Brand Photography

We're looking for someone to become our ongoing visual storyteller — someone who can consistently deliver photos that feel bright, natural, and true to homeschooling life, month after month. This isn't necessarily a role for a professional photographer; it's a role for someone who knows our brand, loves small world play, and has a good eye. You'll work from our kit themes and shot lists to produce a mix of styled product photography and warm lifestyle imagery that captures kids and families genuinely engaging with our materials.

Your work should reflect:

• Bright, natural daylight — no harsh shadows or artificial lighting
• Clean, light backgrounds — white/off-white surfaces, pale wood tones, or soft pastels
• Colorful but uncluttered — our palette leans into yellows, aquas, reds, and greens, balanced with plenty of light and neutral space
• A brand mood that's clean and cohesive, fun and imaginative, inviting and mom-friendly

Think: the polish of a curated flat-lay account, with more color and playfulness layered in.

Flat lay & product shots

• Neatly styled, top-down photos of kit materials, worksheets, booklets, and hands-on activities
• Tidy, balanced, thoughtfully arranged layouts

Lifestyle & action shots

• Kids' hands interacting with materials — cutting, painting, sorting, exploring
• Family-style moments using the kits together (faces not required)
• Natural, warm, unposed energy

Sensory & small world play

• Styled small world scenes and sensory bins, shot in an appealing, true-to-brand way
• Close-up detail on textures, materials, and imaginative setups

A mix of angles and orientations

• Close-up detail shots alongside wider styled scenes
• Both portrait and landscape orientations, for flexibility across platforms

• Approximately 30 edited photos per month, covering new and previously released kits
• A mix of product, lifestyle, and detail shots each month
• High-resolution files suitable for both print and web
• Files clearly labeled by kit/theme
• Delivered via shared drive or an agreed-upon folder structure

Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and our website — so consistency across the set matters. We're looking for a recognizable, cohesive look that still feels authentic, not staged.

We'll check in monthly to:

• Review upcoming kit themes and shot lists
• Confirm timeline and deliverables
• Discuss compensation for the month's scope

• You don't need to be a professional photographer — we care more about eye and fit than formal training or gear
• You're already familiar with Schoolhouse Discoveries and comfortable using our kits, or genuinely excited to get to know them
• You have experience with small world play and understand how to style and shoot it in an appealing way
• You have an eye for clean, bright, natural-light photography — product/flat-lay, lifestyle, or both
• You're comfortable styling your own shots or working from a shot list
• You can turn around a consistent monthly deliverable reliably

Fill out the form and include a link to your portfolio (or Instagram) along with a couple of sentences on what draws you to this kind of work. We'd love to see examples of both styled product shots and natural lifestyle photography if you have them.