COSTAR GROUP - RESEARCH PHOTOGRAPHER, SEVILLE OVERVIEW CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.
Included in the S&P; 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitise the world's real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.
We've continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.
We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.
This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.
By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.
We are looking for Research Photographers who will support us as we build out an in-depth understanding of the commercial real estate of Seville and surrounding areas.
This role is responsible for ensuring that the CoStar products are representing the most current and accurate information and photographs on commercial properties and listings through on-site inspections within the assigned geography.
Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment (Canon R6 and 17-35mm lens or similar, drone where applicable, iPad, laptop, smartphone, mobile wi-fi and traveling via foot/public transport or hybrid research vehicle when necessary) our Research Photographers canvass the market to identify and capture commercial listings, properties, building attributes, tenants and photographs not represented in the CoStar database.
Research Photographers are remotely managed by a Photography Manager.
RESPONSIBILITIES Drive or walk assigned submarkets within core territories to collect the required imagery, information and updates - including: identifying new availabilities, missing inventory, updating construction status, adding up to date high resolution images where required.
Cross-reference new leads with current information on CoStar database by researching sales and lease comparable data.
Once satisfied that the information is new, collect building data and contact information on property and send to in-house Research team.
Photograph and collect building attribute data and contact information on all commercial properties with for lease and for sale signs working in entire assigned territory.
While in front of the targeted property, collect all visible data fields about the property including, but not limited to, the address, building type, # of stories, gross building area, building height, industrial loading information, retail specific details.
Use Adobe software suite to post process digital images.
Create footprint and rooftop geocode for each building using polygon tool in field mapping software.
Associate any assigned tenant locations to polygon, and photograph tenant space.
Follow daily Research Photography procedures including: quality communication to your Photography Manager to ensure assignments are efficiently carried and completed within a predefined time frame, and accurately logging working time and providing production updates.
Upload data and images collected on the day the properties are canvassed.
Photograph and collect data on multiple properties per day predefined by your manager.
Visually scan commercial properties in assigned submarket while driving or walking, resulting in the target number of potential listings (leasing and/or sale signs) per day when working on lead project.
Abide by CoStar safety standards.
Maintain company vehicle and equipment.
Represent CoStar in a professional manner at all times.
Participate in monthly conference calls with sales and research teams.
Represent Research Photography at occasional trade functions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Repetitive and frequent standing, seeing, sitting and walking up to 8 hours per day.
Holding 2kgs in one hand for 5 minutes.
Repetitive hand and arm movements needed to type and write.
Exposed to various weather conditions each day.
Exposed to both vehicle noise and possible car exhaust fumes.
QUALIFICATIONS A full local driving license (clean record preferred) is essential.
Reading/writing proficiency in English and Spanish.
Technical proficiency in digital photography and post processing via the use of the Adobe suite of products; Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro.
A willingness to travel to work across the country on special field related projects.
An existing portfolio of property exterior and interiors imagery.
Excellent communication (oral and written) and organizational skills.
Flexible, with the ability to pose.
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