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Location: Remote
Commitment: Contract (40 hours/week), paid bi-weekly, Contract-to-hire
About Us
Open Homes is a premier real estate photography, marketing, and technology company serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We support thousands of agents with world-class visuals, property websites, and an industry-leading order and content platform, Atrium.
We combine high-end creative production with cutting-edge software, giving photographers, editors, and clients a seamless and beautifully crafted experience.
Open Homes is seeking a highly skilled and creatively driven Real Estate Photography Post Production Manager to lead our photo editing pipeline, own our visual aesthetic, and help build the future of technology-assisted image production.
This is a leadership role suited for someone who is equal parts high-end real estate photo editing expert, creative director, team leader, and workflow architect. You’ll oversee the full post-production experience—both human and AI-assited—while working closely with product and engineering teams to scale our post-production capabilities inside our internal platform, Atrium.
If you’re passionate about world-class real estate imagery, know how to build and lead post-production teams, and want to shape the next generation of automated + human photo editing… we want to meet you.
Role Summary
The Real Estate Photography Post Production Manager will:
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Lead Open Homes’ real estate photo editing pipeline
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Manage and train a distributed team of photo editors
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Maintain and evolve our signature luxury aesthetic
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Collaborate directly with product & engineering on software automation, QC/QA workflows, and AI-assisted editing
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Ensure every delivered image represents the very best in the industry
Key Responsibilities
Post Production Leadership
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Oversee the complete photo editing pipeline for thousands of annual real estate shoots
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Build, manage, and mentor a team of global photo editors
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Develop SOPs, quality standards, and training materials
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Ensure delivery consistency, accuracy, and fast turnaround times
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Lead final QC for premium shoots, complex retouching, and high-value listings
Aesthetic Ownership
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Maintain and evolve Open Homes’ luxury photography aesthetic
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Collaborate with photographers and internal creative leaders to refine and define the “Open Homes look”
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Create new editing styles, presets, or aesthetic packages for clients
AI/Hybrid Workflow Development
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Help design the transition to hybrid editing: ML/LLM input correction
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Provide creative and operational input to help engineers build automated tools
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Test new AI-based editing models and provide structured feedback
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Help refine QC/QA checkpoints and ensure accurate technical workflows
Product & Engineering Collaboration
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Partner with PMs and developers to evolve our internal platform (Atrium) with real world editor narratives
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Improve photo ingest, editing, delivery, and QC workflows
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Advocate for the needs of photographers, editors, and clients within the product roadmap
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Help shape next-gen photo editing automation features
Client & Photographer Support
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Act as a subject matter expert for high-end photography and retouching
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Provide guidance to photographers on shoot quality, lighting, and composition
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Communicate directly with clients when needed for complex or VIP requests
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Help resolve escalations related to image quality or creative direction
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Assist the Customer Experience team with addressing feedback and implementing improvements
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise
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5+ years professional real estate photography editing or retouching
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Mastery of:
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Lightroom
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Affinity Photo
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High-volume RAW file workflows, HDR/Flambient, color correction, sky replacement, window pulls
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Strong understanding of image quality, composition, dynamic range, and exposure balancing
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Experience running or managing a photo editing team or studio
Leadership & Operations
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Proven ability to hire, train, and manage editors
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Experience creating workflows, SOPs, QC steps, and editorial guidelines
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Comfortable reviewing and giving constructive feedback
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Strong communication skills and remote management experience
AI & Technical Collaboration
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Understanding of LLM- or AI-assisted editing tools (bonus if hands-on)
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Ability to collaborate with engineering + product teams
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Comfortable testing and giving feedback on developing software features
Bonus Experience (Nice-to-Haves)
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Experience at a real estate marketing or luxury creative agency
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Familiarity with GPT-based image manipulation workflows
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Experience working with overseas editors
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Knowledge of real estate brands, MLS rules, and agent expectations
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Product development or QA experience
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Photography background (bonus, not required)
