Careers

Would you like to work at Wonderful Machine?

Wonderful Machine is a production agency with a network of 577 photographers in 48 countries and 65 staff members in 11 countries. We connect our photographers with prospective clients who work at publications, agencies, and brands. We also provide a variety of consulting services for photographers and we produce photo and video shoots for publications, agencies, and brands.

An Overview

Data Management/Business Development

• Our junior staff members start out updating our database of clients, photographers, crew, agents, and resources.
• They correspond with these contacts and invite them to capabilities calls.
• They attend, and eventually lead those calls.

Content Marketing

• Our mid-level staff members work on our Publicity team, where they write, edit, and share articles and other content to broadcast our message.
• They post content on our blog, send out email campaigns, and share on social media.
• They also work on our Membership team, where they learn about customer service and curating photography.

Consulting/Production

• Our senior staff members work for individual customers, helping them with marketing, design, photo editing, technology, estimates, or shoot production.

We hire people at all stages of their careers, but we make a special effort to provide opportunities for university students and recent graduates. Everyone who joins our company starts in a data management role. Depending on their interests, skills, and experience, we move them through various roles to help them grow as quickly as possible.

Skill Development

• You’ll work in a variety of roles to develop your skills, responsibilities, and compensation.
• You’ll learn about our company by meeting with the other people in your department to ask questions and get feedback on your work.
• You’ll learn about our industry by attending capabilities calls with prospective customers.

Career Growth

• After an introduction to data management, new staff can work in our Publicity department to learn about content marketing or our Membership department to learn more about photo curation and customer service.
• After sufficient experience with data management, content marketing, and/or membership, our staff members may have the opportunity to grow into a consulting or production role in one or more areas such as marketing, photo editing, design, technology, pricing and negotiating, and shoot production.

Basic Requirements

• A MacBook (2017 model or newer) to use our CRM software.
• English proficiency (spoken and written) is the common language for our staff and our customers.
• An interest in photography, video, marketing, communications, advertising.
• An eagerness to work hard, learn, collaborate, and grow.
• A friendly personality that will make it easy for our staff members and customers to work with you.
• Conscientiousness that will allow our staff members and customers to trust you.
• We tend to start people out working about 20 hours/week. Over time, if things go well, we may be able to offer more hours and a higher hourly rate.

How to Apply

If you’re interested in joining Wonderful Machine, email Sankha Wanigasekara.

• Send him your LinkedIn profile with a brief description of your current school or work situation and your future career goals.
• Please also include your CV as a PDF attachment in the email.

He’ll let you know if we have an opening that suits you. If so, he’ll invite you to a video call to explain more about the job and about our company and answer any questions you may have.