THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you a talented photographer with a passion for creating beautiful, commercially driven imagery? Do you thrive in a fast-paced creative environment where no two days are the same? If you have a strong eye for composition, lighting and visual storytelling, alongside a love for bringing products and brands to life through photography, then we have an exciting opportunity for you.
We're looking for a Midweight Photographer to join our talented Creative team. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys balancing creativity with commercial awareness, delivering high-quality photography that inspires customers while accurately showcasing our products. Working closely with our Senior Photographer, Retouchers, Stylists, Videographers and wider Creative team, you'll play a key role in creating engaging visual content across both Katie Loxton and Joma Jewellery.
You will make an impact by producing beautiful photography across ecommerce, marketing and campaign activity, ensuring every image reflects our brand vision while supporting customer engagement and conversion. From shoot planning and creative concept development through to capture, image selection and final asset delivery, you'll be instrumental in bringing our collections to life across multiple channels.
The role is Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. You'll enjoy the variation of the exciting buzz of our stunning head office in Banbury, Oxfordshire three times a week on average with the flexibility to work from home for the remaining days. Due to the nature of the position, we may require flexibility outside standard working hours dependant on shoot schedules.
BEHIND THE BRANDS
We're a family-run, entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and a bright and friendly team. We are passionate about creating beautiful products with a personal touch and innovating our business behind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration and integrity, and we're proud of the supportive culture we've built.
HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE
- Producing creative, high-quality and commercially focused photography across both Katie Loxton and Joma Jewellery for ecommerce, marketing and brand activity
- Shooting ecommerce imagery across model, flat lay and still-life photography, ensuring consistency with each brand's visual identity and creative guidelines
- Creating engaging lifestyle imagery for use across websites, social media, CRM, paid media, press, retail, brochures and lookbooks
- Translating creative briefs and brand direction into compelling visual content that elevates the overall aesthetic of our brands
- Working closely with the Styling team to present products beautifully and commercially, contributing ideas for props, styling and set design
- Confidently directing models on set, adapting your approach to achieve the strongest possible results and supporting less experienced talent where required
- Supporting the Senior Photographer on larger campaign shoots both in the studio and on location
- Taking ownership of assigned photography projects, managing delivery from shoot preparation through to final asset execution
- Designing, testing and implementing new lighting setups and creative concepts to continually evolve our visual output
- Capturing imagery with consideration for ecommerce, social media, CRM, paid media and wider marketing requirements
- Supporting shoot planning through equipment preparation, creative testing, shot list reviews and set design input
- Ensuring all photography assets are delivered in line with creative briefs, deadlines and brand standards
- Supporting the review and selection of imagery alongside the Senior Photographer and Shoot Manager, ensuring consistency, accuracy and adherence to brand guidelines before handover to the Retouching team
- Maintaining photography sets and ensuring all photographic equipment is functioning correctly, proactively identifying and reporting any issues
- Supporting ad-hoc ecommerce and website photography requirements as needed
- Building strong relationships across Creative, Brand, Marketing and Ecommerce teams to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and to a high standard
- Identifying opportunities to improve studio workflows, efficiencies and photographic processes
- Sharing knowledge, best practice and support with junior members of the Creative team where appropriate
- Continuously looking for ways to enhance the quality, consistency and efficiency of photography across the business
THE TALENT YOU'LL BRING
- Previous experience within an ecommerce, fashion, lifestyle or creative studio photography role
- Strong experience shooting both fashion and still-life product photography to a high standard
- A genuine passion for photography, visual storytelling, fashion and product trends
- Excellent understanding of studio lighting techniques across model, flat lay and still-life photography
- Confidence directing models and leading activity on set when required
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to create imagery that inspires customers while accurately representing products
- Experience managing photography projects from briefing through to final asset delivery
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
- A collaborative approach and the ability to build strong relationships across creative and commercial teams
- Strong attention to detail with a commitment to delivering high-quality work
- The ability to work at pace while maintaining consistently high standards across large volumes of imagery
- Strong understanding of content requirements across ecommerce, social media, CRM and paid media channels
- Proficiency in Capture One and Adobe Photoshop, with experience in image workflow management, file handling and basic retouching
- Experience working within structured asset management, image selection and retouching workflows
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A proactive, positive and solutions-focused approach with a willingness to continuously learn and develop
- Flexibility to support shoots outside of standard working hours when required
PERFECTLY PACKAGED
- Competitive salary DOE
- 25 days holiday rising to 27 with length of service, plus bank holidays
- A broad benefits package including our staff favourite – a very generous staff discount across both our brands. See all of our benefits on our careers portal
- Opportunities to make an impact, take ownership and continue developing your creative career
- The chance to work on exciting campaigns and content that bring our brands to life
- An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we're proud to be part of. Find out more about us and our culture on our careers portal
Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton, since then we have gone from strength to strength, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and growing our business beyond the UK. We know that part of that growth comes from the fact that we take diversity and inclusion very seriously. We strive to be the best in our field, and we know that happens by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves when working with us. We don’t hire based on cultures, preferences, or personalities – it’s what you bring to the team that counts.
We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive, diverse and equal, including encouraging all team members to bring their ideas to the table as we know this is key to our continued success.
