Midweight Photographer

Description

We are hiring for a Midweight Photographer to join our fast-paced, in-house creative studio at Footasylum. This is a brilliant opportunity to help shape how our brand shows up across retail, digital, and social platforms — with product, people, and culture at the core of our visual storytelling. As a Midweight Photographer, you’ll work closely with a talented team of creatives — including stylists, retouchers, creatives, videographers, and producers — to create bold, high-impact content that resonates with our audience. From clean-cut product imagery to street-style lookbooks and campaign assets, you’ll play a key role in how we bring the Footasylum brand to life.

The Team

Our in-house studio is collaborative and hands-on. We also work closely with the Social, Marketing and Buying teams based at head office. Together we work hard, stay flexible, and thrive on fast-paced, ever-changing deadlines. We’re a team in every sense, and we take pride in the work we create together.

Footasylum is one of the UK’s leading omni-channel retailers — but more importantly, it’s a great place to grow. We value development and our goal is to create a fun, supportive environment where your success drives ours.

Responsibilities

• You will be shooting high-quality imagery across ecomm, social content and campaign.


• You will be collaborating with stylists and art directors to execute creative briefs.


• You will be shooting in both studio and location environments, adapting style as needed.


• You will be assisting Lead and Senior photographers on Tier 1 campaigns.


• You will ensure lighting, composition, and technical execution meet brand standards.


• You will be assisting in post-production and maintaining consistent visual quality.


• You will be staying on top of trends in photography, fashion, and youth culture to help push creative boundaries.

About You

• Solid experience (at least 2 years) in a photography role within fashion and retail.


• A standout portfolio that shows versatility across product and lifestyle photography.


• You’re comfortable on set and when directing models.


• Strong understanding of lighting, studio equipment and creative direction.


• Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team.


• Familiarity with post-production workflows using Capture One and Adobe Creative Suite.


• Proficient with the use of Canon cameras, lenses and Profoto lighting.


• A real passion for streetwear, style, and culture that aligns with the Footasylum brand.

Why Footasylum?

We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills. Our aim is to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building services to customers and the wider business. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Studio in a hybrid way, in Manchester.