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Sky Stills is responsible for the lifecycle of the image assets held by the company. This responsibility includes all image processes from the point of image procurement to delivery of assets to customer.
This role is perfect for someone with a passion for pictures, who understands the power of photography to tell a story and deliver a dynamic experience to customers
What you'll do:
A Sky Stills Picture Editor undertakes all of the processes involved in ensuring the imagery delivered to the client is at the consistently high standard expected of the company. To achieve this the Picture Editor must be competent in liaising with suppliers of the raw material, and fully understand the different requirements of the business.
Sky Stills is the photographic knowledge base of the company and editors will be expected to offer advice and solutions to all image workflows, and therefore understand the downstream processes involved in getting imagery to the customer. The Picture Editor will be expected to
Be responsible for the delivery process of final creative assets direct to customer facing platforms, ensuring that imagery is correctly displayed and delivered to deadline.
Organising and updating the legacy material held by the company and delivering these assets to the platform to improve customer experience
Liaise with image suppliers to ensure the best quality imagery appears on platform.
Assist the stills team that create bespoke imagery for platform use
control delivery of assets to the clients using Digital Asset Management systems, including Sky's bespoke image delivery system.
What you'll bring:
Ability to demonstrate clear and concise communication skills with colleagues and customers alike, in order to provide a high standard of relevant and timely information pertaining to the work carried out
A real attention to detail and desire to achieve the best possible customer experience.
You will also need to be highly organised to deal with and prioritise your daily workload.
Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
The ability to assess, maintain and develop own performance and aid the team performance objectively, against agreed productivity and quality targets is essential
Previous experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, and a digital asset management system.
A passion for the media industry is essential and a general understanding of media photography is advantageous.