Interior and Food Photographer

Job description

Why Join Us

Joining Zest Creative Agency as a Photographer, within GM and Food, means stepping into a vibrant, collaborative, and fun environment where creativity thrives. Based at our studio in Milton Keynes, you’ll be working with a team of highly skilled creatives and technical experts to produce stunning imagery that captures the essence of our brands. At Zest, you’ll play a central role in crafting visuals that drive e-commerce, campaign, and PR content, both within the studio and occasionally on location, contributing to unforgettable brand experiences for Sainsburys, Argos, Habitat.

Our team values pushing creative boundaries, encouraging innovative ideas, and delivering quality that exceeds expectations. We prioritize collaboration and maintaining high standards, with a focus on fostering a positive and supportive team culture. We also believe that work-life balance is essential for sustained creativity and well-being, so we offer the flexibility you need to succeed both at work and beyond.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Photographer at Zest Creative Agency, you’ll be key in producing e-commerce, campaign, and PR visuals across a variety of categories, and channels, with a focus on products within interiors, product cutout e-commerce, and food.

Working both in the studio and on location, you’ll bring creative briefs to life through impactful photography that adheres to brand guidelines and client visions.  You’ll work closely with our internal teams, helping to shape the agency’s photography standards and guiding the team toward continuous improvement. Building strong relationships and embodying the values of Zest, you’ll contribute to a positive, innovative studio environment where every project is a chance to set new benchmarks.

Who You Are

You’re a skilled and versatile Photographer who thrives on creativity, innovation, and delivering exceptional results. With experience in both e-commerce and campaign photography, within product and food, you have a strong eye for detail and excel at translating briefs into striking images. You enjoy working in a fast-paced setting, navigating complex shoot schedules, and meeting tight deadlines without compromising on quality. Your organizational skills are matched by a collaborative spirit, and your excellent communication enables you to build strong relationships across teams and with clients. At Zest, you’ll fit right in with a team that values creativity, teamwork, and constant growth.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
 
 Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.