery needs. This position reports to the Marketing Design Manager, Legacy.

What L2 Can Offer You:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance
• Paid time off and much more!

Your Role & Responsibilities as L2’s Headwear Image Specialist:

1. Image Editing and Retouching: Use software like Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and other digital tools to retouch and enhance images, correcting color, exposure, and other visual elements to achieve a polished look.
2. Image Manipulation and Compositing: Create composite images by blending elements from multiple sources, adding or removing elements, and ensuring a realistic and seamless appearance. These may be needed for catalogs, customers or other marketing materials.
3. Quality Control and Consistency: Ensure that all images meet the organization’s quality standards, maintain consistency in style, and adhere to brand guidelines across all digital assets. Review daily headwear production photos and make suggestions for improvement.
4. Color Correction and Color Matching: Adjust colors to match product specifications or creative vision, ensuring that images appear accurately on different devices and in various formats.
5. File Management and Organization: Efficiently organize, catalog, and maintain a digital image library of various headwear image projects, ensuring easy retrieval and adherence to naming conventions and metadata standards.
6. Ortery Management: Work with IT and all production facilities to manage Ortery photography equipment and software, ensuring quality standards are enhanced and maintained.
7. Collaborate with Creative Teams: Work closely with photographers, graphic designers, and other members of the creative team to understand project goals, provide image expertise, and contribute to the overall visual storytelling.
8. Prepare Images for Various Formats: Optimize images for different platforms, including web, print, and social media, ensuring the appropriate resolution, file size, and format for each. Add New and maintain updated images on Websites, in Database, iPad app, etc.
9. Stay Updated on Industry Trends and Technology: Keep up with advancements in image editing software, digital imaging techniques, and design trends to improve skills and introduce new methods.
10. Adhere to Ethical Standards and Copyright Laws: Ensure that all images are used ethically and comply with copyright laws, licensing agreements, and organizational policies.
11. Other: Work on special projects assigned by the Headwear Merchandising and Marketing team as needed.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time hourly office position, and work hours are 7am to 4pm (or 8am to 5pm) daily. Overtime may be needed.

Your Qualifications:

This position requires photography experience, strong computer knowledge, & excellent Adobe Photoshop & Creative Suite skills.

Your Attributes:

1. Outstanding time management, good judgement, and ability to manage multiple priorities/deadlines with a positive can-do attitude.
2. Extremely organized.
3. Excellent leadership; interpersonal; collaboration and verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work with others at all levels within an organization.
4. Highly productive and a strong team player who works with a sense of urgency and hands-on approach.
5. A level of self-direction and self-motivation in aligning your personal actions and areas of responsibilities within the company and understanding their fit into the bigger picture.
6. Ability to cross boundaries within the organization to enhance your effectiveness and advance your objectives and achieve results.
7. The ability to quickly adapt to, be accepted by and inter-relate with colleagues at all levels, particularly in a company with a very strong and rich corporate culture.
8. An honest and forthright individual who is flexible, coachable, upfront and direct with direct reports, peers and management.
9. Strong understanding of products offered by L2 Brands.
10. Commitment to company vision/values/brand.