Head of Photography - Studio Lead for Global Campaigns

Huda Beauty; Dubai; Presencial; AED 300 000 - 540 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Self-Love Days

Medical/Dental/Vision

Coaching sessions

Employee discounts

Product gifting

Resumo da oferta

Huda Beauty is seeking a Head of Photography to lead our in-house Creative Agency's photography function. You will translate creative direction into high-quality assets and oversee shoots from concept to final delivery across regional markets.

The role reports to the Art Director and will manage a Senior Photographer and Post Production Artist, owning workflows, asset management, and standards. A senior commercial photographer with leadership experience is required.

Qualificações

• 7+ years of professional experience in commercial photography, with experience in a senior photographer, photography lead, or photography management role
• Strong professional studio photography background, with extensive expertise in lighting, digital capture, composition, cameras, lenses, tethering, and studio equipment
• Proven experience translating creative direction into high-quality photographic execution across multiple channels
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing photographers, post-production artists, retouchers, or other creative specialists
• Strong understanding of professional photography post-production, retouching, color management, quality control, and final asset preparation
• Experience managing photography assets, storage, file structures, version control, exports, and delivery at scale
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage a team and collaborate effectively with Creative, Production, Marketing, E-commerce, Design, and regional stakeholders
• Exceptional attention to detail and a highly developed visual eye
• Strong working knowledge of Capture One and Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop
• Experience managing photography studios, equipment inventories, maintenance, and procurement
• Experience working within beauty, fashion, luxury, or high-end commercial photography is strongly preferred
• Strong studio photography experience is preferred, particularly across beauty, product, and controlled-lighting environments
• Experience working within a global brand or managing assets for distribution across multiple markets is a plus
• Experience with digital asset management and creative production tracking systems is a plus
• Knowledge of emerging AI tools and technologies relevant to photography and post-production is a plus
• Monthly "Self-Love Days" - at company discretion
• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
• Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
• Quarterly product gifting

Responsabilidades

• Translate approved creative direction into photographic execution, ensuring the intended visual direction is accurately brought to life
• Lead photography across campaigns, product, e-commerce, social, and other creative productions, maintaining a consistently high creative and technical standard
• Provide senior photographic expertise across lighting, composition, camera, lenses, digital capture, and studio photography
• Oversee photographic execution across shoots, providing senior-level direction on lighting, camera setup, capture, and visual execution while ensuring work aligns with the approved creative direction
• Will lead a team of inhouse photographers and retouchers, setting priorities, providing feedback, and ensuring work is delivered to the required creative and technical standard
• Own the photography workflow from captured assets through selects, post-production, quality control, final exports, and delivery
• Oversee internal and external retouching and post-production workflows, managing feedback, revisions, approvals, and timelines
• Review photography and final retouched assets for creative quality, color, product accuracy, consistency, and technical specifications
• Own photography asset management and final delivery, ensuring files are correctly organized, stored, versioned, exported, and prepared for distribution across regional markets
• Manage the photography studio and equipment ecosystem, including cameras, lenses, lighting, grip, tethering systems, storage, and related infrastructure
• Oversee equipment maintenance, inventory, procurement, and replacement requirements to ensure the studio remains fully operational and fit for purpose
• Establish and maintain photography and post-production standards and processes, identifying opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability
• Work with the in-house Production team to support the successful execution of photography projects, providing photography-specific requirements and technical direction as needed
• Coordinate with external photography and post-production vendors to secure additional support and capacity as required.
• 7+ years of professional experience in commercial photography, with experience in a senior photographer, photography lead, or photography management role
• Strong professional studio photography background, with extensive expertise in lighting, digital capture, composition, cameras, lenses, tethering, and studio equipment
• Proven experience translating creative direction into high-quality photographic execution across multiple channels
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing photographers, post-production artists, retouchers, or other creative specialists
• Strong understanding of professional photography post-production, retouching, color management, quality control, and final asset preparation
• Experience managing photography assets, storage, file structures, version control, exports, and delivery at scale
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage a team and collaborate effectively with Creative, Production, Marketing, E-commerce, Design, and regional stakeholders
• Exceptional attention to detail and a highly developed visual eye
• Strong working knowledge of Capture One and Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop
• Experience managing photography studios, equipment inventories, maintenance, and procurement
• Experience working within beauty, fashion, luxury, or high-end commercial photography is strongly preferred
• Strong studio photography experience is preferred, particularly across beauty, product, and controlled-lighting environments
• Experience working within a global brand or managing assets for distribution across multiple markets is a plus
• Experience with digital asset management and creative production tracking systems is a plus
• Knowledge of emerging AI tools and technologies relevant to photography and post-production is a plus
• Monthly Self-Love Days - at company discretion
• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
• Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
• Quarterly product gifting

Conhecimentos

Studio photography

Lighting expertise

Digital capture

Tethered shooting

Camera equipment

Team leadership

Post-production

Color management

Asset management

Creative direction

Ferramentas

Capture One

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Lightroom

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Huda Beauty is seeking a Head of Photography to lead our in-house Creative Agency's photography function. You will translate creative direction into high-quality assets and oversee shoots from concept to final delivery across regional markets.

The role reports to the Art Director and will manage a Senior Photographer and Post Production Artist, owning workflows, asset management, and standards. A senior commercial photographer with leadership experience is required.