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In-House Photographer & Videographer

DEAL Holdings
Dubai, UAE
Freelance
Mid
Onsite
2 weeks ago
PhotographyVideographyFood photographyLifestyle photographyInterior photographyAdobe Lightroom
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Role Purpose

  • The In House Photographer & Videographer will be responsible for visually documenting the development, launch, and ongoing operations of the group’s hospitality, bakery, café, restaurant, bar, retail, and lifestyle concepts.
  • The primary focus of the role is photography, with additional responsibility for creating short form video content, behind the scenes footage, reels, and edited visual assets for brand, marketing, press, internal, digital, and presentation use.
  • This role requires someone with a strong eye for hospitality, food, drinks, interiors, lifestyle, people, products, and brand storytelling.

Key Responsibilities Photography

  • Capture high quality photography across all group concepts, including hotels, Leisure, restaurants, cafés, bakeries, bars, retail areas, kitchens, production spaces, and lifestyle environments.
  • Photograph food, drinks, bakery products, cakes, pastries, breads, retail products, packaged goods, interiors, exterior environments, team members, events, tastings, launches, and behind the scenes activity.
  • Document the development journey of new concepts, including menu development, tastings, product trials, kitchen testing, fit out progress, team training, pre opening activity, supplier visits, and launch preparation.
  • Produce consistent, brand appropriate imagery for use across websites, menus, presentations, press materials, marketing collateral, digital channels, internal updates, and brand archives.
  • Ensure all imagery reflects the tone, quality, and positioning of each individual brand within the group.
  • Capture both polished campaign style images and natural behind the scenes moments.
  • Support photography for brand launches, product launches, menu launches, seasonal campaigns, events, and venue openings.

Key Responsibilities Videography & Short Form Content

  • Capture short form video footage suitable for reels, digital content, website use, presentations, and brand storytelling.
  • Film behind the scenes activity, chef and team moments, product development, food and drink preparation, venue walkthroughs, events, tastings, launches, and lifestyle led content.
  • Create simple, high quality short edits, including reels, highlight videos, teasers, launch snippets, and visual storytelling pieces.
  • Edit footage with appropriate pacing, framing, transitions, captions, music, and basic colour correction where required.
  • Work with the brand and marketing team to create visual content that supports launches, campaigns, announcements, and ongoing brand activity.
  • Ensure video content feels polished, natural, and aligned with the brand rather than overly generic or trend led.

Key Responsibilities Food, Drink & Product Photography

  • Photograph plated dishes, bakery products, cakes, pastries, breads, drinks, coffee, bottled products, retail goods, packaging, and merchandise.
  • Understand basic food styling, lighting, composition, angles, texture, freshness, and presentation.
  • Work closely with chefs, bakers, bar teams, and product teams to capture items at their best.
  • Support product shoots for retail, delivery platforms, menus, websites, catalogues, brand presentations, and internal approvals.
  • Ensure products are photographed consistently and accurately for commercial and brand use.
  • Capture both clean product focused shots and more atmospheric lifestyle led imagery.

Key Responsibilities Lifestyle, Hospitality & Environment Shoots

  • Capture guest experience, venue atmosphere, team interaction, service details, table settings, interiors, terraces, bars, counters, retail displays, and lifestyle moments.
  • Create imagery that communicates the personality, energy, and experience of each concept.
  • Support pre opening and launch shoots, including soft openings, events, training days, tastings, and press previews.
  • Capture both candid and directed moments with team members, chefs, founders, partners, and guests where required.
  • Photograph venues and environments in a way that reflects the full guest journey and overall brand positioning.

Key Responsibilities Behind the Scenes Documentation

  • Document the build up and development of the group, including concept creation, menu development, recipe testing, tastings, training, fit out progress, product trials, and launch preparation.
  • Capture the craft, detail, process, people, and operational energy behind each concept.
  • Build a strong visual archive of the group’s journey from development stage through to opening and ongoing operations.
  • Capture content that may be used for future storytelling, press, investor presentations, internal reports, recruitment, social channels, and brand history.
  • Work discreetly in live working environments without disrupting chefs, teams, guests, or operations.

Key Responsibilities Editing & Post Production

  • Edit, retouch, colour correct, crop, and prepare images for multiple uses and formats.
  • Edit short videos and reels suitable for digital, presentation, and marketing use.
  • Prepare final assets in the correct formats for web, print, press, presentations, internal use, and digital platforms.
  • Apply consistent editing standards across each brand while adapting the style where required.
  • Ensure images are clean, sharp, well composed, and brand appropriate.
  • Ensure video edits are concise, professional, and visually engaging.

Key Responsibilities Digital Asset Management

  • Maintain a well organised digital asset library, including clear file naming, folders, dates, brand categories, and usage references.
  • Store and organise raw files, edited files, selects, final exports, and video assets.
  • Ensure photography and video assets are easy for relevant team members to locate and use.
  • Maintain archives by brand, concept, project, event, product, and date.
  • Ensure all final assets are backed up and properly stored.

Key Responsibilities Creative Support

  • Work closely with the brand, marketing, culinary, bakery, bar, operations, and leadership teams to understand upcoming priorities and shoot requirements.
  • Contribute creative ideas for visual storytelling, shoot concepts, content formats, angles, and brand moments.
  • Support campaign shoots, seasonal content, menu launches, product launches, venue openings, and special events.
  • Adapt photography and video style to suit different concepts within the group while maintaining overall quality standards.
  • Take direction from multiple stakeholders while also being proactive in identifying moments worth capturing.

Required Experience

  • Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in photography, preferably within hospitality, lifestyle, food and beverage, retail, luxury, hotels, restaurants, cafés, bakeries, or consumer brands.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating food, drink, product, lifestyle, interiors, and people photography.
  • Experience shooting behind the scenes content, events, launches, and brand storytelling.
  • Practical experience creating and editing short form video content.
  • Experience working in fast paced environments with multiple brands, venues, or projects is preferred.
  • Previous in house, agency, freelance, hospitality group, hotel, restaurant, or lifestyle brand experience would be advantageous.

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