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Photo and Visual Editors
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Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
3 years
Job description
Remote contract role for experienced photo, picture or visual editors to review image sets, select the strongest images for a purpose, judge technical quality and explain decisions in writing.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Languages
- English
- Pay
- USD 55 – 100 / hour
What you'll do
- 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.
- Professional experience selecting, editing or retouching images for publication, clients or brands.
How to get hired
- 1Apply with your resume and a short profile.
- 2Complete the editing interview: a short conversation about your experience with image selection and editing; no preparation needed.
- 3Review: we check your experience against what the project needs.
- 4Onboarding and first task: if selected, you get the guidelines and start with an initial task, which is reviewed before you continue.