Location Scout/Location Manager

Levinson Locations, Inc. is a Chicago-based locations company, specializing in providing locations for still photography, filming, and events. We’re a team of 7, growing and in need of another project manager.

We LIVE to be explorers and detectives.  Investigating the unknown with a laser focus on discovery. 

We see the forest AND the trees.  From the big picture to the smallest detail, it’s all our job.

We build relationships based on openness and honesty.  We will never bullshit you. Or anyone.

We Deliver. 

You have proven negotiation skills. Your friends marvel at your ability to always get your way. You don’t scurry away when someone says no to you. If you can’t consistently get people to say yes to you, you won’t make it here. 

You get the job done. You’re willing to stand in the rain for hours, get dirty and work a 60-hour week when needed. Your teammates will rely on you to do so, and you will rely on us.

You’re quick on your feet. You’re not afraid to jump into unfamiliar situations and can figure things out on the fly. Your well-laid plans imploding 5 minutes before a shoot won’t faze you.

You can get into anywhere and out of anything. You can talk your way out of speeding tickets, get backstage at concerts and cajole a police officer who wants to shut down your production.   

No detail escapes you. You’re able to keep track of myriad small details on multiple projects coming at you from many directions. You can juggle it all and say yes please, I’ll have another.

This position’s primary role is to provide service to clients who need locations for photo shoots and filming. As a location scout, you will pull ideas from the vast Levinson Locations library, and research and photograph potential locations for shoots. As a location manager, you will manage projects from start through completion, coordinating all location-related aspects of a job and managing the productions on set. This position requires strong communication skills, innovative thinking, teamwork, and the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects.

This position is full-time and salaried. Our regular office hours are 9am to 6pm, Monday through Friday. Don’t let that fool you. Days spent scouting or location managing are upwards of 10- or 12-hour days, per industry standards. You will be expected to be reachable most of the time.                                                            

The best description for the job duties can be found on Wikipedia when you look up “Location Manager”. Please read it through and through. You may be quizzed on your understanding of the position at your interview.

This job is not for the faint of heart.  The hours can be long, the weather can be cold or wet, and things will change just as soon as you think that you had them figured out. This job is for someone who is ambitious, flexible, savvy, quick on their feet and quick to solve problems. You should be influential, a natural leader and a great charmer of strangers. This job is also rewarding. You will be working with amazing individuals and every day you will leave the job with great feelings of accomplishment. It’s very unique.

Your skill set should be vast. One day you are writing contracts and the next day you could be photographing buildings to present to a world renowned photographer.  One day you could be directing Chicago Police to close streets in the Loop, and the next you could be talking to farmers in Wisconsin about filming their cows. 

You should be familiar with Chicago and have a great memory for people and places.

This company is hard working and growing and you have the opportunity to be part of something that is BIG and beautiful. This position is entry level in this company but your responsibilities will not seem entry level. We have an open dialogue in this office and encourage people to speak their mind. Please read our company philosophy before you apply. It can be found HERE.

NO PHONE CALLS! Calling us will disqualify you from consideration.