Head of Photography

United Arab Emirates·DubaiFull-timeexecutive

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Key Responsibilities

Translate approved creative direction into photographic execution, ensuring the intended visual direction is accurately brought to life Lead photography across campaigns, product, e-commerce, social,

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Responsibilities

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→Translate approved creative direction into photographic execution, ensuring the intended visual direction is accurately brought to life

→Lead photography across campaigns, product, e-commerce, social, and other creative productions, maintaining a consistently high creative and technical standard

→Provide senior photographic expertise across lighting, composition, camera, lenses, digital capture, and studio photography

→Oversee photographic execution across shoots, providing senior-level direction on lighting, camera setup, capture, and visual execution while ensuring work aligns with the approved creative direction

→Will lead a team of inhouse photographers and retouchers, setting priorities, providing feedback, and ensuring work is delivered to the required creative and technical standard

→Own the photography workflow from captured assets through selects, post-production, quality control, final exports, and delivery

→Oversee internal and external retouching and post-production workflows, managing feedback, revisions, approvals, and timelines

→Review photography and final retouched assets for creative quality, color, product accuracy, consistency, and technical specifications

→Own photography asset management and final delivery, ensuring files are correctly organized, stored, versioned, exported, and prepared for distribution across regional markets

→Manage the photography studio and equipment ecosystem, including cameras, lenses, lighting, grip, tethering systems, storage, and related infrastructure

→Oversee equipment maintenance, inventory, procurement, and replacement requirements to ensure the studio remains fully operational and fit for purpose

→Establish and maintain photography and post-production standards and processes, identifying opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability

→Work with the in-house Production team to support the successful execution of photography projects, providing photography-specific requirements and technical direction as needed

→Coordinate with external photography and post-production vendors to secure additional support and capacity as required.

Requirements

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7+ years of professional experience in commercial photography, with experience in a senior photographer, photography lead, or photography management role

Strong professional studio photography background, with extensive expertise in lighting, digital capture, composition, cameras, lenses, tethering, and studio equipment

Proven experience translating creative direction into high-quality photographic execution across multiple channels

Demonstrated experience managing and developing photographers, post-production artists, retouchers, or other creative specialists

Strong understanding of professional photography post-production, retouching, color management, quality control, and final asset preparation

Experience managing photography assets, storage, file structures, version control, exports, and delivery at scale

Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage a team and collaborate effectively with Creative, Production, Marketing, E-commerce, Design, and regional stakeholders