Working Student Photo & Video

Your role

At Kitchen Stories, we work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams. Our creative team, who brings our content to life, is made up of editors, designers, photographers, video producers & chefs. As a Working Student Photo & Video, you don't just sit behind a camera—you tell stories, develop concepts and post-produce pictures and videos. Being a global food platform means that we produce new, consistent, and high-quality content every week.

As a Working Student Photo & Video, you are a core part in making our recipes succeed by executing visuals that sell our recipes to our users. In this role, you would be working with the video, photo and culinary teams on a wide variety of our different creative projects. Your initial focus will be content for our social media platforms but additionally our own platforms. You're comfortable with a camera in your hand, whether that's taking still images or capturing motion, and whether it’s a video camera or an iPhone 14. In addition, you have some proficiency with video editing and for the perfect look, you retouch and edit our photos using industry-standard software. This is a dynamic role where you get to try your hand at many different areas in our visual production team here at Kitchen Stories.

• You support the video & photo team with shooting, retouching photos and editing videos based on the team's needs
• You will work closely with our team creating mouth-watering short-form videos to support our culinary content.
• You assist with operational needs for the production of campaigns with our various partners
• You work in a cross-functional, creative team including content and video editors, photographers, chefs, and operations managers.

Your profile

• You are inspired by cooking and telling stories around it
• Social platforms are your stomping ground, whether it's Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube you know what it takes to make thumb-stopping photo and video content, and you’re passionate about creating content for these platforms.
• You have experience shooting in both natural and studio lighting—even better if that experience includes food.
• You are familiar with using Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and Capture One
• You have a portfolio that demonstrates your talent, ability to work in a studio setting, and, ideally, work with food.
• You speak fluent English and work proficiently in German
• You are enrolled as a student and can work between 15-20 hours a week.

Our offer

• The opportunity to be part of an engaged, talented and international team, working together to build the ultimate cooking platform for our community
• A supportive and appreciative working environment, which ensures that you will not only grow professionally but also personally
• Strong awareness of the importance of heterogeneous and diverse teams and a continuous emphasis on cross-functional collaboration
• A spacious office in vibrant Prenzlauer Berg, boasting 5 kitchens, flexible workspaces for creative thinking and focus time, and a well-stocked bar
• Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team: team events, from lunch parties to summer boat rides — either virtually or in person when possible
• Tons of great food to test and try from our shoot and test kitchens every day