Network Picture Editor

**What’s the role?**

This is a newly created role for an experienced Picture Editor to join our National News Network team. We seek a creative and energetic applicant that will join a team providing the country’s premium news content. You will need to collaborate with editors, photographers, graphic designers and external industry stakeholders to attain the very best visuals to illustrate our stories.

**Who are you?**
- Ideally experience in having worked on the picture desk
- Management experience dealing with photographic staff, agencies and libraries
- Picture research
- An understanding of photography - composition and lighting techniques
- A passion for publishing - both in print and digital
- Multimedia and social media skills - Video, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
- Software skills - Photoshop, PhotoMechanic and file transfer protocols such as FTP, DropBox, Google Drive and WeTransfer. Should also be proficient in using the Google suite of apps.
- Proven organisational skills - you will need to be able to handle many complex tasks at once, manage multiple projects, work to publishing deadlines under intense pressure, and liaise with editors and contributors.
- An ability to learn - the applicant will be required to learn to use our unique publishing systems. Eidos’ Methode and OpenText’s Content Hub for Publishers.

**Who are we?**

We are Australia’s number one and most influential media organisation with more than 150 prestige brands across news, sport and lifestyle. Each month more than 17 million Australians choose to consume news and information from our digital and print products - more than any other media group in Australia.

**News Benefits**
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

- Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
- Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
- Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
- Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
- Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
- Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
- ** Inclusive workplace benefits & facilities** - join an employee resource group, get access to multi-faith quiet rooms or utilise our parents rooms
- We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._