At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead photography and event planning, ensuring high-quality creative outputs.
- Company: Dune London, a leading affordable luxury footwear brand with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: 60% employee discount, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Blended working model with opportunities for personal development and charitable involvement.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and shape the future of brand photography in a fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in photography direction, event production, and budget management.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
About us Dune London is the leading affordable luxury footwear and accessories brand in the UK, with broad distribution across both the UK and internationally. The company is entering a period of sustained growth both through expansion of sales on its online channels and through third party partners both in the UK and globally. Celebrating over 30 years in the industry, the Dune group has built an enviable position as the specialist in quality fashion footwear and accessories which has given it a unique position at the high end of the high street.
This is an exciting time to join Dune, as the business is reinvigorating the brand by drawing on our core values and USPs and modernising them through photography and video. The photography strategy for the business is being pivoted to reflect this, alongside a focus on efficiency cross-departmentally. This role requires a dynamic, passionate individual, and a true team player, who can influence across the business through experience and excellent communication skills, as well as across your own curated network of external relationships. This is an exciting role in a fast paced environment about to undergo a change to the way photography is devised and delivered and requires a glass-half-full individual ready to join our journey.
- Own and manage all photography and event critical paths end-to-end
- Identify risks/opportunities and drive solutions with stakeholders
- Lead planning and execution of marketing event schedules and activations
- Oversee photography and retouch workflows, ensuring delivery to brand standards
- Manage external agencies and freelancers to deliver high-quality assets on time
Content Strategy & Production
- Own delivery of the creative production calendar
- Translate marketing and creative strategy into clear production plans and briefs
- Contribute to content planning and ideation with strong creative input
- Ensure all outputs, usage and risks are considered upfront
- Support brand consistency across all visual assets (Brand 360)
- Source and recommend talent, crew and creative partnerships
- Deliver production elements for campaigns and events to a high creative standard
- Own and manage photography and production budgets
- Negotiate with talent, agencies and suppliers to optimise spend
- Balance cost efficiencies with creative quality and vision
- Set, monitor and manage KPIs for photography and retouch teams
Proven experience of delivering a strategic change to photography direction, in successful track record of producing events and marketing activations, budget setting and management, experience working with brand partners including Zalando, Norstrom, Next etc. Evidence of relationship with industry contacts across photography, retouch and events, the full life cycle of production.
Blended working – spreading your time across our office and remote working. Sustainable office in bustling West London (near Westfield). Friendly and open culture with flat structures allowing plenty of opportunity for development. Company growth and opportunity; Working with charitable organisations to help raise funds and give something back. 60% employee discount on Dune products – what’s not to love! 25 days holiday (plus the bank holidays). Company pension scheme. Life assurance for all team members. Access to our employee assistance programme, retailTRUST, who provide loads of resources to support with wellbeing and personal development offer free counselling legal advice and financial guidance.
A few things that might help: Research the brand, the role, your interviewer on LinkedIn; browse our website; and visit a store if you can.
Senior Digital Creative Producer in London employer: The Dune Group
Dune London is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant and inclusive work culture in the heart of West London. With a commitment to employee growth, generous benefits including a 60% discount on products, 25 days of holiday, and a supportive environment that prioritises wellbeing, Dune is dedicated to fostering creativity and collaboration as it embarks on an exciting journey of brand reinvigoration. Join us to be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and community engagement while enjoying the perks of working for a leading name in affordable luxury fashion.
