About Dishpatch
Dishpatch delivers the best restaurants to every home in the UK. We believe the best chefs deserve the biggest tables and that incredible food shouldn’t be confined to the lucky few that live in the city. Since we began in March 2020, we’ve partnered with the UK’s most pioneering restaurants and chefs – including Michel Roux Jr., Yotam Ottolenghi, Angela Hartnett at Cafe Murano, and Jose Pizarro – to deliver hundreds of thousands of meals across the country nationwide. Dishpatch makes it possible to experience incredible restaurant food in your own home.
Backed by the world’s leading consumer and brand venture investors, Dishpatch is growing fast and our sights are set on building a brand, product and collective that both restaurants and diners truly love. We’re continuing to rapidly increase the diverse range of restaurants and chefs we partner with to serve our growing community of diners.
The role
As a Junior Producer, you will be leading on our market-leading photoshoots from pre-production, all the way through to the shoot and delivery of assets ready for our website.
You’ll have 1-2 years of experience in creative production, with a little black book of creative contacts and a deep understanding of the food space across stylists, photographers and videographers. You’ll have deep knowledge of writing briefs, what you need to deliver a high calibre shoot and how assets will come to life across our channels to ensure that suppliers are delivering against our briefs.
Responsibilities
- Pre-plan and produce shoots for creative, product and marketing teams
- Source photographers, videographers and stylists
- Negotiate contracts with suppliers: photographers, stylists and videographers including costs, rights usage
- Support with managing our creative production team alongside acting Creative Director
- Form strong relationships across the business and establish close relationships with external creatives to build a little black book of contacts
- Source props, equipment and materials for shoots
- Manage, reconcile and forecast creative budgets; you’ll deliver the year’s work at or below the agreed budget
- Quality check images to ensure they align to shoot and brand guides and are delivered in a timely manner
- Develop your creative knowledge to keep shoots relevant and aspirational
About You
Requirements
- You love food and restaurants
- Your taste levels are high and you understand the food space
- You are positive and solution-focused; nothing is impossible
- On set you keep teams on track while building supportive relationships
- You manage up to senior leaders and keep key stakeholders informed
- You have a passion for great design and love food
- You’re customer-obsessed and not only think about production but also where our creative ends up in execution
- Self-starting do-er, comfortable moving quickly (we’re very fast!), proactive and super organised
About Us
- We’re an open book. We’re transparent with each other and the restaurants we work with: a genuine partner
- We’re intentional and big on action. When we do something, we do it with focus, and we do it quickly
- We’re real. We believe in being authentic, genuine and direct in our approach, communication and product
Benefits
- Be part of one of the fastest-growing startups in the UK and contribute to the future of at-home dining
- Competitive salary and compensation
- 33 days of holiday per year (inc. bank holidays)
- Employer contributions to your pension plan
- Meaningful ownership stake in the Dishpatch business.
- Trying out our favourite spots to eat with Friday team lunches
- Opportunity to try new menus and take home spare boxes each week
- Employee discount codes on all menus
If this sounds like something you can’t wait to get stuck into, we want to hear from you. Join us on our mission to democratise food globally, and bring the world’s best chefs to the kitchens of everyone.
On diversity
Every role in the Dishpatch team is open to applications from all sections of society. We’re committed to building a culture of inclusion, belonging and connection as we work together on building something truly great. We actively encourage applications from everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other difference that makes you, well, you.
Faqs
Where are you based?
Our office is next door to our central fulfilment premises in Poplar, London, right next to Canary Wharf.
What are your working hours?
Most of us work 9-6, but we adopt a flexible working culture & hours. It’s more important to us what you’re getting done, not when you’re doing it.
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