Photographer & visual lead

Helium · Bangalore, India

About Helium

After chasing brokers, navigating fake listings, and locking up lakhs in deposits, most renters settle because the system leaves them no real choice. Helium is a rental platform for gated homes, where your security deposit is linked to your credit score. Under the hood, we run two fintech products, a rent guarantee for homeowners and a credit led deposit solution for tenants.

We are backed by founders and operators from Blinkit, CRED, Zomato, and Stanza Living.

Role Overview

Every home a tenant rents through Helium, they choose sight-unseen, based entirely on the photos and videos we shoot. That makes this one of the highest-leverage roles at Helium: you are the reason a tenant trusts a home enough to sign, and the reason our brand feels premium the moment someone lands on our page. You'll start by owning execution end-to-end: every photoshoot, every walkthrough, every reel. As you prove this out, the role grows into owning Helium's entire visual strategy: how we show up on the website, on social, and eventually building and leading a team of photographers/editors as we expand across Bangalore's micro-markets. This is a founding role: you're not slotting into an existing content function, you're building it.

Key Responsibilities Shoot Every Home Like It's the Hero Shot: Lead photoshoots across our premium properties. Your eye for light, space, and composition is what makes a home irresistible in a 3-second scroll. Be the Tenant's Only Site Visit: Shoot and edit walkthrough videos that do the job of a physical visit, good enough that people sign a lease without ever walking in. Build Helium's Visual Voice on Social: Create the reels, brand films, and stories that define how Helium looks and feels online: distinctive, premium, nothing that looks like a broker's Whats App forward. Push the Edit: Bring footage to life through grading, sound, and pacing, and constantly raise the bar on what "good" looks like for a rental platform. Own the Visual Strategy: As the role grows, take charge of how Helium shows up visually across the website and every social channel, not just producing content, but deciding what content we make and why. Build the Team: Recruit, train, and lead a growing bench of photographers and editors as Helium expands property acquisition across new Bangalore micro-markets.

Requirements 0-3 years of experience shooting and editing photo/video (professionally or self-taught), OR a relevant course/certification in photography, filmmaking, or video editing. Strong portfolio demonstrating both photography and video editing (walkthroughs, reels, or brand films): this matters far more than years on a resume. Proficiency with a professional camera/gear setup and editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, or equivalent). A sharp eye for composition, light, and space, able to make interiors look premium without staging. Founder mindset: hands-on, fast-moving, comfortable owning a shoot solo today and building a team tomorrow.