Photography Intern

Subdial; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

The Subdial Clubhouse

Free lunches

Regular socials

Autonomy and responsibility

Job summary

Subdial is seeking a Photography Intern to join our in-house team, learning how we shoot core watch photography and condition videos. You’ll help make every listing camera-ready and live, beautifully and on deadline.

This is a six-month fixed contract, in-person at the Subdial Clubhouse in London. Bring a portfolio of product or still-life work, a good eye for detail, and familiarity with Lightroom and/or Photoshop.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing product or still-life work.
• High attention to detail and consistency in imagery.
• Willingness to learn and take on tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare items for shooting and get watches ready.
• Follow studio setups and watch-handling rules.
• Shoot ecommerce images and hit weekly production deadlines.
• Shoot condition videos to accompany live listings.
• Coordinate with watchmakers' workshop to schedule shoots.
• Assist with lifestyle shoots and on-set setup.
• Maintain equipment inventory and digital asset records.

Skills

Photo editing

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Learning mindset

Education

Photography degree or course

Tools

Lightroom

Photoshop

Capture One

Job description

ABOUT SUBDIAL
Subdial is the trading platform for people who love watches. We make discovering watches exciting and trading them easy.

We combine technology and our industry-leading market data with a focus on collectability and a personal service for collectors. We’re bringing watch collecting into the 21st century, putting passion back into the collector experience.

THE ROLE

We’re hiring a Photography Intern to join our in-house team and help create the imagery behind every Subdial listing. Working alongside our Senior Photographer, you’ll learn how we shoot our core watch photography and condition videos, and play a key part in getting every watch camera-ready and live — beautifully, and on deadline.

It’s an in-person role for someone with a sharp eye and high standards who’s excited to learn. This is a six-month fixed contract with a view to a full-time role beyond, based full-time at the Clubhouse.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Prepare items for shooting. Assist with getting the daily continuous-listing watches, boxes and papers ready.
• Follow the studio setups and the watch-handling rules.
• Shoot watch e-commerce images. Learn how we shoot our core photography and execute to hit weekly production deadlines for Subdial’s listings.
• Shoot condition videos. Make sure every watch that goes live has a beautiful condition video accompanying it, available to prospective buyers.
• Liaise between Photography and Workshop. Work with our watchmakers' workshop to prepare watches and schedule them for shooting every morning.
• Lifestyle photography support. Help with lifestyle and social shoots, covering setup, styling and assisting on set.
• Keep our records in order. Upkeep of equipment inventory, photography records and digital asset management.

WHO YOU ARE

• High aesthetic standards — you want every photo that goes live to look 10/10.
• Detail-oriented — you catch the small things and can be fully trusted as the quality-control point for every image we produce.
• Gets stuck in — sleeves rolled up, eager to learn, no job too small.
• Process-minded — you think about how to turn activities into processes that can be developed and scaled over time, efficiently and effectively.
• Great within a team — our culture matters deeply to us, and we want people who add to the sense of team we’ve built.

DETAILS

• Six-month fixed contract, with a view to a full-time role beyond.
• Full-time, in person at the Subdial Clubhouse, Farringdon, London.
• You’ll need a portfolio that shows product or still-life work, a good eye for detail and consistency, working knowledge of Lightroom and/or Photoshop and careful handling of high-value items
• Nice to have skills: tethered shooting (Capture One), studio lighting, video, an interest in watches, a recently finished photography degree or course and experience in a professional photography role.
• You must have the right to work in the UK.

PERKS OF WORKING AT SUBDIAL

• The Subdial Clubhouse. Beautiful offices in the heart of Farringdon, with access to communal spaces for lunches and socials.
• Free lunches. We put in a weekly Ocado order so there’s always lunch in the office.
• Regular socials. Quarterly big socials and smaller monthly social events.
• Trust in your role. We’re a small team moving at pace, and we trust everyone to manage their own area with autonomy and responsibility.