Overview
Reporting to the Photography Manager, Mountain Warehouse has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Photographer to join our fantastic in-house studio team. Responsible for producing high quality still life imagery of a wide range of products for use on our multiple websites and market places, the individual must have an in depth understanding of Canon cameras, Lighting techniques and a passion for still life product photography, whilst being able to work closely with the rest of the photography team to meet deadlines and follow guidelines.
It is a great opportunity for an organised, versatile and creative person, who enjoys a different challenge every day, to develop their skills in a variety of tasks and situations in an exciting, hands on team. The role will also include administrative responsibilities associated with the intake of products, imagery requirements and data handling
What you'll be doing
- Working closely with Buying, Marketing and Ecommerce teams to fullfuill the still life imagery needs of the company, from product pages & web categories to social channels and PR.
- Efficiently creating a high volume of shots for a wide range of products
- Consistently producing high quality and on-brand imagery, taking ownership and responsibility for the quality of your output
- Research current styles and trends within E-commerce product photography for development and growth of the MW brand and website
- Maintain a consistent and organised workflow, meeting daily tasks and KPIs, aiming to exceed targets and deadlines
- Able to prepare your working set, checking that all equipment is fully functional and correctly maintained
- Prepping products, steaming, styling and keeping log of what has been shot vs what is coming in and remains to be photographed
- Image selection, naming, cropping and processing of all images shot, maintaining file size and any relevant specifications for all manners of imagery output
- Communicating with the an external editing company to increase efficiency and maximum output
- taking an active interest in product knowledge & trade information
We'd love to meet someone with
- Portfolio that demonstrates the applied techniques of fashion and still life photography (composition, lighting, capture, and processing).
- Understanding of shoot pre-production and post-production steps
- Ability to take direction, working well alone and in a team
- Experience in still life photography, visual arts or relevant creative degree.
- Previous experience in an E-commerce studio photography environment desired but not required
- Good knowledge of Photoshop (and other adobe CCsuite), Capture One, and other common digital capture platforms, various lighting environments, and photography equipment
- Self-motivated but able to work within a very close-knit team
- Knowledge of Mac OSX and PC computing platforms as well as a strong understanding of Microsoft office and CMS.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Holiday allowance
- 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
- Pension scheme
In 1997, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money product and exemplary customer service.
The outdoor industry had become very jargon heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology.
Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes MW special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do.
As we expand internationally we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.
Welcome to our journey.