Dynamic Photo Editor for News & Features

Nashville Public Radio; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal in New York seeks a photo editor for the Business News and Features teams. You will cover corporate, real estate, manufacturing, retail, and consumer travel desks, generating bold visuals and directing photo assignments across multiple areas.

Ideal candidates have at least three years in editorial photo editing, with strong publishing system skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom.

Qualifications

• Three years of editorial photo editing experience.
• Strong photographic and visual storytelling skills.
• Ability to manage shoots and assignments across multiple desks.

Responsibilities

• Assign photography and run shoots, including on-location and in-house studio.
• Produce photo coverage across breaking news, daily and enterprise stories.
• Collaborate with editors, SEO, platform teams, and graphics.
• Edit photo builds in publishing system and surface work across platforms.
• Assign photographers, brief shoots, manage releases and budget.
• Promote diverse photographers and audiences for our journalism.
• Negotiate estimates with photographers and archives.

Skills

Photo editing

Editorial research

Team collaboration

Deadline-driven

Tools

Photoshop

PhotoMechanic

FTP

CMS

Job description

The Wall Street Journal in New York seeks a photo editor for the Business News and Features teams. You will cover corporate, real estate, manufacturing, retail, and consumer travel desks, generating bold visuals and directing photo assignments across multiple areas.

Ideal candidates have at least three years in editorial photo editing, with strong publishing system skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom.