Photo and Visual Content Editor (Remote | $50–$105/hr)

Synthires; New York (NY); Remote; USD 69,000 - 145,000; Part time

Job summary

Synthires is seeking experienced Photo and Visual Editors to support an AI training initiative focused on image evaluation, editing, and visual quality assessment. You will review images for publication readiness and provide detailed written feedback.

This remote contractor role requires professional editing skills with Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One, sharp visual judgment, and the ability to work independently to meet project deadlines across diverse image collections.

Qualifications

• Professional experience as a Photo Editor or similar.
• Experience selecting, editing, evaluating images for publication.
• Proficiency in Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One.
• Ability to explain decisions clearly in writing.
• Experience delivering work for brands or media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Review image collections and select strongest images per briefs.
• Assess exposure, focus, color, noise, composition.
• Identify technical issues and visual distractions.
• Detect manipulations that alter content.
• Verify captions and metadata accuracy.
• Edit, enhance, and retouch photos per briefs.
• Provide concise written feedback explaining choices.
• Compare alternatives and justify selection.
• Maintain consistency across image sets and timelines.
• Deliver high-quality visuals within deadlines.

Skills

Photo editing

Image selection

Retouching

Visual editing

Written feedback

Independent work

Tools

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop

Capture One

Job description

We are seeking experienced Photo and Visual Editors to support an AI training initiative focused on image evaluation, editing, and visual quality assessment.

In this role, you will apply your professional expertise in photo editing, image selection, and retouching to review visual content and determine its quality, accuracy, and suitability for specific purposes. You will evaluate image collections, identify technical issues, make editing decisions, and explain your reasoning through clear written feedback.

This opportunity is well suited to professionals with experience as photo editors, picture editors, visual editors, retouchers, or photo producers who regularly prepare images for publication, clients, brands, or other professional audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Review collections of photographs and select the strongest images based on creative briefs, intended audiences, and project requirements.
• Evaluate image quality by assessing exposure, focus, sharpness, color accuracy, noise, composition, and cropping.
• Identify technical imperfections, inconsistencies, and visual distractions that affect image quality.
• Detect alterations or manipulations that materially change the content or meaning of an image.
• Verify that image captions, descriptions, and accompanying information accurately represent the visual content.
• Edit, enhance, and retouch photographs according to specific creative briefs and quality standards.
• Use professional editing tools to correct lighting, color balance, exposure, composition, and other technical issues.
• Explain image selection and editing decisions through concise, structured written feedback.
• Compare alternative images and justify why one photograph is more suitable than another for a particular purpose.
• Maintain consistency across image collections while following project-specific editing and evaluation guidelines.
• Deliver accurate, high-quality visual assessments and edited images within established project timelines.

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience as a Photo Editor, Picture Editor, Visual Editor, Retoucher, or Photo Producer.
• Hands-on experience selecting, editing, and evaluating images for professional publication, clients, brands, or media platforms.
• Proficiency in professional image-editing software such as Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, or Capture One.
• Strong understanding of exposure, focus, color correction, cropping, image composition, and retouching techniques.
• Ability to recognize image manipulation, visual inaccuracies, and inconsistencies between photographs and their descriptions.
• Experience preparing images for print, web, social media, broadcast, or commercial use.
• Strong visual judgment and attention to detail.
• Clear written English and the ability to explain creative and technical decisions effectively.
• Ability to work independently and meet project requirements in a remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in commercial photography, editorial publishing, advertising, media production, or brand content development.
• Advanced skills in image retouching, color grading, and digital image enhancement.
• Familiarity with professional image selection and approval workflows.
• Experience managing large image collections or maintaining visual consistency across projects.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling, composition, and audience-specific image requirements.
• Experience providing constructive feedback on image quality and creative execution.

Compensation & Engagement

• Compensation: $50–$105/hour
• Engagement Type: Contractor
• Work Arrangement: Remote