About KommandoStore:
KommandoStore is a military surplus and outdoors webstore based in central Rapid City. We sell a wide variety of clothing and equipment—from US night vision devices to Austrian leather boots. Our business is built on a high volume of online sales, supported by excellent digital marketing, and a constantly changing catalog of products. We understand our digital subcultures, and we work hard to give them exactly what they want. In any given week we aim for two unique sales events. This relatively high tempo accelerates the growth and development of junior employees across the company. After a short training period in their department (usually 1-2 weeks), new employees are entrusted with real, meaningful work. Due to Kommando's small size and flat structure, it's easy to see the results of your efforts right away. And we aggressively compensate employees based on these results.
More About Us:
KommandoStore was founded in 2013, and recently relocated to South Dakota in 2020. Since our move we have experienced a period of incredibly high growth, roughly quadrupling the company. As far as this trend goes, 2022 appears to be no exception, and we are aggressively hiring to support our continued success.
We are looking for a qualified candidate to assist with our studio photography and videography pipelines at KommandoStore
Studio Photography:
We have fairly high standards for media capture and processing. Our current studio workflows aim for consistency between shots. This demands careful attention during media capture to ensure matching composition, lighting, color, and scale (as well as an attractive outcome.)
Our studio work is roughly split 60% product photography/videography and 40% model photography/videography. Experience with outdoor/action photography is a big plus but is absolutely not required in order to apply.
Photo Editing:
One of the most significant bottlenecks we face is the post-processing of captured media. Our photography undergoes a pretty significant post-capture QC process. Culling, cleaning, masking, retouching, color correction & reformatting for various uses (web, email etc.) takes quite a bit of our team's time and effort.
Likewise, we are looking to greatly expand the amount of video content we produce but are currently limited by available man hours (most of which is going to our photography pipelines.)
Our current software focus is on Lightroom, Photoshop, Audition, and Premier for the above tasks.
Examples of Our Team's Work:
Our webstore relies heavily on visual media, so it's easy to get a feel for the kinds of photography and videography that we do. The best place to start is probably our webstore KommandoStore.com. It's also worth checking out our Instagram and Youtube accounts.
Compensation:
We are starting qualified candidates at $19-25.50/hr depending on past experience and qualifications. We assess progression quarterly and will work to aggressively increase compensation in line with your performance with us. Our philosophy is simple, we tie raises and incentives to measurable work metrics. The company should succeed and grow because of your efforts---and we're happy to reward that.
A range of benefits are available including relocation packages, health insurance, dental insurance, paid time off, housing and commuter stipends (and more.) We tend to work with our employees throughout their time with us to ensure that they get a specific benefits package tailored to meet their ongoing needs.
Outside of work, the Black Hills affords excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation. Whether its shooting, hiking, climbing, camping, biking, fishing---if you name it, it's out here. We encourage all of our employees to take advantage of the wonderful environment in our back yard. KommandoStore frequently organizes or sponsors company outings, training events, etc.
Core Requirements:
- Actively interested in our core competency i.e. military/public safety, shooting, and outdoors products.
- Working knowledge of lighting for studio photo and video capture
- Technical proficiency in lightroom and photoshop (culling, cleaning, masking, recoloring, color correction etc.)
- High degree of proficiency with studio photography
- Ability to adapt, learn, and contribute to our workflows
- Strong organization skills and time management skills
- Good communication skills, and strong commitment to continual improvement
- (Optional) Print/Digital graphic design experience, video editing experience
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.00 - $25.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision insurance
Compensation package:
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Rapid City, SD: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)
Application Question(s):
- Please provide link(s) to your portfolios or personal websites
- Are you comfortable working around firearms? Our business is part of the US firearms industry and holds firearms licensing. Guns are frequently used in photos and promotional material for our products.
- We preform pre-employment background checks. We cannot hire you if you are a felon or have a history of drug use or violence. KommandoStore is a drug free workplace. Please do not continue your application if you are ineligible to apply.
Experience:
- Paid Photography: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person