Senior Product Photographer

Position Overview
As a Senior Product Photographer specialising in still life and product photography, you'll be responsible for enhancing and delivering images to achieve impeccable final visuals. Using advanced comping skills and to enhance materials and textures, collaboratively with photographers, art directors, and internal teams, you'll play a vital role in ensuring that product images meet the highest standards of quality, creativity, and brand consistency.

About the role
To deliver campaign creative & still life jewellery and ecommerce photography to the highest quality for the Abbott Lyon customer aligned to our the ecommerce content team
You will be a focused, driven, hardworking individual that has the maturity and empathy to lead a team and collaborate with the Abbot Lyon leadership team.
You will be a natural innovator and creative thinker, calm and professional, maintaining a positive and proactive attitude.
This role demands a strong team player with exceptional communication skills. You are naturally curious and eager to learn and develop and can grasp new information very quickly.
You will be able to identify with the ever-changing requirements of an evolving studio team.
It is vital to build and maintain strong relationships driving quality of content across the Abbott Lyon brand touch points.

We’re Excited About You Because You Will
Communicate effectively within the team to evolve the quality and aesthetics of all imagery.
Maintain a consistent high level of photography that is complementary to the creative direction of the Abbott Lyon brand.
Work with the Content Manager to plan the shoot and production schedules for the team
Maintain constant awareness of competitors, be ahead of the curve.
Manage the studio space and photography kit.
To work collaboratively with other members of the Creative and Studio team and wider Abbott Lyon departments.
Consistently strive to think outside the box with all processes and projects showing initiative and innovative, cost conscious mindset.
Communicate effectively with your Line Manager and team to establish clear, recognisable and achievable goals.
Champion, maintain and adhere to style guides & develop briefs set by brand and product teams.
Flexibility to work at other external studios and on location when the brief requires.
Consistent research and understanding of new trends, street style, models, celebrities, social movements, Pinterest, Instagram etc to stay inspired, in order to bring the correct approach to every shoot.

About you
An expert knowledge of still life product photography, retouching and lighting techniques is essential.
Experience shooting video would be an advantage.
A strong understanding and confidence when working alongside video teams to devise lighting styles that work for both stills and video.
Previous experience in the Jewellery and luxury goods market would be an advantage.
An extremely high competence of using

Photoshop & Capture One.
Must be able to light studio sets to look like natural daylight.
Confidence in training others on photographic techniques.
High competence using MAC Operating systems.
Experience working within a fast paced creative studio environment.
Thorough understanding of current trends and lighting techniques.
Forward thinking, innovative & proactive in approach of all projects
Superior planning, workload management and organisational capabilities.
Highly developed interpersonal, problem solving and presentation skills.
Creative flair and knowledge, producing innovative ideas and solutions.
A strong communicator and listener.
It is essential to be commercially minded and aware of retail fashion and lifestyle trends.
Comfortable with a highly pressured and rapidly changing environment.
Experience in E-commerce and editorial photography is essential.
At least 3 years relevant experience.
A supporting portfolio or website.
Exemplary attention to detail.
Full UK driving licence.

About Abbott Lyon
Abbott Lyon is already one of the fastest growing D2C brands in the UK, named on the 2023 list of 100 fastest-growing companies in the UK. Founded in 2015, Abbott Lyon’s customers love our range of affordable luxury products. Our brand has particular appeal to customers who want to buy uniquely personalised, high-quality, understated luxury jewellery and accessories for themselves or as gifts, for those moments that matter.
With a laser-sighted focus on our bullseye customer, Abbott Lyon has successfully disrupted the jewellery market and won market share from well-established competitors. Having delivered 130% growth last year, and done so profitably, our business has recorded its best ever months since the beginning of the year, bucking the trend in UK retail. More than 700,000 UK consumers already shop Abbott Lyon, and there are more than 2 million look-a-like customers in the UK alone. In addition, the US represents a huge opportunity for Abbott Lyon, and one we are determined to realise. With our sights firmly set on growing the business to £100M and beyond, this year’s plan sees significant investment in the talent and infrastructure required to achieve Abbott Lyon’s ambitious growth objectives.
Site: www.abbottlyon.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/abbottlyon/

Why You’ll Enjoy Working at Abbott Lyon
A key factor behind our amazing success story is our unique culture. It possesses all the hallmarks of a typical entrepreneurial business; people at Abbott Lyon are encouraged to think big, be brave and commercially aggressive, take calculated risks, drive hard, relentlessly focus on every detail to improve every aspect of the business, and move at lightning speed. Still, this is a genuinely positive place to work, full of collaborative high-achievers, all determined to deliver Abbott Lyon’s ambitious plans.

Location
Our head office is in Bath but we operate a flexible hybrid model. Around 40% of the team are based near Bath, with others distributed across the UK.

Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary + bonus package
Flexible and remote working arrangements, with a requirement to be in Bath on a fortnightly basis
Enhanced pension scheme
Enhanced Family Leave schemes including maternity, paternity and adoption
Ample potential for career development and training
Fun and friendly team with regular social events in person
Hugely discounted Abbott Lyon products and monthly gifted products for each team member
Early Friday finishes during our summer months
Opportunity to be a part of one of the fastest growing brands in the UK!

Note
Abbott Lyon is dedicated to building and supporting a brilliant, diverse and hugely inclusive team as an equal opportunities employer. We don't discriminate against gender, race, religion or belief, disability, age, marital status or sexual orientation. Whatever your background may be, we welcome anyone with talent, drive and emotional intelligence to apply to our vacancies, as we recognise the importance of diversity; we’re excited to see what contributions you will bring to our Abbott Lyon team! Should you require any support throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know what adjustments you may need.