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Anyone any experience or knowledge of this company?

They are advertising a job in my local area and I've written to them requesting further info.

I am guessing it is purely a school portrait photography position as it is term time only.

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about them or what kind of salary you can expect?

Applicants should have a good basic interest in photography although previous experience is not essential as full training is given. Applicants must have a pleasant outgoing personality, a natural rapport with children, enjoy being out and about meeting other people and the necessary drive and ambition to represent well.

The position would suit someone looking for an interesting and challenging ‘mini career’during school term time only, although it is salaried for 12 months of the year. The position also provides a Company car, expenses and other benefits.
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I applied for a job with them last year. They do school photos so, yes, term time only. You would be responsible for covering a number of schools in a particular area. From what I remember the money wasn't that good for the time you had to put in. I applied as I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some photography professionally. Didn't get the job in the end and part of me is glad. If you get the job they send you on a week's training in South England somewhere and I think they supply all the kit but can't remember exactly.

If you get away without a big salary and you're willing to put the hours in it's an ideal opportunity to get into photography.

Sorry that's probably not very useful at all !!
 
Personally id say it was a great oppurtunity to get a little professional experience...
The salary may not be brilliant (and considering how much school portraits cost it bl***y should be! :D) but the Company Car + Expenses and other benefits would go a long way to making the deal more atractive.
If they also supply the kit...Bingo!
Salaried for 12 months,free car,and only work in term time-What you got to lose the way employment/economy is at the moment?
 
But you need to spend a lot of time working with whining, stroppy, rude and scruffy kids. Is anything worth that? :)
 
thanks for the replies, all helpful :)

Yes, I am guessing the salary wouldn't be amazing but I am currently a Chat Team Leader for Sun Bingo and they would probably allow me to go part time if I took a demotion so I could supplement my salary.

My main reason for being interested is equipment, training and experience :)

As for stroppy kids, I am the eldest of 5 boys, and I helped raise the youngest two so it's something I can deal with ;)
 
AndyB said:
But you need to spend a lot of time working with whining, stroppy, rude and scruffy kids. Is anything worth that? :)
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Reminds me of a certain forum at times......... :coat:
 
Harvey_nikon said:
thanks for the replies, all helpful :)

Yes, I am guessing the salary wouldn't be amazing but I am currently a Chat Team Leader for Sun Bingo and they would probably allow me to go part time if I took a demotion so I could supplement my salary.
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You're a what?? :thinking::shrug:
 
Flash In The Pan said:
You're a what?? :thinking::shrug:
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Lol, it sounds like a dossers job but it isn't :)

Online bingo sites have chat rooms that members can talk in, well we employ what we call Chat Hosts to sit in rooms, chat to members, enforce the site rules and run promotions and games.

So basically, the short version is "I make sure that people are in chat rooms keeping others entertained" :D

Yes it is pretty cushy and I am bringing home a salary that varies between the low and mid £20K however it's a lot harder for me due to all the management stuff as well as developing our internal departmental website and forums as well as overseeing the development of other software :)
 
From what I remember it's not very "part-time" in terms of fitting it in with another job. It's more part-time in terms of school term times. But this job may be different to the one I applied for.
 
Make sure you supply a good photograph with your application and fill in your application very carefully otherwise you won't get short listed.

The company also do group shots for the military and large schools setting up a structured stand and i think this is taken on large format.
 
I think it was these people that did our school photo and that was large format, though I couldn't swear as it was before I got into photography
 
Dudie said:
How's £3600pa sound!?
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LOL, like a **** take tbh!!

My friend got her info pack through this morning and text me straight away with the info!

£3600 per annum! What a joke.

If it was one or two days a week I could easily work it into my existing shift pattern just for the experience but tbh, I think I would rather ask local wedding photographers if I can work with them for free just to gain experience in the processes etc.

Never mind! :(
 
Myky D said:
I want to be a Chat Room Bingo Host!
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It's pretty easy, but pretty boring too!

Talking for 9 hours straight 4 days on the trot can take it out of you and gets a little repetitive. Plus, bingo players seem to try and out do each other all the time, not about good stuff, but about who has got the worst illness! It's very off! :D

Nearly every online gaming site has chat rooms and moderators, some paid but a lot aren't :( it's just a case of applying around :D
 
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