Senior Photographer

Castore; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Castore, a leading sportswear brand, is seeking a Senior Photographer to enhance its in-house studio team. The role involves e-commerce and creative photography, focusing on maintaining high standards while working with major sporting brands. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered to foster a rewarding career in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Modern city centre offices in Manchester

Opportunity to work with global sporting partners

Office breakout space with pool tables and TV’s

Employee assistance programme

Generous staff discount

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of current photographic culture and styles.
• Ability to educate and motivate junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high product photography standards for online platforms.
• Develop shoot strategy around creative photography direction.
• Review and research photographic standards and styles.

Skills

E-Commerce Photography

Creative Photography

Lighting Techniques

Team Collaboration

Job description

Castore exists for one single reason – to make athletes better. Our ethos is built upon the philosophy of BETTER NEVER STOPS, an ideal deeply infused in our DNA and something we strive to live every single day. We utilise advanced engineering and unique technical fabrics to create the highest quality sportswear in the world for athletes who demand the very best. Designed with a passion for innovation with specialist features to help to optimise athletic performance in all conditions.

The founders’ vision is to build Castore into a brand respected across the globe for a deep and unrelenting commitment to engineering the highest quality sportswear in the world, with no stone left unturned in its search for innovation and performance enhancement.

The sportswear market has been dominated by a small clique of mass-market brands and the vision is for Castore to be a premium alternative to these, the natural brand of choice for discerning athletes who demand the very best.

The Role

Castore is hiring a Senior Photographer to join our in-house Studio team. This team is responsible for creating all Marketing and E-commerce content for Castore and its partners.

The successful candidate will be motivated and driven to be better; Photography is an obsession to you. You are aware of current photographic culture as well as prior knowledge of photographic styles.

You want to continually learn and improve yourself and your skills and educate others. You are confident in external, internal and studio lighting techniques.

We offer broad-spectrum creative briefs across our core, automotive, F1, football, tennis, cricket, golf and rugby accounts. You'll work on content from the biggest & best teams in these areas, both UK and International.

This role is on a six-month fixed-term contract

Responsibilities

E-Commerce Photography:

• Contribute towards e-commerce planning, delegating workloads to direct reports, ensuring high product photography standards for online platforms, and ensuring consistency in lighting, composition, and styling to align with brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with stylists, retouchers, and product teams to deliver e-commerce photography.
• Contribute to the development of e-com photography for all facias within Castore.
• Analyse weak points, roadblocks, theories, resolution, and present findings to key stakeholders.
• Ensure e-commerce daily / weekly targets are being achieved as planned.
• Ensure e-commerce daily / weekly admin is being completed and accurate communication is being made to maintain output visibility.
• Review weekly e-com outputs to maintain high standards and provide feedback where necessary (QC).
• Build and educate junior/midweight direct reports and wider team to motivate and progress one another.

Creative Photography:

• Contribute towards long and short-term creative photography concepts and development for Team Sports and mainline brands.
• Develop shoot strategy around the creative direction.
• Shoot teamsports and mainline creative campaigns across a multitude of tiers.
• Review & research photographic standards and styles, maintaining and feeding into Castore's creative photography direction.
• Work alongside production in photographic budgeting and planning of creative photography shoots.
• Ensure imagery is archived and backed up in triplicate.
• Ensure imagery is being processed and communicated post-photography to the relevant internal and external teams.
• Build and educate junior/midweight direct reports and wider team to motivate and progress one another.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Modern city centre offices in Manchester
• An opportunity to work with global sporting partners
• Office breakout space with pool tables, dart board and TV’s
• A chance to build a career with a fast paced, high growth brand
• Employee assistance programme
• Generous staff discount