Job Description

Reuters is looking for an enthusiastic journalist with advanced English and a sharp eye for detail who can effortlessly sift through the thousands of photos our photographers shoot every day. 

 

You will join our global team editing the news pictures service, which is mainly based at our centre in Gdańsk, Poland. In your role you will contribute to the daily picture file. 

 

Our 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 video, text, and graphics journalists which collaborate to produce a compelling professional news product unavailable anywhere else. And we are the first to know the news. 

 

This is a hybrid, fixed-term role based in Gdańsk, Poland. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

• Gather images sent in from editors and photographers from around the globe. 
• Research and edit photos and photo captions, writing captions in English quickly and accurately so photos can be delivered to our global clients. 
• Maintain close operational links between pictures, text, video and online operations to guarantee integrated news coverage and production. 
• Live edit many major news, sport and entertainment events. 

Required Qualifications 

• Fluent English 
• Professional experience and general interest in photography and journalism in a junior position. 
• A love for both news and news photography and a strong, up-to-date knowledge of current affairs. 
• Competent working knowledge of Apple computers and Adobe Photoshop. 
• Sound news and pictures judgment and an ability to spot a breaking story. 
• Strong interpersonal skills while working under time pressure. 
• Willingness to work as part of a global 24/7 rotating shift system, including weekends and public holidays, with occasional night shifts. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Any additional language would be an asset.

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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.

 

 

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For Poland, the base compensation range for this role is 67,900 PLN - 126,100 PLN. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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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