Photo and Visual Editors

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 76,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking a remote Photo and Visual Editor contractor to review and select images for publication across various channels. You will evaluate technical quality, crop and color, and explain your reasoning in writing to reviewers.

Responsibilities include retouching as needed, ensuring captions align with visuals, and delivering high-quality images for print, web, social, or brand work. Applicants should have strong written English and experience with Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One.

Qualifications

• Professional photo editing experience for publication.
• Proficient in Lightroom, Photoshop or Capture One.
• Experience delivering images to print, web, or broadcast.
• Strong written English.

Responsibilities

• Look at sets of images and pick the strongest one for a given purpose.
• Judge technical quality: exposure, focus, color, noise and cropping.
• Mark images that were altered in a way that changes what they show.
• Check that captions and descriptions match what the image actually shows.
• Write a short explanation for each decision so a reviewer can follow your reasoning.
• Correct or retouch images following a brief.

Skills

Photo editor experience

Lightroom

Photoshop

Capture One

Written English

Tools

Lightroom

Photoshop

Capture One

Job description

Role Title: Photo and Visual Editors

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

Opportunity Snapshot

Pay: $55 - $100 per hour

Location: Fully Remote, Worldwide

You’ll need: Professional experience selecting, editing or retouching images for publication, clients or brands

Your tasks: Review images, choose the best ones, correct technical problems and explain your decisions in writing

You’ll review and edit images and judge their quality, accuracy and fit for a purpose. This is a good fit if you work as a photo editor, picture editor, visual editor or retoucher and make decisions about which images to use and how to correct them.

Scope of Work

• Look at sets of images and pick the strongest one for a given purpose.
• Judge technical quality: exposure, focus, color, noise and cropping.
• Mark images that were altered in a way that changes what they show.
• Check that captions and descriptions match what the image actually shows.
• Write a short explanation for each decision so a reviewer can follow your reasoning.
• Correct or retouch images following a brief.

What we’re looking for

• 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 a real audience: print, web, social, broadcast or brand work.
• Comfort explaining why one image works and another doesn’t.
• Clear written English.

This is a 100% remote contract role, open to applicants worldwide in the countries the employer accepts.