Creative Food & Product Photographer for Brand Campaigns

McCormick & Company, Incorporated; England; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

McCormick & Company is seeking a Food & Product Photographer to deliver high-quality images for website, e-commerce, and digital campaigns. You will work closely with a food stylist and a content producer as part of McCormick’s internal content production team serving the EMEA brands.

You will photograph products, edit images with color correction and retouching, and manage assets within the digital DAM. A portfolio of food photography and proficiency in Photoshop/Lightroom are required.

Qualifications

• A degree in Photography or relevant experience.
• Proven experience in shooting food photography with a portfolio of images.
• Flexible and positive mindset – internal deadlines and priorities are constantly changing.
• Team player - must work daily with other creatives to produce content together.
• Able to take constructive feedback and action on it in real time, to make changes to images.
• Proficiency with Adobe (Photoshop and Lightroom). Ability to retouch, edit and colour correct photos.

Responsibilities

• Photograph products, ingredients, and finished dishes for use on website, print and social channels.
• Edit images (inclusive of colour correction, size cropping and photoshop corrections) and upload to McCormick’s digital content database. Also, gather and upload photography from external contract photographers to the McCormick DAM (Digital Asset Manager).
• Work with content producers to understand project scope and objectives. Attend pre-production meetings.
• Assist videographer in setup and takedown of equipment for video shoots. Assist on set when needed.
• Create basic asset deliverables when needed (e.g. Animated GIF, advanced photoshop touch-ups).
• Ensure key recipe abd product attributes are shown and all visual priorities are met across photography.
• Maintain an organized workflow for saving, storing and archiving content across hard drives.
• Contribute to an organized studio environment (e.g. regular studio sweeps to ensure all equipment is stored safely and in the proper location).

Skills

Food photography

Portfolio development

Team player

Adaptability

Feedback incorporation

Retouching

Color correction

Education

Photography degree

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Job description

McCormick & Company is seeking a Food & Product Photographer to deliver high-quality images for website, e-commerce, and digital campaigns. You will work closely with a food stylist and a content producer as part of McCormick’s internal content production team serving the EMEA brands.

You will photograph products, edit images with color correction and retouching, and manage assets within the digital DAM. A portfolio of food photography and proficiency in Photoshop/Lightroom are required.