Job Description

What You'll Do:

Create high-quality video and photography that brings the brand to life across executive communications, events, external campaigns, and digital channels.  This role captures video content, shoots portraits and still imagery to defined brand standards, and contributes to the ongoing evolution of our visual style. This is a hands-on production role with direct interaction with executives and frequent travel to conferences, off-site events and on-location shoots. 

 

Essential functions:  

• Partner with clients and the studio team to define the creative approach, and production plan for film and photography projects of all sizes while ensuring brand alignment, quality, budget, and timeline.
• Serve as the primary portrait photographer for the company, delivering consistent on-brand portraits in studio and on location.
• Travel to conferences and off-sites to capture events and on-the-ground content while working independently and professionally with senior leaders.
• Partner with and coordinate external vendors or freelancers when specialized support for larger scale productions or broader audio/visual resources are required.

Who You Are:

We are looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with 4+years of professional experience in video capture, portrait photography, and on-location production.
• Strategic thinking, creativity and storytelling instincts within a brand environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with clients and senior leaders and represent the brand professionally.
• Proficient with Canon EOS / Cinema systems and related production equipment (lighting, audio, stabilization), and Apple ecosystem.
• Experience creating content intended for social-first distribution (framing, pacing, orientation and platform considerations).
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite including Premiere for rough cuts and selects (in collaboration with internal editors), Photoshop for retouching, and Lightroom as the primary tool for capture, editing, and cataloging of photo assets.
• Skilled in set design and lighting for multiple looks, with experience in audio recording and basic audio editing, and familiarity with color correction/grading to support hand-off to post.
• Strong file naming, metadata, and hand-off discipline from camera through delivery
• Understanding and influence corporate brand guidelines for visual content.
• Demonstrated interest in leading the adoption of AI within production workflow (for planning, selects, QC or efficiency gains).
• Familiarity with working in project management or workflow systems (g.Wrike, Asana, Workfront, etc.).
• Thrives in a highly collaborative environment working alongside other in-house creatives.
• Ability to travel up to 25 percent for conferences, executive events and on-location shoots.
• Ability to exert 20–50  lbs occasionally and 10–25  lbs frequently in handling gear and travel cases.
• Online/digital portfolio required.

Salary Range Information: Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary Range: $71250 - $116850 / year Time Off Program: Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:

Job Level

We’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experience and skills.

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees – individually and all of us together. Explore our core values , benefits and why we’re an exceptional place to grow your career.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window: We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline. Date First Posted (TTF): 11/20/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 12/9/2025

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Temporary work, Work experience placement, Freelance, H1b, Work at office, Flexible hours,

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