Employee Handbook.
88 ELLIE VAYO’S GUIDE TO BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY
EMPLOYEEHANDBOOK
(Revised March 2007)
About the Company.
Welcome to Ellie Vayo Photography, Inc. We are sure that you have many questions
about our company and its workings, procedures, functions, and your role here. We
have prepared this employee handbook to help answer these questions for you. Al-
ways feel free to speak to your supervisor with regard to questions, suggestions, or
problems that may confront you. We feel sure that our company has made the right
decision in hiring you and that you have made the right choice in joining us. We are
proud of the people who make up our company team.
We feel that there is opportunity and challenge for everyone, regardless of
position.
To all new employees, we extend a hearty welcome, and wish you a rewarding fu-
ture here at Ellie Vayo Photography.
Our Studios.
Ellie Vayo started the company in 1979 out of her home. The growth of the business
required Ellie to obtain a storefront on Mentor Avenue. The business was later
moved to its current location in historic Mentor, where it has grown to be one of the
largest and most successful photography studios in the country today.
Our building is a historical stone cottage built in the 1940s. The stone used in
this building was taken from the old Fairport Harbor break wall. The 3,500 sq. ft.
area offers the space to work with more than one client at a time. The studio is sit-
uated on a fully landscaped half-acre lot which includes a gazebo, beach, swing,
barn, stone waterfall, and much more!
In 2005, Ellie Vayo Photography opened a new location in Solon. We also have a
satellite studio in Miami, FL.
Our Philosophy.
From the moment Ellie started her business, the goal has been to deliver the best-
possible product and customer service to our clients. Our success is due to hiring
bright and talented people who work well together toward that common goal. The
company’s past growth is the result of each employee’s hard work. Future growth
depends on our additional efforts as a team.
Every service and function that we perform here is a team effort. Every person
here is expected to do his or her job well. With the support we give each other and
the excitement and enthusiasm we generate together, excellence never seems far
from our collective reach. Please join us in this team philosophy. We are a company
that is expanding and moving constantly on to new and different challenges. We
cannot do it without you!
Every service and function
that we perform here is a
team effort.
