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Hi, I'm Tom Watkins, a results-driven creative professional with a strong background in photography, creative production and project management. I've built my career delivering high-impact portrait shoots for global athletes and producing product-focused photography for advertising, web, social, and e-commerce, all while maintaining strong client relationships and staying calm under pressure. I thrive on turning ideas into polished campaigns, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, managing budgets, locations, risk, and schedules from pre-production through post-production, and delivering results that align with brand goals across campaigns and channels.…Hi, I'm Tom Watkins, a results-driven creative professional with a strong background in photography, creative production and project management. I've built my career delivering high-impact portrait shoots for global athletes and producing product-focused photography for advertising, web, social, and e-commerce, all while maintaining strong client relationships and staying calm under pressure. I thrive on turning ideas into polished campaigns, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, managing budgets, locations, risk, and schedules from pre-production through post-production, and delivering results that align with brand goals across campaigns and channels.

Tom Watkins

Photographer, Creative Producer, Director of Photography, +2

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Hi, I'm Tom Watkins, a results-driven creative professional with a strong background in photography, creative production and project management. I've built my career delivering high-impact portrait shoots for global athletes and producing product-focused photography for advertising, web, social, and e-commerce, all while maintaining strong client relationships and staying calm under pressure. I thrive on turning ideas into polished campaigns, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, managing budgets, locations, risk, and schedules from pre-production through post-production, and delivering results that align with brand goals across campaigns and channels.…Hi, I'm Tom Watkins, a results-driven creative professional with a strong background in photography, creative production and project management. I've built my career delivering high-impact portrait shoots for global athletes and producing product-focused photography for advertising, web, social, and e-commerce, all while maintaining strong client relationships and staying calm under pressure. I thrive on turning ideas into polished campaigns, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, managing budgets, locations, risk, and schedules from pre-production through post-production, and delivering results that align with brand goals across campaigns and channels.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Tom Watkins, a results-driven creative professional with a strong background in photography, creative production and project management. I’ve built my career delivering high-impact portrait shoots for global athletes and producing product-focused photography for advertising, web, social, and e-commerce, all while maintaining strong client relationships and staying calm under pressure.

I thrive on turning ideas into polished campaigns, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, managing budgets, locations, risk, and schedules from pre-production through post-production, and delivering results that align with brand goals across campaigns and channels.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Intermediate

Adobe InDesign

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Creative Photographer at Pro-Direct Sport

November 1, 2022 - February 1, 2026

Delivers high-impact campaign portrait shoots of global athletes, in studio and on location; produces product-focused still-life photography for advertising, web, social channels and occasionally e-commerce; deputises for the Head of Photography and supports management and coordination of a team of five photographers.

Freelance Photographer at Self-Employed

January 1, 2012 - Present

Specialising in portrait and lifestyle photography for commercial, editorial and advertising clients; skilled in high-end retouching and post-production; proficient in shoot planning and pre-production, including budgeting, location scouting, site visits/recce, risk assessments, and managing external suppliers.