Cruise Ship Photographer Aboard a P&O Cruises UK Cruiseship

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Job Description

You will be part of a three to fifteen member onboard photographic team. Your immediate supervisor would be the Photo Manager aboard your assigned vessel. Photographers live and work aboard as part of the ship’s company as crewmembers for periods of approximately six to eight months in most cases. Live aboard facilities include a modern twin share cabin with bathroom facilities. Cabins also are fitted with mod cons such as televisions with featured satellite and movie channels. As a “new joiner” you can expect to do a lot of work behind a camera photographing our cruise guests as well as the places the ship visits. You will also be serving as a sales consultant, in the photo gallery aboard, representing and selling your work and the work of your teammates. You’ll have other photographic and crew related duties as well. Every day is slightly different. You will be expected to work every day during your contract. Some days can be quite long with duties starting early and finishing late. You will most often be working in an environment alongside other photographers and sales staff that are a part of our on board team.

There is of course time off and as a crewmember you're entitled to go ashore and enjoy the ports and places. Your time off is of course subject to your work schedule and other crewmember responsibilities. There are crew facilities on board which may include things like a crew bar or lounge, library, internet room, laundry, crew pool, crew mess (restaurant) and other facilities that are exclusively for the crew’s use and enjoyment. As a photographer you will enjoy staff privileges as well. These include things like using in limits, some of the passenger facilities like the lounges, bars, shops, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, show venues, decks & pools, spas and gymnasium. Staff privileges and guidelines for use vary from ship to ship.

Other opportunities as you progress with us will include working with and getting specialisation in;

Salary & Benefits

Salary and Benefits Section: • Industry competitive salaries and benefits packages are offered for individuals at all levels across the organisation • training and development delivered mainly through in-house workshops, courses and programmes

The position, like most of the jobs at sea, requires you to obtain before joining the following documents and certificates. There's certainly no need to concern yourself with obtaining any of these right now and we will assist you with the necessary information on how to obtain them at the appropriate time.

•A current passport that is valid for at least 18 months from you date of joining a vessel.•A UK ENG 1 Medical certification†

•A USA C1D Visa if you are a non US citizen or resident††

•A UK, British Seaman's Discharge Book (you DO NOT need to be a UK National for this)

† You will need to be in good health & fitness (reasons for not passing this medical include, but are not limited to, epilepsy and diabetes).

†† To be granted a USA C1D Visa you will have to have a clean police record

Although as a photographer you'll be behind the viewfinder of a camera practically every day, you will be first and foremost focused on CUSTOMER SERVICE. You may be the world's most gifted and talented photographer but if you cannot see yourself in customer sales and service role then this position is certainly not the one for you. However, if you enjoy and are passionate about people and all things photography related. If you want success in sales challenges, if you are wanting to travel and work hard along with enjoying a bit of fun on the side then please consider us. Again the most important qualification that you bring with you will be your attitude of positive, customer focused energy and willingness to do what it takes to be successful. We have found over the years that it’s much easier to show people how to take and produce photographs than it is to show people how to offer up great customer service experiences. Get the message?

If you would like to now take your enquiry a step further we will require you to submit the following;

•Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae

•One or two job references†

•One or two personal references†

•A covering letter describing yourself and why this position would suit you or the contributions you can make etc.

†We do not require a letter or statement from your referees, just a name, contact telephone number and e-mail address so that we can contact them.

Please e-mail this information hr@theshipsphotographer.com for further consideration.

Please note that once we receive all of the information requested in this letter we will review your application. You will only hear further from us if your written application is approved for further consideration.  Please also be aware that if your application is considered, you will be contacted to arrange an appointment time for a live interview. We have agencies in Southampton England and Australia to conduct interviews and and unless special arrangements can be made, you will be required, at your own expense, to attend an interview in one of these locations to progress further with this application