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Photo Editor, Digital Photo

CNN

New York, NY 01-11-2022
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
The Job

CNN Digital's Photo team is hiring a photo editor to join our dynamic and growing team. This editor will help shape photojournalism at CNN Digital for one of the largest news audiences in the world. The role can be based from multiple locations, with a preference for Pacific Standard Time or Asia-Pacific time zones.

The Daily
• Coordinate photo coverage for breaking news and features and work closely with the CNN Digital teams across platforms
• Research and produce daily and long-term projects in support of all CNN Digital
• Select the best images for CNN stories, the homepage, and live coverage of breaking news and events
• Research and produce photo essays and galleries for breaking news and feature stories
• Write captions and headlines on photo essays and galleries and produce packages for online consumption
• Produce photo loops and photo splits, and do screen grabs from live satellite feeds
• Act as quality control on images that are graphic or raise a red flag, especially coming from third parties that require deep vetting and discussion
• Work with CNN's Rights and Clearances team to ensure that images coming from third-party sources are licensed properly

The Essentials
• 5+ year of photo editing experience in a newsroom
• A solid news background with an understanding of a variety of themes, including politics, business, international news, entertainment and sports
• Extremely strong news judgment and an ability to work in a fast-paced news environment
• Experience working at a digital news platform or a news photo agency preferred
• Knowledge of emerging and established photographers and photo agencies around the world preferred
• Interest in the photojournalism industry and its trends.
• Knowledge of AP style
• Experience with content management systems, Abobe Photoshop and PhotoMechanic
• Experience with Adobe Premier and Illustrator are a big plus
• Familiarity with SEO and web analytics are a bonus
• This position is required to work in person at one of our locations in the United States. WarnerMedia requires anyone working in our workplaces in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions to this vaccine requirement are available to those entitled to reasonable accommodations for religious or medical reasons.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbp0ex-3-149-239-110-42 in your application.

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