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Photographer

Reference: FEB20228816
Expiry date: 2022-02-27 23:59:00.000
Location: South Kensington
Salary: £28,000.00 - £33,444.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Group Personal Pension, Life Assurance Scheme, and other great benefits
Attachments: JobDescription-Photographer-Feb2022.docx

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, and the custodian of an extraordinary and extensive collection spanning decorative and applied arts. Working with and for our visitors, we are changing how our extensive Collections are cared for, seen, understood, and enjoyed.

The Photography and Digitisation department serves as a visual hub for the V&A, operating across multiple sites, and with studios in South Kensington and in Stratford. The team undertakes imaging of the museum collections, its activities, people, and estate that are used for collections management, public access, exhibition catalogues, V&A publications, commercial sales and press and marketing activities. They also undertake imaging for external partnership publications commissioned by the V&A.

The post-holder will be expected to be able to respond quickly and efficiently to cope with photographing a wide variety of cultural objects and any other photography requests and deliver high-quality images to time and brief. The post will contribute to the photography of the collection for V&A publications, the museum’s programme, its website and for collections management systems.

Candidates will have extensive experience working as a professional photographer, a portfolio of professional work, and to be able to demonstrate a full knowledge of imaging software and lighting techniques. A willingness to learn and take on new techniques such as photogrammetry or x-ray imaging is essential. The candidate will be expected to become part of a team and to be able to work both under supervision and under their own initiative.

To apply, please submit your application online by 27 February 2022 at 23:59.