Culture Trip is the go-to place for curious travellers to get inspired, plan and book - all in one place. Our mission is to inspire people to go beyond their cultural boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and culture, special, unique and meaningful. Together with our users, we take a stand for an open, tolerant and cosmopolitan world. We deeply care about this, and aspire to be creative, sustainable and inclusive in everything we do.

We help our culturally curious audience explore and experience their world - wherever they are, wherever they go. Our website and app are packed with award-winning travel stories and recommendations, and our customers can turn inspiration directly into reality as they can book online what they read about through our curated collections of places to stay and things to do.

While travel might be restricted right now, we know that the universal need to experience life never is. That's why our 'Stay Safe, Stay Curious' campaign invites people to explore and experience their own cities and countries, and get outdoors where possible. We have also launched virtual experiences such as online cooking classes with local chefs, museum tours guided by experts and walking tours through much loved cities that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Culture Trip has shown record-breaking growth: monthly unique visitors went up to 15-20 million, app downloads have leapt to more than 2.7 million, social followers have increased to 8 million (in 2019, we were the fastest growing travel and media brand on social media) and our videos have been viewed more than 2.5 billion times since 2016.

Since 2019 alone, we have won more than 30 awards including 3 Digiday Media Awards Europe, 1 Digiday Video Award, 16 Telly awards, 10 Muse Creative awards, 2 Webby awards, 2 Lovie awards, the Travel Media's Consumer Publication Of The Year Award, and our app was named App of the Day by Apple in the US and the UK.

Culture Trip was founded in 2011 and after four years evolving the concept, the company secured seed funding of $2 million in 2015, Series A funding of $20 million in 2016, a funding injection of $80 million in 2018 and in August 2020 we announced that we have secured additional funding to drive further growth.

The Role:
We are looking for an ambitious professional based remotely from home in the UK to work within our Editorial team as a Junior Picture Researcher. As a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit, you should have a desire to make a real impact on how millions of locals and visitors experience their cities. You will work towards making Culture Trip known for exceptional images across the site and app. You should be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other teams, and have demonstrated the ability to brainstorm, ideate, create and execute content plans with your own team.

This role would be particularly suited to someone seeking an early step on the ladder in their creative career.
Main Responsibilities
Perform picture research for our content teams, sourcing images from various agencies and outlets
Source high-quality press images from featured organisationsUpload images to our website through our content management system
Ensure adherence by content teams to Culture Trip's style guideBrainstorm ideas for visually-led content and work with our content teams to bring these to fruition
Work closely with our social media managers to source great assets from the thousands of contributors who interact with us on our social media channels
Desired Skils and Experiences
Strong eye for compelling visuals and ideas for content across a selection of locations and interests.
Experience and/or knowledge of photography agencies and resources such as Alamy, Getty/AFP
Experience in the negotiating and securing of assets from multiple sources including photographers, organisations, press agencies and independent companies.
Experience with Wordpress and/or other content management system.
Strong understanding of copyright, content licensing laws and IP rights associated with digital assetsSuperb management, organisational and people skills.
Confidence interacting with writers, photographers, venues and other featured organisations both in person and over the phone.Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
Aptitude for web analytics is desirable, including experience with Google Analytics or other related software.
Experience interning or working in a similar role in media, publishing, or at an image agency or collective is desirable.
What's in it for you?

We believe what we do is unique in the industry and working alongside passionate colleagues on exciting projects will help us deliver against our important mission. We are a startup on a journey and when joining us, you really can make a difference.

Work-life balance, work hours & time off
25 days holiday in addition to all public holidays
You get a bonus day off on your birthday so you can spend all day eating cake
Flexible hours - if you're an early riser or a night owl worry not, you can choose your start and finish time as long as you work around the core hours

Pension, healthcare & wellbeing
Pension scheme - we will contribute 4% and you will contribute a minimum of 4%
Optional Private Health Insurance (after 3 months employment)
Family friendly policies
Employee assistance programme - a free employee wellbeing service
Cycle to work scheme - an amazing scheme that saves you income tax and NI contributions from the bike's retail price
50% off Pure Gym annual membership

Professional & personal development (and team fun!)
Unlimited access to Udemy for Business - an online learning platform
Volunteering Days - each Culture Trip employee gets 2 charity days a year to dedicate their time to a good cause of their choice
Virtual social events such as beer tasting and bingo

The health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance to us. Therefore, we are following local government guidelines which means that we encourage our employees to work from home - there is no expectation that they should come to the office at this time.

However, we know that everyone's personal circumstances are different, meaning that some of our colleagues do need to use the office space from time to time. Our office is still open and we have put processes in place and taken every precaution to make it a safe environment for those who might occasionally need to be there.

And when we're back in the office, there's also these lovely perks

Working from home - need to do some thinking or get away from distractions? You can get out of the office to work almost from anywhere. You are encouraged to do this once a week
Dogs in the workplace
Department Socials - Get to know your wider department with Culture Trip funded socials every quarter.
Teams also organise their own team-building lunches, dinners, breakfasts or other socials
Company Wide Parties & Events
Snacks - Get in your five a day, we provide fresh fruit, biscuits and tea and coffee in the office
Friday treats - Every Friday we take turns to host themed Friday treats. From Italian food to national cake day get ready for your tastebuds to be tickled
Dress down everyday (or up if that's your thing!)

Culture Trip is committed to equality of opportunity for all. We strongly believe that diversity of backgrounds, ethnicities, experience, circumstances, abilities and perspectives leads to a better workplace for our employees and a better product for our users.