Photographer

About this role

Media & Creative Production makes everything the company puts out: films, photography, live streams, podcasts and the vertical video that carries most of it.

Portraits, events, office and product. A large part of this job is making people who hate being photographed look like themselves, which is harder than it sounds and is the actual skill we are hiring for.

Shoots are rarely in comfortable places — campuses, offices, plants, and mine sites on a plateau where the cloud comes down and takes the light with it. Crew is small, so people run their own department on the day.

Primary responsibilities

• Shoot portraits, environmental and documentary work across every site the company operates
• Make a real portrait of somebody who does not want their photograph taken, which is most people
• Light on location with a small kit, and know when available light is the better answer
• Shoot industrial environments safely and to the site's permit rules
• Cull, select and deliver edited work rather than handing over a card
• Keep the archive organised and captioned so an image can be found two years later

Skills required

Day to day this role works with Lighting, Photography, Lightroom and Retouching.

• Two or more years shooting professionally, with a portfolio
• Strong with strobes and modifiers, not only available light
• You cull and deliver on time — the shoot is not the whole job
• Three or more years shooting professionally, with a portfolio
• Portraiture, including with people who do not want their photograph taken
• Location lighting with a small kit, and knowing when available light is better