Content Photographer

Wanted: A Creative Photographer with a Marketing Mindset

Do you have a passion for producing exciting, vibrant imagery and visuals for brands? Do you want to work in a role where you’re able to be part of the entire creative process, from ideation through to execution through to post-production?  

We are looking for a creative photographer to join our team at Milkbar Digital who has a minimum of 3 years experience producing high calibre content/visuals for brands. This role will see you working with our team to produce compelling marketing imagery across our folio of clients in the food, FMCG, fashion and hospitality sectors. To view examples of our work, please ensure you visit our website and our Instagram.

The opportunity is full-time and available for an immediate start, based in our Prahran office.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Pre-Production: You will need to be comfortable with aspects required for the pre-production of a shoot, including prop/ingredient sourcing, studio set up and creation of shoot schedules/run sheets, shot lists and moodboards.
• Production: You’ll be confident working on set, whether in our in-house photographic studio or on location. This includes everything from safely setting up equipment/gear and shooting various styles of set ups, including tungsten/continuous and flash photography. We use CaptureOne, Adobe Suite & Canon DSLR cameras/lenses. As we work in small teams, you will also be comfortable directing talent, art directing and have natural styling instincts for product, fashion and food photography. You’ll also be responsible for elements of pack down and clean up.
• Post-Production: You’ll be responsible for post-production of your imagery, including Lightroom colour grading and Photoshop re-touching, plus exporting and file management. This can include everything from stills to stop-motions to basic graphic design.
• Creative Ideation: You’ll have a natural love and understanding of commercial and branded marketing and are a creative thinker who can come up with exciting and fresh content ideas that provide solutions to our range of clients.
• Training and Workshopping: We have a collaborative work culture, with a lot of skill sharing and ideas exchange. It is integral that this role is happy to train and mentor others in our team to grow their creative skillsets.

Key skills include:

• Technical skills: Confidence in all aspects of stills photography and equipment, Adobe Suite, Mac and MS Office proficiency.
• Time management skills: We work at a cracking pace at Milkbar, so you will have an exceptional eye for detail and be able to juggle multiple projects and shoots ongoing.
• Strategic mindset: A strategic approach to visual storytelling is a must, as our output needs to not only look gorgeous but also meet business goals.
• People skills: As you’ll be on a lot of client-facing shoots and directing talent, professional interpersonal skills are required.
• Styling skills: It would also be advantageous for you to have a natural interest in food and product styling, as we work with a large number of food/drink and FMCG brands.
• Team player: We have a tight-knit office culture that includes lots of team activities and workshops.

About Milkbar:

Milkbar Digital is a boutique social media marketing + creative content agency located in the heart of Prahran. We have a fun relaxed office culture (dogs included) and work with a number of exciting brands across the food, fashion and retail spaces. Check out our TikTok for an idea of what it’s like to work at Milkbar.

Working at Milkbar offers a lot of exciting rewards for its employees, including but not limited to:

• An additional 5 days of paid annual leave per year
• A weekly WFH day
• Quarterly team building activities
• Personal professional development budgets
• Lots of workshops and opportunities to skill share & grow
• Good people, good snacks, good times

We pride ourselves on having a list of clients we’re excited about and a supportive management program to help you achieve your professional goals. We are incredibly proud of our team, past and present.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and photography folio (mandatory) to Sam Sidney at sam@milkbardigital.com.au

Please ensure you include links to your photographic work and experience.

Applications close 7th April 2023.