US Senior Photo Editor

Location: NYC - Astor Place

Salary: $70,000 - $100,000 depending on experience

Position: Permanent

Job Description

Dailymail.com is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website with more than 200 million monthly unique visitors. Our teams across the globe strive to provide our readers with engaging, fast and rolling news, 24/7, 365 days a year. With more than 360 journalists worldwide, we are seeking individuals who want to join a global media organization with excellent career development opportunities.

Dailymail.com is seeking a Senior Photo Editor to create compelling content for our U.S. digital platforms. You will be responsible for pitching, producing, and curating compelling visual content of interest to the U.S. homepage audience which is distributed widely on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Daily Mail TV.

Suitable candidates should have at least three years or more experience working in a busy newsroom and be able to produce high quality visuals intended for publication.

We are looking for professionals with the following:

·At least four years’ minimum experience in a busy 24-hour news room environment – digital news is desired

• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and the latest interactive technologies
• Experience using DAM (Digital Asset Management System) and strong attention to detail for metadata accompanying images in the DAM
• Graphic design experience is a plus
• Proven ability to work under tight deadline pressure with strong organizational skills in a news room setting with a problem solving attitude
• Must have a strong interest in photo research and a keen eye for photographs, graphics and interactive technologies
• Experience negotiating and working with photo agencies who supply news outlets, rights managed and royalty free areas
• Experience commissioning freelance photographers and regularly work with an established contact list of experienced news photographers
• Must have a passion for research using multitude of tools, including social media channels, to finding the most interesting information to surface for our readers
• Strong communication skills to work collaboratively with team members
• Passion for the DailyMail.com brand, its editorial voice and global audience

Working closely with the N.Y. based digital news team your responsibilities will include:

• Developing engaging and visually compelling content to enhance stories
• Understanding of usage rights and negotiating image fees
• Pitching visually compelling content intended for publication
• Deliver vibrant and compelling imaging and visuals to tight deadlines
• Ability to generate own image lead content, with a natural eye for surfacing compelling visual content
• Coordinate with fellow co-workers to ensure stories will be produced in a timely fashion for deadlines
• Manage individual workflow and research to deliver to tight deadlines
• Support coverage of significant news events

In addition to a competitive salary package, excellent staff benefits (healthcare, optical, dental, 401K) and generous PTO allowance are also included.

Dailymail.com is a 24-hour newsroom and therefore operates a seven-day working week from Sunday to Saturday. Applicants will be required to cover a variety of shifts during the operational hours of the newsroom (daily from 6am through 2am).

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.