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Content Summary : Photo Editor at Culver City, for Aquent
Job Title : Photo Editor
Client Location : Culver City, CA; Hybrid
Starting : 03 / 2025
Salary / Pay Rate : $77.40 to $86.00 / hr
Firm, non-negotiable : No
Hours : Full-time
Duration : 9 months, possible extension
Job Description :
Our client's Media Products team is seeking a Photo Editor to support editorial photo and motion shoots for their AR product. Youre a visual storyteller with a deep understanding of photography and film, driven by a passion for crafting moments that resonate. Equal parts creative and production oversight, this role involves working closely with the Creative Director and Art Directors to take shoots from brief to commissioning, production, post-production, and launch. Your extensive knowledge of photographers, directors, and DPs worldwide, paired with experience commissioning these creatives, makes you adept at bringing ambitious projects to life.
With a finger on the pulse of news, culture, and global events, the ideal candidate excels at creating compelling editorial narratives and content strategies. You possess strong project, budget, and time management skills, balancing multiple commissions seamlessly in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Incredibly organized and collaborative, youre a motivated self-starter who stays calm under pressure. Your enthusiasm for culture and lifestyle, combined with an eye for detail and craft- focused skills, ensures that every project is executed with precision and care.
We are a team that conceptualizes, designs and creates the content experiences for some of our clients most visible products. Your ideas can impact the way people consume media products, what they look and feel like and how theyre used by hundreds of millions of people across the world.
Key Qualifications :
- A well-developed aesthetic that connects with journalistic photography and video, and the portfolio to prove it including examples of original commissions that reflect a consistent, A taste level and excellent execution
- Expert at shoot commissioning and production, fee negotiation, contracts, and creative direction
- Meticulous budget management
- Knowledge of image rights and legal clearance processes for commissioned content
- Ability to find compelling editorial stories that resonate on a global scale
- A global network of photographers, directors, and DPs
- Clear and concise communication skills
- Highly collaborative, great to work with on a team, and instinctively understand the value of building great relationships
- across an organization, from marketing, HI, internal production teams and more.
- Keen ability to create work under minimal supervision, as well as package and present solutions to wider creative teams
Additional Requirements :
The target hiring compensation range for this role is $77.40 to $86 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
About Aquent Talent :
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium . More information on our awesome benefits !
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environmentone where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.
Salary : $77 - $86
