{"id":2595,"date":"2020-12-30T06:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T06:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2020-12-30T06:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T06:26:17","slug":"marketing-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/?p=2595","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A corporate photography commission from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/\">National Grid<\/a> last month; I photographed four of their brightest stars to market an upcoming recruitment campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-35-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s interesting that messaging has become such a priority for companies, especially in recruitment. Graduates want to know much more than what their starting salary will be; they want to understand a company&#8217;s philosophy and what they are doing to protect the environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/stories\/journey-to-net-zero\/national-grids-net-zero-commitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pushing to decarbonise the energy system<\/a> is something that has been fundamental to National Grid for a few years now, it\u2019s a message that is now at the forefront of everything they do and something that I have incorporated into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/index.php\/projects\/national-grid-re-brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my shoots for them<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CareersSophie_191020_JA-29-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The brief focussed on the subjects as individuals and we incorporated locations that expressed their lives outside of work. That meant lightning challenges in dimly lit gyms and arcades with fluorescent lighting. There&#8217;s nothing I like more than turning up in a location that is pretty much un-shootable and using my lights to make it sing. I&#8217;ve been getting a kick out of it for the past 17 years!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersAlissa221020-75-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My four subjects were all equally impressive. They came from different areas of the business, working as engineers, project managers and IT techs. The common theme &#8211; they knew what they wanted from a potential career at an early age, something that was rare amongst my peers when I started out as a photographer. That\u2019s reassuring isn\u2019t it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersZayab221020-80-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NG_CareersJaneece_281020-73-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hurricanemedia.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurricane media<\/a> and Andy Chivers for production.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A corporate photography commission from National Grid last month; I photographed four of their brightest stars to market an upcoming recruitment campaign. 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