Picture Researcher (Fixed term for 1 year)

Fixed-term (UK and Ireland), Full-time · London

Your mission
To support the picture desk with image research and editing, contribute to the elevation of visual output on the weekly print magazine.
Key Responsibilities
  • Picture research and editing; sourcing current celebrity, news, fashion, royal and lifestyle imagery for the weekly issue.
  • Keeping up to date with celebrity news and trends.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with picture agencies, securing fees and exclusives.
  • Image licensing and agreeing fees
  • Managing invoices and marks ups.
Your profile
  • Proactive individual with a passion for photography and an interest in celebrity trends, with an excellent eye for engaging imagery and design. 
  • Equally happy working alone and with a team, and keen to learn new skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
Experience
Experience working as a picture researcher or editor, ideally on a celebrity or fashion magazine.
Qualifications
  • Experience working with picture agencies - FTP experience is advantageous
  • Updated Photoshop skills
  • Confident in working with social media
  • Experience working online is preferred
Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
  • 1 birthday day per year
  • Private Medical Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life Assurance currently 6 x salary
  • Generous Employer Pension contributions
  • Group Income Protection Scheme
  • Plus all of the perks of working for a fun media company!
About us

MISSION STATEMENT

To influence and inspire with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.

History of Hello

HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication, known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988.

Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.

HELLO! is part of the HOLA group, who launched ¡HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers’ lives. Always positive,¡HOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive, highly visual and celebratory, allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire, brighten and entertain.

With offices in London, New York and Toronto, HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website, with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK, US and Canada.

Our readership is more global than that however, with audiences also visiting the site from Australia, India, Europe and all other parts of the world.

HELLO! looks forward to hearing from you!
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