This multi-location photography case study explores how Global Assignments delivered consistent portrait photography across six international cities for the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.
The photography needed to feel premium, editorial and aligned with the institution’s refined academic identity.
The challenge was delivering consistent, high-quality portrait photography across six international locations, without flying out the internal team and while remaining within budget and timeframe.
This is where multi-location photography coordination became essential.
The project required a unified set of portraits that could be used across both digital and print communications.
The brief called for:
Subjects were photographed in their real working environments where possible. This added authenticity to each story while maintaining a neutral visual style that avoided distracting branding.
Producing a global portrait series often presents logistical challenges:
Without clear creative direction and coordination, global shoots can quickly produce inconsistent results.
For organisations operating across multiple cities or countries, photography is rarely produced in a single location. Alumni stories, leadership portraits, brand campaigns and corporate communications often require imagery created across different offices and markets.
Without coordination, global photography projects can quickly become fragmented. Different photographers may interpret a brief differently, resulting in inconsistent lighting, composition or tone.
Multi-location photography requires a structured approach that includes:
When these elements are aligned, organisations can create photography that feels unified, even when produced in multiple countries.
This approach allows brands and institutions to build visual consistency across global communications while working with local professional photographers.
Global Assignments Agency coordinated the project by commissioning six editorial portrait photographers, each based in a key location:
Each photographer worked to a shared creative brief, supported by detailed visual guidelines and lighting instructions.
By combining local expertise with central creative direction, we delivered photography that appears as though it was produced by a single creative team.
This approach demonstrates the strength of multi-location photography delivered through trusted local professionals. This model allows organisations to produce consistent global photography while working with trusted local photographers rather than flying production teams internationally.
The project produced a polished asset bank of portraits that:
The final images now support alumni storytelling across marketing, communications and institutional platforms.
This case study demonstrates how coordinated multi-location photography allows organisations to produce high-quality imagery globally while maintaining brand integrity.
Global Assignments is a visual partner coordinating multi-location photography through a trusted global network of professional photographers.
Rather than flying production teams internationally, we commission the right photographers locally while maintaining central creative direction.
Clients work with us when they need:
Our network spans over 100 cities worldwide, allowing us to match the right photographer to each assignment.
Whether commissioning photography in five cities or fifty, our role is to ensure your brand looks consistent wherever the work takes place.
From corporate portraiture to brand storytelling, multi-location photography requires coordination, creative clarity and trusted local expertise.
Global Assignments manages that process from start to finish.
If your organisation needs photography delivered across multiple cities, we can help coordinate the process while maintaining a consistent visual standard.
“A well-deserved shout out to Global Assignments for their patience and professionalism on this global project for Saïd Business School, working with a number of amazing business leaders.
The work of these photographers now hangs proudly in the business school to continue to inspire students and visitors.”
Isabelle Leach
Account Manager, Bray Leino
