The Boston Beer Company is seeking an Associate Creative Designer – Studio to join their in-house creative team. This entry-level hybrid role involves supporting studio photography and post-production to create high-quality product and merchandise imagery for their brands.
Responsibilities
- Participate in pre production and post production meetings, supporting planning, execution, and wrap up of studio shoots
- Support shoot day studio operations, including set preparation, pre lighting, scene setup and styling, shoot execution, and breakdown
- Capture small set product and merchandise photography for e commerce and digital channels, maintaining a high standard of detail, consistency, and quality
- Perform general retouching and image refinement in Adobe Photoshop, including color correction, cleanup, masking, layering, and blending to create realistic, believable imagery
- Create and support basic to intermediate compositing workflows using Adobe Dimension, including scene layout, object placement, perspective alignment, and lighting refinement
- Utilize AI generated asset creation for compositing, integrating AI assisted elements into photo based scenes with close attention to realism, scale, and consistency
- Apply a strong artistic eye and spatial awareness when composing imagery, ensuring appropriate scale, depth, balance, and visual cohesion
- Track projects and communicate timelines, status, and deliverables using Workfront, supporting project logistics and workflow visibility
- Take creative direction from the Creative Director, Art Directors, and senior studio team during shoots and post production
- Collaborate cross functionally to deliver consistent, polished, and on brand visuals across multiple brands
- Organize, process, and deliver final assets following established studio workflows, file naming conventions, and quality standards
Skills
- Foundational understanding of studio lighting principles, with the ability to assist and execute under guidance
- Experience shooting with Canon cameras (R5 preferred) or equivalent systems
- Working knowledge of Capture One for tethered capture, image review, and selects
- Exposure to small set product and merchandise photography
- Strong attention to detail, consistency, and image quality
- Ability to take feedback, follow direction, and learn from senior creative leadership
- Comfort supporting studio setup, breakdown and photography equipment care
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
- Basic to intermediate retouching skills, including: Product cleanup and dust removal, Color correction and tonal balancing, Introductory texture refinement
- Basic to intermediate compositing skills, including masking, layering, and asset blending
- Experience or exposure to Adobe Dimension, including: Scene building and object placement, Perspective and scale alignment, Lighting and shadow refinement for realism
- Familiarity with integrating stock and AI assisted imagery under guidance
- Strong file organization skills, with attention to versioning, color management, and delivery accuracy
Benefits
- Generous healthcare on day one
- Stock purchase plan
- 401k
- Tuition reimbursement
- Fertility/adoption support
- Free financial coaching
- Health & wellness program and discounts
- Professional development & training
- Free beer!
Company Overview
We are The Boston Beer Company and together we are heavy. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://bostonbeer.com/.