Photo Editor (Remote | $50–$105/hr)

Synthires; California; Remote; USD 69,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

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 and provide clear feedback on editing decisions, delivered remotely as a contractor.

Required skills include photo editing, image selection, and retouching, with proficiency in Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One. Independent work and meeting project timelines are essential.

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 Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One.
• Strong understanding of exposure, color correction, cropping, and retouching techniques.
• Ability to provide concise, written feedback explaining editing decisions.

Responsibilities

• Review collections of photographs and select the strongest images per briefs and project requirements.
• Evaluate image quality: exposure, focus, sharpness, color accuracy, noise, composition, cropping.
• Identify technical imperfections and visual distractions in images.
• Detect alterations or manipulations that change content or meaning.
• Edit, enhance, and retouch photos per briefs and quality standards.
• Explain decisions through concise written feedback.
• Ensure consistency across image collections and timelines.

Skills

Photo editing

Image selection

Image retouching

Quality assessment

Written feedback

Remote work

English writing

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