Sports Photo Editor

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? If yes, we are looking for you

Join our team! Reuters is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic photo editor to join our industry-leading sports pictures desk with branches in Mexico City, London UK, and Bangalore India. This job, based in Mexico City, is for a candidate with fluent English and Spanish, and a sharp eye for detail who can effortlessly sift through hundreds of sports photos contributed daily by our photographers from around the world. 

We’re looking for a person who handles deadlines with calm and focus, can learn complex workflows easily, and work fast under pressure. It’s a job for an editor who has considerable knowledge of the world’s main sport disciplines, follows the news of sport, and knows what constitutes an impactful sports photograph.

A commitment to preserving the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity, and freedom from bias is essential. So is absolute dedication to the safety of all the photographers who provide pictures to Reuters.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Sports Photo Editor, you will:

• Receive hundreds of photos from each sports event and choose, crop, and process a tight selection in Adobe Photoshop.

• Research and write photo captions quickly with a minimum of errors, before sending the photos to global media clients.

• Communicate fluidly over text messages, emails, and voice calls with photographers in the field during live events.

• Maintain close operational links with Text and Video colleagues.

• Plan and schedule sports coverage around Latin America

About You

You’re a fit for the role if your background includes:

• Fluent Spanish and English, spoken and written. Spoken Portuguese is a plus.

• A love for both sports and sports photography.

• In-depth knowledge of South American soccer.

• Sound sports and pictures judgement, and an ability to spot an important story.

• Strong interpersonal skills while working under time pressure, team spirit, and a desire to win in a highly competitive industry.

• Minimum five years experience in photography or photo editing.

• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Mac OS.

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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.

• Industry Competitive 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.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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