Lead Photographer

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

• 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
• 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, 31 July 2026

If you are interested and meet the minimum requirements, please submit your CV.

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.