Senior Visuals Editor - Dwell

About Us

Dwell brings you the best contemporary home design and ideas for making your own space a great place to live. For more than 20 years, Dwell has championed design that improves people’s lives. We promote new ideas about what a home can and should be, we offer expert advice for making your own space a better place to live, and we provide a marketplace for the best-designed products available.

Role overview

Dwell’s Senior Visuals Editor works closely with Dwell’s Visual Editor and Creative Director to ensure the success of Dwell’s award-winning photo and video program. This role engages with all aspects of custom photography production and the management of existing art for Dwell’s print and digital platforms, including Dwell’s video program. Candidates should have excellent editorial judgment and a strong ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once. The Senior Visuals Editor should have broad knowledge of publishing standards and production requirements. And they should have ample experience working with freelance photographers, video producers, video editors, and retouchers. The Senior Visuals Editor will uphold a best-in-class photo legacy rooted in Dwell’s Fruit Bowl Manifesto, with a deep knowledge of the industry's top creative talent. This role will also continue to bring a new generation of diverse and emerging photographers into Dwell’s talent pool.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Creative Director and Visuals Editor to ensure the creative vision and editorial needs are met

• Help deliver on the creative strategy with best allocation of resources in mind

• Commission photo and video assignments, such as home tours, portraiture, product photography, and short-form video and motion for social –carrying forward Dwell’s legacy of genre-changing photography.

• Commission new and diverse talent while maintaining existing contributor relationships.

• Initiate shoot and production assignments, create briefs, call sheets, generate contracts (from templates) and forward invoices.

• Engage in all aspects of custom photo and video shoot production, such as commissioning photographers, communicating with the editorial and creative team, and liaising with vendors and subjects to ensure a successful shoot and implementation across all Dwell platforms.

• Follow through shoot schedules on a rolling basis and communicate deadlines in Dwell’s workflow tools with transparency.

• Assist team members with strategy on photo research and management of existing art for print and digital stories

• Record expenses in the art budgets, and communicate project status with editorial, and ensure usage rights for all visual production.

• Coordinate photo selects, delivery of high res images, and ensure appropriate post-production steps

• Conduct visual research, create mood boards, and pitch ideas

Skills and Qualifications:

• 4+ years of work experience in media or relevant fields

• 3+ years of experience producing and art directing photo/video shoots

• A genuine interest in interiors, architecture and design is a significant plus

• Highly organized, excellent communication skills

• A meticulous eye for detail

• Ability to contribute ideas to editorial needs and develop visual stories

• A strong network of photographers, video editors, and photo agents.

• The ability to produce content under deadline pressure.

• Handling a dynamic environment, managing multiple projects calmly, and effectively.

Benefits & Perks
  

• Medical, dental, vision & life insurance
• Fitness Reimbursement 
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote - work from anywhere!
• Parental leave
• Matching 401k
• Equity package