Senior Visuals Editor, Bon Appetit & Epicurious

Bon Appétit is the destination for food-obsessed audiences who live to eat. We deliver original, home-cook-friendly recipes; highlight techniques and products to improve or elevate everyday cooking; and offer restaurant and culture content that helps contextualize what’s happening right now in the world of food. Epicurious is the all-in-one platform for cooking inspiration and advice that helps home cooks at every level get dinner on the table. It is the brand that answers the question “What’s for dinner tonight?” and draws people in with trustworthy, myth-busting tips and techniques as well as the stories behind iconic dishes and expert shopping recommendations. Bon Appétit and Epicurious reach millions of home cooks and food lovers across Bonappetit.com and the magazine, Epicurious.com, the Epicurious app, the BA podcast, live events, video, newsletter, and social platforms.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

The Senior Visuals Editor is responsible for curating and producing innovative visual content across platforms (including social, video, digital, print, experiential) that meets brand integrity and production quality standards, while remaining on schedule and on budget. This role reports to the Associate Creative Director.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop strong relationships with editorial leadership and team to understand visual/photo needs and orchestrate and prioritize projects accordingly.
• Regularly review portfolios and proactively build relationships with agencies, photographers, and food and prop stylists to unearth new talent.
• Pitch cross-platform ideas that ladder up to established brand identity and visual strategy.
• Oversee all research, image selection, credits, and CMS upload/publication across platforms.
• Manage all aspects of cross-platform photo shoot production, ensuring the creative concept is upheld from brief to final delivery, including:
• Curate photographer lists and create visual mood boards
• Commission teams and liaise with agents, photographers, studios, stylists, hair/makeup, catering, and other vendors throughout the project
• Create and maintain timelines, schedules, budgets, shot-lists, call-sheets, and other production documents—proactively sharing and communicating this information to all key stakeholders throughout the project
• Lead on-set coordination: can lead a crew through a shot list in a timely manner, problem-solve when issues arise on set, and communicate clearly to help ensure the visual direction is executed successfully
• Partner with colleagues in video to ensure appropriate synergy across photo and video production
• Oversee the post-production process for lo-res and hi-res photo selection and final delivery. For self-shot photos (as needed), maintain editing, processing, retouching, color correcting, and archiving of all files in an organized manner.
• Contribute to tracking and maintaining the photo budget across platforms, exercising sound judgment in when to escalate to Associate Creative Director and/or Operations Director.
• Secure contracts, photo fees, and usage rights for all images (produced and researched), in partnership with CN legal and business affairs teams.
• Ensure all invoices are tracked and processed in a timely manner and that jobs are wrapped accurately and efficiently.
• Contribute additional content across platforms (e.g. social, video, writing, etc.) as assigned.
  
  

Requirements:

• 5-7+ years work experience in photo/visual production or related field, with a growing book of various image libraries, stock agencies, photographers, food stylists, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in food and lifestyle photography and illustration, conceptual still-life, portrait, and documentary photography.
• Strong editorial judgment with demonstrated experience developing visual stories across platforms, using detailed understanding of platform requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Photoshop and Lightroom, with the ability to edit and adjust images for print and web. Experience with video editing is a plus.
• A highly motivated self-starter with proven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• A meticulous eye for detail and impeccable organizational skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to navigate multiple stakeholders’ inputs, opinions, and decision-making styles.
• A work-style that balances entrepreneurial spirit with operational rigor.
• Ability to travel for various assignments and shoots.
  
  

The expected base salary range for this position is from $85,000 - $113,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.