Junior News Picture Researcher

Junior News Picture Researcher

**Location**:
London

Department:
The Times & The Sunday Times

Salary Details:
Not Specified

**Advertising End Date**:
01 Dec 2024

**Job Description**:
**Junior News Picture Researcher**

The Times and The Sunday Times photographic department is made up of professional, energetic and highly creative journalists who work across all sections and publishing platforms to visually enhance our journalism.

Times Media is looking for a proactive junior picture researcher who is passionate about impactful photojournalism, creative digital storytelling and thrives working in a busy environment. Working in our London Bridge office and reporting to the duty picture editors, this role is an ideal opportunity for a researcher who has experience of a junior role in a photo library or newsroom and wants to come and work with the team that publishes award winning photojournalism.

**Responsibilities include**:
+ Working with editors across different editorial departments to ensure our journalism is illustrated with the most relevant and engaging photography

+ Responding to listed news stories and direct picture research requests from internal partners in a timely manner

+ Watching competitor news sites and social media channels to identify the best picture stories to follow

+ Monitoring incoming picture feed for the strongest material to pitch to picture editors

+ Captioning photographs obtained from external providers

+ Building positive working relationships with internal partners

**Skills required**:
+ A passion for learning and improvement through daily challenges, supported by team members and senior editorial staff

+ An understanding of what constitutes the best photography to illustrate relevant news stories

+ Demonstrable organisational skills, a forensic eye for detail and a high level of literacy

+ Creative thinking and an ability to produce dependable results to tight deadlines without continuous supervision

+ Evidence of conceiving original ideas and seeing them through to fruition

+ Willingness to work in an office-based role across a seven day rota pattern

+ Experience of picture research using social media platforms and corporate / government image repositories in addition to traditional photo libraries would be an advantage

**We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.**

**We are News UK**: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

**Life at News**

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

**Benefits**

Some of our benefits include:
+ Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

+ Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

+ Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions

+ Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

+ ‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

+ Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

+ Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

+ Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

+ A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

+ 30 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year