Photo Editor

Who: Fortune 500 Entertainment Client

What: Photo Editor

Where: Hybrid | Part time 20-25 hours/week as needed

Term: 2 year Contract

Pay: $32/hr

Job Description:

Basic Qualifications:

- Previous experience working as a photo editor.

- Extensive experience with photo editing software and digital technology.

- Proficient in digital photography, editing, color/composition, and photographic techniques.

- Ability to manage multiple tight deadlines and demonstrate leadership skills.

- Strong eye for identifying high-quality images and photographic content.

- Ability to multitask and occasionally work late nights and weekends.

Required Education:

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Arts or Science.

Skills:

- Proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks efficiently.

- Quick learner who can take direction, work under pressure, and function well in a team environment.

- High sense of responsibility for safeguarding valuable, fragile, and confidential materials.

- Research skills in cataloging and filing, and the ability to assist and troubleshoot archival information for users and researchers.

- Strong working knowledge of both analog and digital photography and image retouching.

- Familiarity with the history, policies, and procedures relevant to the organization.

- Proficiency in in-house procedures for handling original photography, including retouching images.

- Competence in still image editing for project readiness, including color correction, cropping, and cleaning dust and scratches from archival images to recover the original artist’s intent.

- Preparation of modern collection photography, including cleanup, retouching, and background removal.

- Ability to work on project-based requests with fast turnaround times and ongoing work to prepare selected collections for future use.

- Experience in digitization and quality control, capturing projects using appropriate photography gear and techniques.

- Ability to add technical metadata, make necessary adjustments, perform quality control, and deliver files for digitization and preservation.

- Preparing incoming projects for digitization and assisting with other archival projects as needed.

- Due to the small size of the staff, all team members must assist with various projects as needed, encompassing a wide range of archival activities.

- Extreme attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks efficiently.

- Strong sense of responsibility for safeguarding valuable, fragile, and confidential materials.

- Research skills in cataloging and filing, assisting and troubleshooting archival information for users and researchers.

- Strong working knowledge of both analog and digital photography and image retouching.

- Familiarity with the history, policies, and procedures relevant to the organization.