Job Description:

The Photo Editor is responsible for researching, curating, and editing visual content for National Geographic's most visible platforms, including the magazine, digital, and social channels, with a primary focus on Bookazines, Kids, and Little Kids magazines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Photographic Research & Licensing:
• Curate and license imagery; manage workflows, contracts, and billing; ensure captioning, crediting, image integrity, and proper usage across platforms.
• Storytelling Collaboration:
• Work closely with editors, designers, photographers, and writers to deliver visually compelling, factually accurate storytelling.
• Photo Production:
• Coordinate shoots and visual production-portrait, reportage, conceptual, and still life, both in studio and on location.
• Innovation & Digital Production:
• Pitch new visual approaches; design and build stories in CMS with strong visual pacing.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of photo editing or photo research experience
• Excellent visual judgment and a strong sense of visual storytelling and photojournalism
• Collaborative, innovative, and able to manage deadlines under pressure
• Proficiency with Airtable, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Teams, and social media platforms
• Strong research skills across agencies, archives, libraries, social media, etc.
• Experience negotiating image usage rights and rates
• Self-starter with strong multitasking skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with print publications, especially for youth audiences
• Familiarity with National Geographic content areas (wildlife, history, archaeology, science, travel)
• Degree in photojournalism (preferred, not required)

Education:

• Required: College Degree
• Preferred: Photojournalism degree

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.