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Graduate Brand Photographer & Image Generator - Graduate Scheme 2026

Are you graduating in 2026 (or have recently graduated) and looking to launch your creative career in photography and visual content creation?

Don't wait – kickstart your professional journey by joining Ultimate Products as a Graduate Brand Photographer & Image Generator as part of our 2026 Graduate Development Scheme.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Brand Studio team, helping create high-quality visual content for our portfolio of household brands. Through photography and imagery, you'll bring our products to life across packaging, marketing materials, retail displays and online platforms.

Why Join Our Graduate Scheme?

We're proud to be a Great Place to Work® accredited employer, and our graduates are a huge part of what makes that possible. We believe in developing future talent by providing structured training, meaningful responsibility and clear progression opportunities from day one.

At Ultimate Products, you'll benefit from:

- Structured graduate development programme

- Dedicated mentoring and support from experienced colleagues

- Regular performance reviews and personalised development plans

- Exposure to real projects and commercial decision-making

You'll be challenged, supported and empowered to build a successful long-term career within a growing international business.

The Role - Graduate Brand Photographer & Image Generator

Working as part of our Brand Studio Team, you'll help create high-quality visual content for our portfolio of household brands. Combining traditional photography with the latest AI image-generation technology, you'll contribute to content used across packaging, marketing materials, presentations, in-store displays and online platforms.

You'll gain hands-on experience photographing products, creating AI-generated imagery, supporting creative projects and helping maintain brand consistency across multiple brands. Working closely with Brand marketing, Buying and Video teams, you'll play an important role in bringing our brands to life

What You'll Be Doing

• Photographing products using professional studio and lighting equipment
• Creating product shots for packaging, instruction manuals, marketing campaigns and online platforms
• Preparing photography sets, styling products and supporting photoshoots where required
• Developing imagery through AI image generation.
• Photographing company events for social media, reports and presentations
• Ensuring imagery aligns with brand style guidelines and creative briefs
• Organising and managing visual assets through internal systems and processes
• Supporting Brand, Marketing, Buying, Design and Video teams on a variety of projects

This is an excellent opportunity for a creative graduate with a passion for photography, visual content and emerging technologies who is keen to develop their skills in a fast-paced brand environment

The UP Story

Ultimate Products is a branded consumer goods business designing, developing and supplying innovative homeware products to over 300 major retailers across the UK and Europe.

Our portfolio includes more than 3,000 products across 15 well-known brands, including household names such as Salter, Russell Hobbs and Beldray. Our products are stocked by leading retailers including Tesco, B&M and Morrisons, and are trusted for their quality, innovation and on-trend design, backed by over 260 years of combined brand heritage.

Operating across 38 countries and with an annual turnover in excess of £165 million, we continue to grow at pace. With ambitious long-term growth plans, this is an exciting time to join the business, offering graduates the opportunity to build their careers within a fast-moving, expanding organisation.

What We Look For

We’re looking for graduates who are motivated, ambitious and excited about building a career within a growing consumer goods business.

You will ideally have:

- A degree (2:1 or above) in related discipline

- At least 6–12 months’ work experience (full-time or part-time)

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Excellent organisation and attention to detail

- Confidence, resilience and a proactive approach

- The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively

- The ability to commute to our Oldham office

Your attitude, drive and willingness to learn are what matter most – we’ll support your development every step of the way.

What’s In It For You?

We Care About Your Progression

- Comprehensive structured training and a personal development plan

- Regular mentoring and performance reviews

- Ongoing salary reviews as responsibility increases

- Free external training courses from recognised providers

- Save As You Earn share save scheme

- Salary sacrifice pension contribution of up to 10% in addition to standard pension

We Invest in Our People

- Modern £1.6m state-of-the-art office in Oldham

- Private BUPA medical and dental care

- Employee wellbeing sessions and 24/7 support via Employee

- Assistance Helpline

- Community, Environmental and ESG committees

- One full paid day per year for charity work

- Free minibus to and from the local tram stop

- Prayer room and prayer-friendly working hours

- 3pm finish every Friday

- Company football and netball teams, plus a book club

We Celebrate in Style

- Annual company-funded Christmas parties

- £250 contribution towards a wedding cake

- Colleague of the Year awards

- £250 retail credit when you buy your first home

Benefits:

• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• On-site parking
• Paid volunteer time
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Shuttle service provided
• Transport links

Work Location: In person

Pay: £26,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Paid volunteer time
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Shuttle service provided
• Transport links

Work Location: In person