Also called: Picture Editor
Selects, crops, and prepares photos for publications, websites, and brands.
They sift through hundreds of photos to find the one that tells the story, then work with designers on layout. At news outlets they move fast. At brands, they manage image libraries and licensing.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in photography or journalism.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Photojournalism, Photography, Journalism.
Growing slowly. Shrinking at newspapers; growing at brands.
High risk for 10 years. AI auto-selects, tags, crops and color-corrects images at scale, cutting routine editing jobs at publications and brands.
Classes: Photography, Journalism or yearbook, Graphic design.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4021.
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