Photo Editor | Remote

Crossing Hurdles; India; Remote; INR 7,161,000 - 13,021,000; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Photo and Visual Editor for a remote contract role. You will review images, judge quality, select strongest shots, and ensure captions match.

You will retouch per briefs, explain selection decisions, and deliver images for print, web, social, or brand work. Daily use of Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One is expected, with clear written English.

Qualifications

• Proficient in professional photo editing workflows and software.
• Experience delivering images for print, web, social, broadcast, or brand work.
• Clear written English for captions and notes.

Responsibilities

• Review images and select the strongest ones for specified purposes.
• Judge technical quality including exposure, focus, color, noise, and cropping.
• Mark images altered in a way that changes their content.
• Ensure captions and descriptions accurately match the images.
• Write explanations for image selection decisions.
• Correct or retouch images according to briefs.

Skills

Photo editing

Lightroom

Photoshop

Capture One

Image retouching

Written English

Tools

Lightroom

Photoshop

Capture One

Job description

Position: Photo and Visual Editors

Type: Contract

Compensation: $55 - $100 per hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week

Role Responsibilities

• Review images and select the strongest ones for specific purposes.
• Judge technical quality including exposure, focus, color, noise, and cropping.
• Mark images altered in a way that changes their content.
• Ensure captions and descriptions accurately match the images.
• Write explanations for image selection decisions.
• Correct or retouch images according to briefs.

Requirements

• Professional work as a photo editor, picture editor, visual editor, retoucher, or photo producer.
• Daily use of professional tools such as Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One.
• Experience delivering images to print, web, social, broadcast, or brand work.
• Comfort explaining why one image works and another don’t.
• Clear written English.