Photographer Lasswade, Scotland
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Photographer to join our Customer team based in our Central Support Office in Lasswade. Your role will be to support Dobbies by producing appropriate images for use across a range of media platforms. Our Photographer role offers a hybrid pattern of home working and working from our Central Support Office. You can choose to work more frequently in the office if you'd prefer.
Role Contribution
- Shooting at volume high quality ecommerce photography always adhering to brand guidelines
- Familiar with tethered shooting
- Shooting creative imagery for the wider creative team as required to brief and within the brand guidelines
- Communicating with Digital Designers regularly on any retouch specific notes
- Ensuring that cut out targets are met, and the imagery is supplied on time
- Ensuring cut out photography is evenly lit, in focus and making sure the product looks the best it can look
- Researching current styles and trends within product photography for development and growth of the Dobbies brand
- Working collaboratively with the wider team on shoot planning
- Sample management process – working closely with Buyers and BMA’s
- Keeping an organised studio
- Filing and renaming images
Systems
- Good experience with Adobe photoshop, lightroom and Capture1 software and excellent retouch knowledge
- Experience in creating/editing video and reel production for social channels
- Good knowledge of common digital capture platforms, various lighting environments, photography equipment and best practices/conventions for set safety
- Good knowledge of camera systems and lighting set ups
Personal attributes
- A portfolio that demonstrates high quality ecommerce creative photography
- Experience in a professional ecommerce studio environment a bonus
- Self-motivated but able to work within a very close-knit team
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Confident and comfortable liaising across all levels and departments
- A keen creative eye, high standards, and attention to detail
- High levels of taste and a desire to improve.
- To be able to work well under pressure and have a flexible attitude. Responds well to feedback.
- Committed to achieving the best quality imagery at all times
You’ve done a good job when….
- Images are delivered on time and on brand
- Opportunities to manage complex workload to reduce time line for delivery are taken
- Organised photo shoots managed on time and on budget
What we offer
- Holiday – enjoy a well deserved break with 33 annual leave days per year (pro-rata for part time)
- Discount – treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls
- Hybrid working – a combination of office and home working to help balance your work life balance
- Pension – save for the future with our company contributed enhanced Group Pension Plan
- Season ticket loans – spread the cost of travel with an interest free loan
- Access to Wagestream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
- Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
- Access to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes
- Study assistance – invest in your professional development with funded courses and qualifications
- The little things to keep you going through the day – free tea, coffee, and milk
- Collaborative office space – with access to our wellbeing room, and book swap
- Invites to our annual company conference, summer and Christmas social events
- And more including…Life assurance, eye care, cycle to work scheme…oh and a dog friendly office
About Dobbies
For 150 years, the Dobbies name has stood for quality. During this time we've been proud to provide the very best products and expert advice to gardeners throughout the UK.
Today Dobbies is UK's largest Garden Centre retailer with stores across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Naturally, we have one of the biggest and best ranges of quality plants and gardening equipment around. You don't have to be an avid gardener to enjoy Dobbies because, as well as having everything to make your garden grow, we have everything you need to simply relax and enjoy your garden – and much more.
