Mid-Weight Photographer (Fashion & Still Life)

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a role that gives you the chance to work in a highly creative team to produce cutting-edge, inspiring digital content? Are you searching for a role that gives you the opportunity to work for a business renowned for its style, creative flair and innovative approach? Looking for a company that wants to help further your career in Photography, as well as provide you with an exciting, inspiring and fun place to work?

If the answer to all of these questions is ‘yes’ then you’re just the kind of person we’re looking for!

Role Responsibility

Selfridges is looking for a talented and experienced Mid-Weight Photographer to join its fast-paced, high-energy Photo studio department. Comprised of various teams including Styling, Art Direction, Content, Retouch, HMU & Production, you will be working collaboratively with highly creative individuals helping to produce inspiring and accurate content that gives our customers an extraordinary digital experience whilst ensuring daily targets are achieved. Reporting into the Photography Manager, you will be helping to drive a highly creative vision, implement the ecommerce strategy and maintain the highest quality photographic content. You will work closely with the wider Photo-studio management team and our brand partners to align creative goals and ensure consistency as well as helping to drive forward the vision for our digital platforms.

As a Mid-Weight Photographer you will:

• Be responsible for helping drive the Selfridges creative vision. Spending time each day on set shooting RTW men’s & women’s e-commerce fashion imagery & collaborating with the onset Art Director, Stylist and Digi op & HMU.
• Shooting Castings.
• Edit images which have been captured on set, looking at image selecting, crop and ensure it adheres to our guides.
• Attend meetings, participating and sharing ideas & concepts. Cascading information to the team in weekly meetings.
• Look to improve and implement workflow process to further aid the Photography team.
• Collaborate closely with the Art Direction & Styling Management team with the aim of improving workflow practices.
• Facilitate business initiatives by working with the wider creative team by shooting Christmas hampers & non seasonal hampers throughout the year.
• Working on pre-shooting RTW and still life in showrooms overseas.
• Build relationships with the Retouching team, establishing new workflow practices, aligning process along the way.
• Continue to drive team moral, supporting a culture that stimulates creatives to display their true potential.
• Build on and forge new relationships within the wider business.

The Ideal Candidate

• We are looking for a highly creative individual that has prior industry experience in e-commerce and fashion & still life editorial.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills, directing the models in accordance with a brief.
• Confident in articulating creative briefs to team members and stakeholders.
• Have an invested interest in photography and fashion industry.
• Strong brand awareness & competitor knowledge
• Extensive knowledge of leading a team, by having clear communication skills, and being confident in providing feedback.
• Strong brand awareness with luxury brands.
• Quick decision making in a highly reactive environment, employing a ‘can do’ attitude and having the willingness to always go extra mile.
• The ability to multi-task, prioritising workloads and working well under pressure. Keeping a calm head at all times
• Proficiency in photographic processes, understanding industry standard software packages which include Capture One, Zerene Stacker, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Demonstrate a high attention to detail whilst working in a past paced e-commerce studio.
• Experienced. You will have previous experience leading a team within a luxury fashion ecommerce environment is essential as you will also be responsible for facilitating requests from the wider business. It is essential to have experience in creative still life photography & editorial fashion.
• You must be a team player and a good leader with the ability to work well in a pressured environment. With your industry experience you will bring to the table new ways of working, helping drive the creative vision forwards.

About the Company

Our Creative Spirit 

We are more than a shop. We are a social space where culture and commerce collide to release an energy that we call the Selfridges spirit. We are here to make our world brighter, and everyone is welcome. 

Our Awards Cabinet 

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign.  

Our Future 

Since 1909 we have been at the forefront of retail and today our stores in London, Manchester and Birmingham – alongside selfridges.com and the Selfridges App – continue to redefine the way we shop and socialise. As a Selfridges team member, you will learn what it takes to consistently drive innovation, success and amazing customer experiences. 

Everyone is welcome

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive working culture, and we see this as key to our success and our working culture. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome - irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all. We are diverse, we are inclusive, we are Selfridges.

The Fun Stuff  

There are lots of reasons to be excited about joining Team Selfridges – from our fantastic team member communities to volunteer days and behind-the-scenes Selfridges experiences throughout the year. 

Other benefits and rewards include:

• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme 
• Discounted gym memberships Pension contributions  
• Annual travel pass and cycle to work schemes 
• A volunteer day for all team members 
• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development

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