Job Description

Associate Editor, Global Pictures Desk:Reuters is looking for an enthusiastic and globally minded journalist with strong English and a sharp eye for detail who can effortlessly sift through the thousands of photos our photographers shoot every day, Global Pictures Desk team ensures the quality, accuracy and speed of delivery of news pictures to our clients worldwide. We have a dynamic newsroom including text, visuals, digital, polling, graphics, legal and sports journalists who collaborate to produce a compelling professional news product unavailable anywhere else. We are the first to know the news.This is an entry level full-time, desk-based role, that requires flexibility. You must be willing to work as part of a global 24/7 rotating shift system, including weekends and public holidays, with occasional night shifts.You will join our global team editing the news pictures service, in Bangalore, India. In your role you will contribute to the daily picture file.About the Role:
As a photo editor you will:Gather images sent in from editors and photographers from around the globeResearch and edit photos and photo captions, writing captions in English quickly and accurately for our global clients.Work as a team with pictures, text, video and on-line colleagues to ensure integrated multimedia news coverage and productionLive edit many major news, sport and entertainment eventsAbout You:Fluent English. Bonus points for additional languages.A love for all forms of journalism and an obsessive-level interest in current affairsEver dreamed of working for the worlds greatest multimedia news organizationSound news and pictures judgment and an ability to spot a breaking storyUnflappable interpersonal and organisational skills even when under pressureEnglish language studies, Mass communication or a Journalism related degree or experienceExperience and/or general interest in photography and/or journalismCompetent working knowledge of Apple computers and Adobe PhotoshopA desire to work with colleagues dedicated to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from biasA love for being part of a diverse, global team#LI-AS4What's in it for youAt 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 opportunitiesLearning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalistsBenefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering daysPerks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the worlds most important stories.About ReutersReuters is the worlds 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.Reuters: The Real World in Real TimeDo you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, weve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the worlds most global news services - Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.AccessibilityAs 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.Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings to know more.More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on .

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