Assistant Club Photographer

⚒️ Assistant Club Photographer

West Ham United

📍 Location: Chadwell Heath / Rush Green Training Ground

📄 Contract: Permanent

💰 Salary: Competitive

⏰ Hours: Primarily standard business hours, with flexibility for evenings, weekends and matchdays.

The Role

We’re looking for an Assistant Club Photographer to help capture and shape the visual story of West Ham United across our Women’s Team, Academy and wider Club activity.

From matchdays and training sessions to features and commercial campaigns, you’ll play a key role in delivering consistent, high-quality photography that reflects the identity of the Club across all platforms.

If you’re passionate about football and visual storytelling — and thrive in a fast-paced sporting environment — this could be your next move.

⚽ Your Responsibilities

Women’s Team

•Lead photography output on matchdays, training sessions and player features.

•Work closely with Comms, Content and Editorial teams to ensure imagery aligns with key narratives.

•Collaborate with social and content teams to develop creative concepts.

Academy

•Capture matchdays, training and player features across age groups.

•Maintain a consistent visual style aligned with the wider Club identity.

•Build and manage the Academy photography archive.

Club-Wide Coverage

•Cover Men’s Premier League fixtures, partnership and community activations.

•Support commercial campaigns including retail and ticketing.

•Edit and upload imagery to Getty Images to extend coverage beyond Club channels.

•Log and archive all projects thoroughly using internal systems.

🧩 What You’ll Bring

• Previous experience working within football
• Minimum 5 years’ professional photography experience
• Strong knowledge of studio lighting setups
• Advanced Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building ability
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Proactive, self-motivated and adaptable
• Passion for sport and entertainment
• Willingness to travel and work regular weekends

Safeguarding Commitment

We’re committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding children and adults at risk. This role is subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Benefits on offer (may vary based on contract type and location)

• 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Pension and life insurance
• Healthcare cash scheme
• Travel season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Priority access to apply for match tickets
• Discounted season tickets
• Staff discounts in the club store, café and our official partners products and services
• Discounted gym membership and onsite fitness room facilities
• Family friendly leave policies
• Company Social events

EDI Statement

• The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, aligning with the organisation’s business and tactical approach to eliminating barriers and addressing inequity. You agree to actively contribute to creating a discrimination-free and inclusive environment, ensuring equitable access to opportunities and benefits, while fostering a culture of dignity and respect that enables everyone to perform and achieve their potential.

• Candidates must demonstrate their capability and willingness to uphold best practices and procedures, promoting lasting positive change while eliminating biases and barriers to attracting, achieving, and supporting talent from all communities, regardless of background, circumstances, or protected characteristics.

Safeguarding

• The successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to the safety and welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk of harm across all stakeholders. Everyone, including third parties who work with the Club or the West Ham Foundation, is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals. Successful candidates must undergo essential background checks before starting their employment, which may include screening of social media. The type of DBS check required will depend on the responsibilities of the position and may be basic, standard, or enhanced.

• The successful candidate agrees to proactively identify and respond appropriately to any concerns, and follow the Club's Safeguarding reporting procedures to report allegations of abuse, poor practice, or anything that may impact the welfare of a child, young person, or adult at risk without delay, within 24 hours, or as otherwise directed by the Club’s or the West Ham Foundation Safeguarding Team.