Digital Videographer & Photographer

Who we are

With offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Manchester, Q Communications has a reputation for big ideas, new insights, relentless tenacity and achieving exceptional results for our clients – across the UAE, Middle East, United Kingdom, Europe and USA.

Our vision

We aspire to be the world’s most sought after communications agency, inspiring moments of brilliance and happiness through our exceptional services and actions; a collective of creatives and communicators who we encourage and nurture in both mind and body; adding unparalleled value to our clients and making a real difference in the world. 

Q is a special place to work, made up of a passionate team who deliver brilliance and exceptional service to our clients.  Our people are very important to us and we like to look after them by providing a range of opportunities and benefits, including:

Be better at what you do:

• Qcademy offers you the opportunity to learn and grow with us.  We pride ourselves on our teams’ personal and professional development.  
• We promise to give you all the tools you need in a great workspace so you can focus on being the best version of you.

You are our story: 

• We believe that our people are our greatest achievement and know our team is our greatest asset. 
• We regularly show our appreciation to our people and celebrate their achievements.

Flexible Fun Work Space:

• Our people enjoy coming into work and spending time with each other.  
• We offer flexibility to help our people get the balance right between life in and outside of work. 
• We are a team of professionals who know what it takes to get the job done. 
• But we also know how and when to have fun.  

Be part of something bigger:

• We embrace diversity and inclusion. Our team is proudly made up of people from across the globe and we see this as one of our greatest strengths. 
• With international offices and a global client portfolio Q Communications continues to grow and you can be part of the journey. 

Create Impact:

• We deliver campaigns for our clients that impact their business and your friends will be talking about at the water cooler. 
• We care about the community we live in and are passionate about giving back. Through our Q Cares program we show our support for causes that we’re passionate about. 

We live and breathe our values:

Transparency | Creativity | Respect | Communication | Passion

Job Description:

• Produce, create and curate image and video content on a daily basis.
• Work with account teams to brainstorm content ideas.
• Ideate, coordinate and film live videos for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat.
• Ideate, coordinate and film Instagram stories.
• Film, edit and create short video content for all social media channels and video press releases.
• Photograph and edit images for company and client including (but not limited to) launch parties, client sponsored events and all branding, PR images for media use, website imagery.
• Ideate, shoot and edit day-to-day content in the form of (but not limited to) photos, graphics, videos and GIFs primarily for social media channels.
• Analyse performance of social media content, including video, to help guide direction of future content.
• Work with account teams to ensure all content is created with social media best practices and specifications.
• Work with account teams to create social media content to compliment company and client initiatives and campaigns.
• Create promotion templates for digital filters and other required templates for digital platforms..
• Design images and layouts for social media profiles.
• Stay up to date on features, innovations and content capabilities of social media sites and trends in social media and digital content, focusing on AI.
• Research best in class content creation across big brands.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues towards smooth project delivery across teams.
• Engage in Qcademy and other learning & development opportunities, to enhance skills.
• Stay across market trends and developments to help Q and our clients stay at the forefront of our industry in the region.

Key Competencies

• Creativity and Imagination - Photography, for all intents and purposes, is a form of art. Therefore, it requires a creative mind—and plenty of imagination. A good photographer must be able to look at something ordinary, or even extraordinary, and find a million different ways to interpret what he’s seeing and convey those interpretations in beautiful and meaningful photos.
• An eye for detail - A good photographer must have a very keen eye for detail to ensure that all elements within the photo—the lighting, the composition, the subject, and everything else in between—work together harmoniously to convey the right vision or message.
• Patience - No matter how much you try to control every variable, things just won’t go your way at times. There will be days when the lighting won’t cooperate, when your models or clients will be exceptionally difficult, or when your camera just won’t give you the desired results. And of course, there will be times when you’ll have to take a billion photos just to get one perfect photo.
• Flexibility  -  In addition to patience, you also need to be flexible. The two qualities go hand in hand—you need to be patient enough to deal with whatever comes your way, and you need to be flexible enough to make the best of undesirable conditions.
• Good people skills - Being a professional photographer means working with people—whether it’s a client, a model, or even a fellow photographer. Thus, being a good photographer requires good people skills. You’ll also need to network to obtain clients and partnerships, so knowing how to connect and communicate effectively with others is imperative.When you’re photographing people, knowing how to take a good photo simply isn’t enough. You also have to know how to interact with your subjects to make them feel at ease, get them to cooperate, or draw out all the right emotions out of them.
• Passion - What sets a good photographer apart from the rest? Passion. When you’re passionate about what you do, it will always shine through in your work. It takes a lot of time and effort to make it as a professional photographer, and the ones who do succeed and manage to make a name for themselves are those who are truly passionate about their craft. Passion makes the photographer—it will always make you work a little harder, push a little farther, and strive to be better than you were the day before.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years local experience,  additional creative background experience will be beneficial.
• Demonstrated knowledge of photography/videography within the digital domain.
• Advanced technical and photographic skills.
• Proficient in using a range of programs including: All Adobe Creative Suit programs & Relevant Design programs.
• Capacity to work independently with minimal direction.
• Excellent organisational skills including the ability to manage competing priorities and a busy schedule.
• High levels of resilience in dealing with client requests and competing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated professionalism including being punctual, well presented, responsive and reliable.
• A strong desire to learn and develop professionally.
• A commitment to stay across industry development and trends.