09.05.14
posted by Rolanda
The Wall Street Journal, the nation's largest daily newspaper, has an exciting opening for a Photo Editor/ in the Mansion section and News photos in our New York City based photo department
What the position is: This is a rare opportunity to work with world class photographers around the globe, edit and produce visual content for in-depth and high end real estate stories. A great love of photography and visual storytelling are paramount second only to your top-notch portfolio of past stories you've edited and produced. This position (This is a full time position in our New York City office. Competitive salary, great benefits and vacation allowance and the best group of coworkers you will ever find are all perks for the job.) if for Aerotek posting please remove
Who we are looking for: A visual storyteller able to pull together complex photo assignments, agency research, communication with reporters around the globe, editors with demanding standards. A qualified candidate is able to communicate via the written word and with excellent communication and social media skills. A bachelor degree at minimum is necessary and you should have at least 2 years in an position of producing or photo editing. Aside from your keen eye the most important skill for success in this position is a stellar personality, ability to work in a team environment and develop consensus with colleagues, yet be self-motivated to work the hours necessary to complete assignments that can span many time zones. A successful candidate will be deadline-oriented, digitally focused and excel at multi-tasking. You would be involved in a variety of daily and longer project tasks, including posting stories and creating complementary content, creating photo and multimedia packages building and maintaining special sections, managing social media accounts, working with reporters and editors on enhancing stories for digital and mobile devices, promoting reader participation, and more.