Food Stylist
Mittera
Date: 21 hours ago
City: Des Moines, IA
Contract type: Full time

Description
The Food Stylist works with a broad team of creatives, photographers, clients, production personnel and others to create high quality and aesthetically pleasing food images for print and video content advertising across multiple media platforms. A strong background with food or prop styling is needed.
This is a diverse and hands-on job. The role involves developing new recipes, sourcing ingredients or props by working with buyers or shopping for them and preparing food. Food stylists may collaborate with other food stylists, or creatives on best practices and food and photography trends.
What You’ll Do
Mittera is a leading-edge company that provides commercial and digital printing, finishing, graphic design, data analytics, direct mail processing, and fulfillment services. Mittera's full-service approach connects data-driven revelations, bar-raising creative, and expertly printed materials to give our customers' brand recognition it deserves. Competitive compensation and robust benefits plans are offered. Benefits include:
The Food Stylist works with a broad team of creatives, photographers, clients, production personnel and others to create high quality and aesthetically pleasing food images for print and video content advertising across multiple media platforms. A strong background with food or prop styling is needed.
This is a diverse and hands-on job. The role involves developing new recipes, sourcing ingredients or props by working with buyers or shopping for them and preparing food. Food stylists may collaborate with other food stylists, or creatives on best practices and food and photography trends.
What You’ll Do
- Prepare food for photography
- Detailed knowledge of food prep, kitchen etiquette and safety
- Provide onset styling of food for catalog, ecomm and lifestyle photo shoots
- Collaborate with all studio and design partners to ensure styling and photography is on brand
- Develop and write recipes with some understanding of nutritional values and analysis
- Must be able take direction and communicate with directors and clients
- Act as a positive team player who does not hesitate to jump in when additional support is needed
- Responsible for the timely completion and accuracy of photography
- Maintain an organized and clean prep area and on-set zone
- Assist with other tasks or duties as assigned
- 2-3 years styling food and/or assisting food stylists in a commercial photo studio
- Portfolio demonstrating your work and expertise
- Friendly, enthusiastic, and eager to learn and contribute
- Ability to multi-task, organize, and problem-solve under tight deadlines
- Flexible, and able to respond immediately to business changes and priorities
- Ability to accept constructive criticism and adapt or modify as needed?
- Proactive and self-motivated individual with a passion for creative
- Periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Periods of standing, bending and walking through photo sets
- Must be able to lift up to 20-40 pounds at times
- Must be able to access and navigate each department in the facility
Mittera is a leading-edge company that provides commercial and digital printing, finishing, graphic design, data analytics, direct mail processing, and fulfillment services. Mittera's full-service approach connects data-driven revelations, bar-raising creative, and expertly printed materials to give our customers' brand recognition it deserves. Competitive compensation and robust benefits plans are offered. Benefits include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and AD&D Policies
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- 401K with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
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