Senior Sport Photo Editor

This position will be based in Barcelona, Spain.

Reuters is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Sport Photo Editor with a strong background in international sports coverage and exceptional English communication skills, both written and spoken, to join our new hub in Barcelona, Spain.

As a Senior Sport Photo Editor, you will play a crucial role in our Action Images editing team, ensuring the speed, quality, and accuracy of our sports photo delivery to clients worldwide. Your expertise will be essential in covering major sporting events such as the Olympics, World Cups, and World Championships. This job requires flexibility and willingness to work as part of a global 24/7 rotating shift system. Be prepared for work schedules that are often determined by ongoing sporting events, which frequently occur over weekends and typically in the afternoons and evenings

About the Role

As Senior Sport Photo Editor at Reuters, you will:

• Lead the editing and enhancement of sports photos to meet the highest quality standards expected by our clients.

• Collaborate closely with photographers and editors to ensure timely and accurate delivery of sports images.

• Write and edit captions in English quickly and accurately for a global audience.

• Manage and implement metadata tagging for all sports images to ensure easy retrieval and categorization.

• Work as part of a multimedia team, integrating pictures, text, video, and online content to ensure comprehensive news coverage.

• Be ready to mentor and guide junior team members, sharing best practices and fostering a collaborative work environment.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Senior Sport Photo Editor at Reuters if you have:

• Extensive experience in photo editing, with a focus on sports photography.

• Fluent in English, with additional languages being advantageous.

• Passionate about sports journalism with a deep interest in various sports, particularly football.

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, capable of performing under pressure.

• Degree in Photography, Journalism, Mass Communication, or equivalent experience.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, diverse, and global team environment.

• Commitment to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity, and freedom from bias.

• An innovative mindset with a keen interest in AI and its potential applications in photo editing and journalism, eager to explore how technology can enhance storytelling and workflow efficiency.

Please Note: the deadline for applications is 23:59 (CET) on Sunday 6th April 2025. Early applications are encouraged.

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What's in it for you

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists

• Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

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As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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