Lead Photographer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Wem; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense services provider is hiring a Lead Photographer to document life in the RAF at their Shawbury site. The role involves capturing high-quality photography and managing digital content. Candidates should have a solid background in photography, videography, and social media content creation. This full-time position offers competitive benefits, including a matched pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Passionate and dynamic individual with a strong creative eye.
• Proven ability to produce engaging content for social media and PR.
• Skilled in digital photography and videography across various formats.

Responsibilities

• Capturing high-quality photography and videography at RAF events.
• Managing and maintaining image libraries and digital content systems.
• Liaising with stakeholders to ensure media is cleared and compliant for publication.

Skills

Creative eye

Digital photography

Social media content creation

Videography

Education

Defence Photographer Phase 2 training or civilian equivalent

Job description

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Lead Photographer at our Shawbury site, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

The role

As our Lead Photographer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of documenting life in the RAF, from ceremonial events and graduations to technical photography and PR campaigns. This is a rare opportunity for you to highlight the RAF by using Social Media platforms to combine creative storytelling with a meaningful mission, supporting defence operations and showcasing the incredible work of our armed forces.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Capturing high-quality photography and videography at RAF events, engineering incidents, and official ceremonies
• Managing and maintaining image libraries and digital content systems
• Editing and enhancing images to meet professional standards and creative briefs
• Liaising with stakeholders to ensure media is cleared and compliant for publication
• Supporting aerial photography tasks, including emergency response documentation

This role is full time, working between 32 – 40 hours per week (hours to be discussed) based onsite at Shawbury.

Essential Experience

• Passionate and dynamic individual with a strong creative eye
• Proven ability to produce engaging content for social media and PR
• Skilled in digital photography and videography across various formats
• Confident working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence
• You’ll either have completed Defence Photographer (CN5300) Phase 2 training at the Defence School of Photography (DSOP), with Phase 3 training in Digital Video Professional Techniques (DVPT) and Defence Media Operations Photography (DMOP), or be able to demonstrate suitable and appropriate civilian equivalents

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What We Offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail]. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Babcock International is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.