Photographer (product + portrait/headshot), London-based
We’re a deep-tech startup based on Cambridge Heath Road in East London, working on advanced battery recycling. We’re looking for a photographer to come to our office for a mixed shoot of technology and materials, plus team photos.
We work with battery-grade powders and need someone with close-up/product photography experience, ideally in an industrial, technical, or material-focused setting.
Tech photos will include our materials (sheets, fine powders, and liquids), machinery, and a small warehouse-style working space. Our main challenge is that we need the photos to reflect that we’re scaling up, rather than looking lab-scale. As one example, we’re thinking powder photographed on top of a barrel rather than in a small jar, or tight close‑ups on machinery. Open to your ideas here too.
We’d also like a few short (few‑second) video clips of the materials, e.g. powder moving in a jar, if that’s something you can offer alongside stills.
We’re happy to work with students or photographers building their portfolio, as long as they can show some existing close‑up/product work, ideally in a technical setting.
Details:
Two categories of imagery:
- Team and group shots:
- Individual portraits of six team members
- Group shots, both posed and candid/working
- A mix of formal (investor deck, website “team” page) and informal (LinkedIn, culture content)
- Should read as technically credible people doing serious engineering, not corporate stock‑photo energy
- Engineering and material shots:
- Robotic and mechatronic equipment at the facility
- Close‑up material shots: recovered active materials, recycled copper, graphite. Clean, well‑lit macro/product‑style shots that show texture and quality
- Engineers working with equipment (hands‑on, mid‑process, adjusting/inspecting) – authentic, not staged
- Facility wides that establish scale and seriousness of the operation
Tone and style:
- Deep‑tech, not sustainability marketing. Avoid green‑washed clichés: no leaf icons, no soft‑focus “eco” lighting, no stock imagery of hands cupping soil or similar. This is industrial and technical, not lifestyle.
- Credible over polished. Natural light effect where possible (site doesn’t have great natural light – lighting needed), real environments, real equipment
- Reference points: think industrial/lab photography used by companies like Redwood Materials, Northvolt, or serious robotics startups.
- Colour palette: cool, neutral, metallic tones (steel, copper, graphite black) rather than warm or saturated. Avoid heavy colour grading or filters.
- Consistency: shots should work together as a coherent set for a pitch deck and website: same lighting language across team and equipment shots.
Shot list:
- 6 x individual portraits (indoor, facility or plain background)
- 2-3 group shots (formal and candid)
- 8-10 equipment/robotics shots (wide and detail)
- 5-8 material close‑ups (recovered CAM/AAM, copper, graphite)
- 4-6 “in process” working shots (engineers with equipment)
- Facility establishing shots (2-3)
Practical notes:
- Location: our facility, 256 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA
- Some equipment and process areas involve unpublished process details – we’ll flag any areas or angles that are off‑limits on the day, and may ask to review shots before certain images are used externally
- Standard PPE required in parts of the facility (we’ll provide)
- Half‑day shoot expected to be sufficient; can extend if needed
- Full‑resolution edited RAW‑derived files (JPEG/TIFF), colour‑corrected
- Delivered via download link within 5 working days
- Full usage rights for marketing, website, and investor materials (please quote licensing terms)
Skills and Experience Required
- Product photography
- Entry level
- Open to students and photographers building their portfolio
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibility. We are committed to offering a working environment where everyone is valued and feels appreciated.
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