Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England is looking for a passionate new photographer to join our Marketing team. The role will be responsible for capturing the historic environment, with a focus on highlighting the impact of Historic England’s work, particularly on people and communities.  

The role is an essential part of our Marketing team within the Public Engagement Group and will play a key part in increasing awareness of Historic England and its work. This role is vital in visually demonstrating that heritage is for everyone and that our work has a transformative effect upon people and place.  

You will manage all aspects of photography, including capture, equipment management, post-production, asset-management and archiving. You will be confident working independently on shoots at events, projects and sites across England, and able to work at pace, turning processing around quickly.  

The role is part-time (2.5 days a week) with a flexible schedule across the week and regular travel to different regions within England. 

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth and Cambridge.

What you will be doing

Collaborating with colleagues within the organisation and across the heritage sector to undertake photography which captures inspiring and authentic images of people interacting and engaging with the historic environment. 

Assisting the varied activities of Historic England through the capture of diverse, engaging and inspirational imagery at the highest standard.

Helping raise the profile of Historic England through delivering exceptional photography which demonstrates how Historic England champions and protects the historic environment for all people.

Reinforce Historic England’s Strategy for Inclusion, Diversity and Equality by capturing images which reflect the impact of Historic England’s work on our priority audiences, and which demonstrate the emotional and real response of people to the historic environment.

Photographically recording aspects of the historic environment and add to the Historic England Archive by ensuring images are uploaded with appropriate metadata and standards.

Capturing spontaneous photography or footage across the historic environment, which can be used to engage audiences and tell stories.

Taking personal responsibility for quality assurance of your photography and image/footage capture, ensuring you comply with the principles and standards of the organisation.

Working collaboratively with our team of photographers and the wider Marketing team to ensure that all photography and footage is in line with Historic England’s brand guidelines and our Strategy for Inclusion, Diversity and Equality.

Producing imagery and capture footage that helps to engage new and diverse audiences when used on our various channels.

Carrying out post-processing of captured images/footage to create an accurate record of the historic environment.

You will archive your photography and image capture using established standards of file format and metadata input, ensuring continued access to our imagery for this and future generations.

Effectively planning your time and travel to represent a wide geographical spread of sites across England.

Working with colleagues and stakeholders to secure access, permissions and consent as required.

Developing and maintain the experience, expertise, technical and methodological skills and approaches required in photography, image capture and film-making.

Participating in debate and discussions about photography and image capture by representing Historic England to the historic environment sector and to the public, for example through advocacy and public speaking.

Contributing to Historic England’s corporate priorities by creating images and content that are accessible and relevant to our various audiences, public and professional. 

Working in partnership with the wider Photography team in influencing and integrating existing and new ways of delivering high-quality photography and image/footage capture.

Contributing to the protection and importance of heritage, including assets on the National Heritage List for England and other historically important sites.

Who we are looking for

• Broad experience as a photographer with experience of, or an interest in, working in the historic environment

• Experience of strong people photography and ability to capture emotion and tell stories through images

• Collaborative and able to build relationships and work effectively across the organisation and with all stakeholders.

• Passionate about photography, capturing public response and championing the historic environment and the heritage sector

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Interview dates: 21/03/2024

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/zrpa4mkt/zw-photographer-marketing-jd-feb-2024.odt