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Photography Lead - job post

PEP
Northern Suburbs, Western Cape
Full-time
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Job type

  • Full-time

Location

Northern Suburbs, Western Cape

Full job description

Purpose of the job

Capturing and shooting high-quality content for our website and social media platforms. In addition to hands-on photography, this role acts a team leader photographers and stylists, ensuring all visual content aligns with our brand standards, setout processes, and production timelines.


Key Responsibilities

  • E-commerce Photography:

    • Lead styling, photography and layout recommendations for shoots.

    • Responsible for staying abreast of e-commerce trends and continually improve efficiency in quality and time to produce photographs

    • Lead the photography & execution of high volume e-commerce product and on-body content

    • Oversee the delivery of accurate, colour-consistent, and commercially effective photography

    • Ability to tether all images to CaptureOne proficiently

  • Social Media:

    • Capturing engaging digital photographic content for social media platforms.

    • Strong Videography knowledge

    • Directs shoots, coordinate sets, and tailor photography styles to match social media performance data and customer preferences.

    • Ensure imagery aligns with brand guidelines and current social media trends

    • Ability to shoot social content in both natural and studio lighting

  • Operations & Budget Management:

    • Manage the photographic studio, equipment, and digital library.

    • Responsible for the photographic budget, procurement of materials

    • Build relationships with freelancers and agencies to ensure peak-period efficiency

    • Maintain equipment, flagging any issues to the Production Manager

    • Help maintain backups and ensure filing remains organised and up to date

  • Mentorship & Reporting:

    • Provide ad-hoc support, including training interns and marketing staff members, while managing accurate reporting on photographic output.

    • Product photographers & website photographers will report directly to the Photography lead.

    • Provide day to day leadership, guidance, and support to product photographers and website photographers.

    • Ensure consistent image quality, brand standards and adherence to studio processes.

  • Studio Culture & Collaboration

    • Participate in regular team meetings and photography workshops

    • Collaborate to a positive, supportive studio culture

    • Collaborate closely with the styling, post production, and operations team


Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

  • Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Diploma/Degree) in Photography or Visual arts

  • 3 - 5 years relevant website/social media photography experience in digital environment

  • Photography for various social media platforms

  • Proven experience in both e-commerce and social media photography in fashion

  • Experience in directing models during clothing, footwear and accessory photographic shoots

  • Library expert

  • Understanding of composition, exposure, colour and product styling & lighting

  • Strong understanding of studio lighting and modifiers (Godox experience preferred)

  • Experience gained in a Retail Fashion environment will be an advantage

  • Ability to prioritise workloads and operate multiple projects simultaneously

  • Software: Google Suite; Adobe Software; CaptureOne

  • Proficient in Adobe photoshop and Lightroom

  • AI advantageous

  • Experience with professional lighting and studio equipment

  • Understands general photographic and image terminology

  • Able to operate a vertical and Horizontal Styleshoot Machine will be an advantage

  • A good understanding of the fashion industry and how to put looks together across all business units will be an advantage

  • Legislation pertaining to plagiarism will be an advantage

  • Please submit your CV along with your portfolio demonstrating your studio lighting, location shoots & Videography work


Competencies: Devotion to quality, Result-oriented, Planning, Service Oriented, Initiative, Client Focused, Innovating, and Creativity


Closing date: Friday, 19 June 2026

If you are interested and meet the minimum requirements, please submit your CV to our Direct Hire platform using the following link: https://pep.mcidirecthire.com/Internal/CurrentOpportunities


All external candidates please use the following link: https://pepjobs.mcidirecthire.com/


If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date of this position, please regard your application as being unsuccessful.


PEP strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.

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