The Jet Black Squares team is made up of a group of talented associates that offer smartphone safaris and corporate masterclasses around the UK. While each of our associates offers their own unique approach to smartphone photography, we all have a passion for delivering fun, lively and creative sessions. We would love to grow our team further, and internationally too. So, if you are thinking about becoming a Jet Black Squares associate, have a read of the comments from some of our team below to get their take on this great opportunity.
Gail - Oxfordshire
“I first came across Jet Black Squares last year when I watched Jet present a live safari for an online photography club and thought ‘what a great job she has!’. So I started following JBS on social media and signed up to the monthly newsletters. Fast forward to New Year’s Day this year when I was reading a blog and spotted the link to ‘Join the JBS Family’. Strike while the iron’s hot is the saying, isn’t it? So that’s what I did, not really expecting anything, especially a reply the next day! Within 3 weeks I’d signed up and carried out my first safari in February.
There’s so much to like about running safaris. It works around my part time job (which I’m hoping to phase out) and home life. It’s completely flexible with no pressure to carry out ‘X’ amount of safaris, but, most of all, I’m doing something that I ENJOY! It’s great to meet new people and teach them a new skill, and hopefully inspire them to get out and use their new found skills more. And when I get photos sent through to me from customers showing me their photos months later, well I really couldn’t ask for more.
Walking around the streets, photographing buildings, landscapes and people are what I enjoy most, but I’m looking to expand my horizons and currently learning about food photography, with the aim of teaching independent restaurant owners how photograph their food so that they can use these images for their online presence.
Lots of exciting things coming up and Jet is always full of bright ideas and keen to support us associates. To anyone thinking of joining, I’d say ‘stop thinking and just do it!’.”
Tim – West London
"Having been a ‘big camera’ photographer for many years, I was becoming more and more impressed with the capability of today’s smartphone to take quality images. I found I would leave my big camera at home and exclusively use my smartphone for photography. I was learning lots of different creative ways to take ‘wow factor’ images with the smartphone and I was able to submit smartphone images into my local camera club’s photography competitions with some great successes.
Being part of Jet Black Squares enables me to share my passion of creating images on the smartphone with others while exploring different parts of West London. Recently, I held a virtual smartphone safari for a software company as a team building event. We had great fun. I had a team of 12 from Hong Kong, France, Germany and the UK follow me virtually around Richmond Upon Thames then go away and take their own images, which we reviewed at the end of the session. Smartphone photography is a great cost-effective and inclusive team activity that gives team members the chance to switch off from their normal routines for a couples of hours. I’m looking forward to delivering more of these over the next few weeks."
Mary - Watford
“I joined JBS because I really like Jet and the way she has brought together a unique way of using the smartphone but also allowing me to put my own spin on it too, which is well-being smartphone photography.
I like the fact that I can work independently but with the support of all the other associates too. It's lovely to be part of something new and exciting.”
Julie - Cornwall
“Being a JBS Associate has been brilliant for me. As an artist, photography has always been a foundational part of my artmaking process, to take inspiration from. With smartphones these days, it means 99% of the time, I have a camera on hand, but in addition, it's been a game changer since discovering the functionality that I never knew was there. My everyday photography finally matches up to what my eye can see!
I absolutely love sharing this know-how with people, seeing the joy they get when they've taken a photo they're really proud of, and the buzz I get when I see how much they are enjoying themselves is a delight.
The thing I've enjoyed most since joining JBS is creating one-to-one and family experiences with people. Knowing we are going somewhere special to them, creating memories and leaving with a skill they can use over and over again, is amazing. I've also done a couple of online sessions over zoom as well, which worked out really well.
I couldn't be happier with how being a JBS associate fits in with other aspects of my life!”
Why become a Jet Black Squares associate?
Becoming a Jet Black Squares associate will give you the freedom to put together a fun and creative selection of smartphone sessions in your local area. The smartphone safaris you run will fit around your schedule and commitments, making this a fantastic opportunity no matter how many or few hours you have. It’s completely up to you! If you are a student looking to run safaris while studying, we offer a student associate too.
You will receive all the support you need to get up and running including training, online booking platform and promotion of your safaris through social media and our newsletter. All we ask is that you are completely committed and reliable, promote your sessions on your own social channels and have access to suitable and up-to-date technology to run your sessions.
If you would like to join Jet Black Squares as an associate, get in touch with Jet today at jet@jetblacksquares.com. We hope to welcome you to the team soon!