General Manager – Lomography USA (NYC)

Do you embrace challenges and want to work in a fast-paced, multicultural, creative environment? Are you hardworking and interested in photography and filmmaking products? If you enjoy sales and marketing in the U.S. and Canada, leading and motivating a small, ambitious team, as well as administering a Brooklyn-based office, you may be the person we’re looking for!

As a globally active brand and organization dedicated to experimental and creative analogue photography and filmmaking, we develop and market Lomography-branded analogue photo cameras, film, photo and movie lenses, and accessories. We distribute our products via the international Lomography websites and our retail network, including photo, design, museum, department and lifestyle stores.

Lomography is headquartered in Vienna and has subsidiaries in London, Paris, NYC, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Manila. For our subsidiary in NYC, we are looking for a General Manager to operate and further develop Lomography’s business in the U.S. and Canada. We seek a sharp mind and ambition, combined with strong communication skills, curiosity, education and experience in both leadership and sales and marketing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Leads and develops a team currently consisting of five members

• Maintains and further develops existing high standards, efficiency and close ties with headquarters across all subsidiary operations – marketing and sales, finance, HR, logistics and administration, and customer service

• Implements new headquarters strategies, policies and guidelines in support of organizational goals

• Develops the markets and grows sales and revenue in the U.S. and Canada to their full potential (online, wholesale and corporate incentive/collaboration projects)

• Recruits and develops new team members

• Develops dedicated new marketing and sales strategies for the U.S. and Canada markets

• Conducts regular staff performance reviews

Your Profile

• Relevant bachelor’s degree (an advanced degree is preferred but not required)

• Proven experience (minimum three years) as an operations, department or general manager, or in a similar executive role

• Knowledge of Lomography and analogue photography in general is an advantage

• Knowledge of general business processes and functions (finance, HR, sales, marketing, operations etc.)

• Motivated self-starter

• Interest in arts, culture and design

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Outstanding computer literacy

• Strong analytical and logical skills, with strategic ability

• In-depth knowledge of planning, implementation, and risk assessment

• Exceptional organizational and leadership skills

• Highly dependable and detail-oriented

• Available immediately for hiring

What We Offer

• The opportunity to contribute to the Lomography legacy and to interact with a large community of creative individuals

• Join a passionate, inclusive environment that values individuality, innovation and a shared love for analogue photography

• Be part of a dynamic, multicultural team with connections to Lomography colleagues around the world

• Experience our international culture firsthand with trips to our Vienna HQ

• Test all the Lomography gear you ever dreamed of and more

• Contribute to a renowned global brand with ample learning and growth opportunities

Employment

• Full-time, on site

• Salary range: from $65,000, actual compensation to be discussed based on skills and experience

• Benefits package: PTO, medical, dental and vision plans (terms apply), discounted MetroCard, employee discounts on Lomography products

• Location: Brooklyn NYC, near Dumbo area

• Start date: as soon as possible

About Lomography

The Lomographic Society International was originally established in 1992 in Vienna, Austria, by a group of offbeat students as an arts movement that soon grew into an international Community and brand. In 1998, Lomography established its first subsidiary in NYC.

Lomography.com launched in 1996 and is now available in 17 languages (.fr, .jp, .de and more). Our products can be ordered from almost anywhere in the world through our online shop and are shipped internationally within a few days. The Lomography web platform also hosts an online photo Magazine, photography school, travel guides and an archive with over 18 million artistic photos – all for our international Lomography Community of over 1.5 million members.

We also distribute our products through a vast network of valued retail partners in the U.S. and Canada, including MoMa NY, Treehouse Photo Lab Hawaii, Blue Moon Camera, Photo Dom and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.

Lomography cameras and products are customized for some of the world’s most prestigious individuals, organizations and brands including Saint Laurent, Zara Home, Armani, Fred Perry, The White Stripes, William Klein, Coachella, Hard Rock Hotels, Conrad Hotels, New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Third Man Records and many more.

Find out more about Lomography at lomography.com! Browse our shop, Magazine, photo archive, events and vibrant Community of analog photographers.