Junior Editor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and curate incoming submissions based on Stocksy's editorial, technical, and commercial criteria.

• Accept, reject, or return submissions with clear, well-reasoned feedback to help contributors understand the criteria for inclusion in this collection.

• Assess submissions for legal compliance, including releases, copyright issues, and any factors that could pose risks for the brands utilizing our work.

• Share your editorial decisions with the team openly, engage in discussions of edge cases, and remain open to having your perspectives challenged.

• Identify gaps in the collection, emerging trends, and editorial opportunities observed throughout the submission queue.

• Assist contributors in developing more robust, consistent, and commercially relevant portfolios over time.

• Ensure metadata quality across all reviewed assets.

• Participate in team discussions regarding collection standards, review processes, and maintaining clarity and consistency in our editorial approach.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in photo editing, curation, or a similar visual content role, whether through employment, freelance work, or as a practicing artist.

• A keen eye for both aesthetic and technical image quality.

• Experience in providing constructive feedback to photographers or other creatives.

• Familiarity with the stock photography or visual media landscape.

• Strong attention to detail, especially concerning metadata, releases, and content standards.

• Ability to work independently and manage your own workload in a remote setting, with experience using project management software preferred.

• Experience in leveraging AI tools to enhance the efficiency of your curation work, whether in research, analysis, or workflow management.

• Understanding that editorial judgment, taste, and the ability to discern what fits in this collection cannot be outsourced.

• A curious approach to new tools rather than a fearful one.

🏝️ Benefits

• Six weeks of paid vacation.

• Unlimited paid sick days.

• One paid volunteer day.

• Health and dental benefits.

• A health spending account for team members located outside Canada.

• An annual education and wellness allowance of $1,000.

• A flexible, fully-remote work environment.