NEXT Wholly Owned Brands
Senior Photographer
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Location | Premier Park Studio, NW London Working style | On-site
NEXT Wholly Owned Brands…
Our growing portfolio includes Lipsy, Love & Roses, Friends Like These, Beauty at NEXT and Seraphine — all available through next.co.uk, connecting with millions of customers across the UK and beyond. At the heart of our business is a passionate team driven by creativity, innovation, and a shared ambition to deliver exceptional results. We foster a culture where individuality is celebrated, curiosity is encouraged, and challenging the status quo is part of how we grow.
Role Purpose
The Senior Photographer will oversee all photo sets across all brands such as model, still life and video sets to make sure imagery is technically and creatively kept to a high standard. Leading and developing the photography team both inhouse and freelance.
Role Responsibilities
- Leading and developing all photography processes for BAU, elevated ecommerce imagery alongside marketing assets as and when required.
- Demonstrate leadership skills by managing and developing inhouse and freelance photography team.
- End to end creation of shoot guidelines and being involved in their continuous improvement in line with agreed business standards.
- Responsible for effective usage of all photographic and IT equipment, props and supplies on set.
- Highlight any photography issues or development areas to the management team.
- Problem solve any technical issues that may develop on set.
- Work with the Creative Leads and key stakeholders in developing new creative concepts to ensure imagery stays ahead of competitors.
- Creating new exciting lighting setups and executing these for seasons change and elevated set days.
- Where appropriate, attend pre-shoot meetings to collate relevant information and agree actions that need to be dealt with by the shoot team.
- Constantly researching new ways of shooting to improve technical workflow.
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Role Requirements
- Previous experience working as a mid/ senior level in-house for a commercial fashion brand.
- A strong model and still life photography portfolio that demonstrates expertise in applied techniques and a working knowledge of digital studio photography, lighting, composition, colour quality and aesthetics.
- Strong technical lighting skills in the studio and on location.
- Previous experience interpreting client’s creative briefs and following brand guidelines.
- Confident in continuously coming up with and executing new exciting lighting setups.
- Proven track record of working to tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
- Clear communication skills with the ability to work within a creative team leading and motivating others.
- Strong decision making & problem solving skills.
- Proven experience with digital cameras, ideally Canon and a thorough technical understanding of lighting equipment, mainly Profoto.
- Advanced knowledge in Capture One, Photoshop and other Adobe Software.
- Strong understanding of image colour correction and retouching.
- Positive attitude and responsiveness to change.
- Critically appraise own work and take on board feedback from others in order to achieve high quality imagery in line with brand guidelines.
- Mac & PC literate to include good MS Office skills (i.e. Word and Excel).
- Collaborative mindset, working with others to create elevated imagery.
- Video experience a bonus.
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What we can do for you…
- 25% off a huge selection of Next, Next Wholly Owned Brands, GAP and Victoria's Secret products & 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through Perks At Work
- We recognise hard work with our company performance-based bonus
- Life Assurance
- Join our Next Sharesave Scheme
- Digital GP Service for help at home
- Lesson the impact with our Annual Travel Card Loan
- Never miss a package and with Direct to Desk delivery
- Bag a bargain at our sample sales
- Learn, develop and grow with our personal development plans
- Enjoy more time with friends and family with Early Bank Holiday finishes
- Join in the fun with our year-round office events
Diversity & Inclusion
We recognise that our differences are what make us who we are. We want people to want to work for us and be their true selves. We are dedicated to attracting and developing a talent team, and recognise that all unique backgrounds and experiences contribute to our future success. We want to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected, and where people can achieve their full potential and be their very best, whoever they are.
Wellbeing
We believe that wellbeing is having the opportunity to achieve your full potential, cope with day to day pressures, be productive and thrive in all aspects of your life. We encourage a culture that promotes and enables us all to achieve positive wellbeing, by focusing on mental, physical and financial health.
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