Senior Photographer

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.Our global team of over 6,000 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.A Hybrid working modelNow offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that for most people, working life at Hogarth will involve working from office (Hogarth studio or partner agency) at least 3 days per week.Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.ABOUT THE ROLEThe role of the Senior Photographer is a critical role within one of Hogarth's Content Studios that services a major Hogarth client in the retail, homewares and fashion category. The role will involve leadership of the photography team that produces a series of simple and complex projects, as well as hands-on responsibility for shoots along with supervision of the workflow from creative through to shoot and Post. You will focus on building client relationships internally, to ensure the creation of best-in-class imagery across your client remit, ensuring that expectations are managed and delivered.As a recognised Subject Matter expert, you will help to train and develop more junior Photographers within your immediate Content team and the broader Hogarth business.The role reports to the Content Studios Director, and will collaborate with creatives, stylists, shooting directors and post-production to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard.WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Ensure that all projects follow defined workflows, including folder structure and naming convention guidelines
• Partner with the Producer and Stylist teams to review all of your assigned briefs and confirm that they are achievable/suggest creative alternatives where necessary
• Maintain constant communication with the Content Studio leadership and relevant Creative collaborators
• Manage the smooth-running of the day's shoot: maintaining creative and consistent lighting, managing the schedule and keeping the client well informed
• Ensure the Studio's photographic equipment and kit are well maintained and in good working order
• Develop long lasting and trusted relationships with relevant client contacts and creative agency partners, including Brand Managers, Creatives and Project Managers
• Make sure that the assigned projects are shot to a high creative standard, to client brief and within the schedule you've created
• Be a support, and source of training, for Junior members of the Photography team
• QC all your photography at the end of the shoot day before submitting to Post
• Play an active role in defining problems, recommending solutions and establishing resourceful conclusions both internally and externally with the client and Agency
• Continually defines ways to increase client satisfaction and deepen client relationships

WHAT IT TAKES

• Extensive experience in a photography/moving image department, be it studio, content or production company
• Experience & interest in a breadth of photography: including fashion, ecom, retail, beauty, food, water, and product
• Good technical understanding of Still workflows, and a demonstrable interest in how technology can augment processes and quality of output
• Management of effective and lasting client relationships, both internally & externally
• Great organisational skills and written communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Default to pro-active not re-active

Please note: Given the nature of the work, successful clearance for Working with Children may be required.#LI-DNIDiversity & InclusionHogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging.We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.Please contact if you need the job advert or form in another format.DataWe rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis for processing personal information under the GDPR for purposes of recruitment and applications for employment.When you click the "Submit Application" button at the bottom of this page, this will send all the information you have added to Hogarth WW. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Privacy . This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.