Creative Photo Editor — News Visuals (Remote)

Critical Playground LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daily Beast's London bureau is seeking a creative photo editor to curate visuals for daily stories and features. You will illustrate, source, edit, and design compelling images and infographics, while ensuring rights compliance and high visual standards.

Ideal candidates bring at least 4 years in digital media photo editing, strong Photoshop skills, and the ability to work under tight deadlines. Collaboration with editors and the social team is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years experience in photo editing in a digital media environment.
• Expertise in Adobe Photoshop and proficiency in other Adobe Creative Cloud apps.
• Strong visual literacy with attention to detail, composition, and color.

Responsibilities

• Illustrate: create inventive and witty illustrations using photos or original drawings that capture the story and engage readers.
• Photo Research: source, edit, and optimize images for daily stories and features across the site.
• Infographics: design charts, maps, and timelines to bring dynamism to stories and help readers understand complex topics.
• Rights Management: obtain permissions and ensure licensing compliance for all images used.
• Quality Control: maintain visual consistency by ensuring images are credited, captioned, and formatted.
• Collaboration: work with visuals team, editors, reporters, and social media to tell stories creatively.

Skills

Photo editing

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Creative Cloud

Illustration

Visual literacy

Time management

Communication

News & politics awareness

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

The Daily Beast's London bureau is seeking a creative photo editor to curate visuals for daily stories and features. You will illustrate, source, edit, and design compelling images and infographics, while ensuring rights compliance and high visual standards.

Ideal candidates bring at least 4 years in digital media photo editing, strong Photoshop skills, and the ability to work under tight deadlines. Collaboration with editors and the social team is essential.