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About the role

  • Assistant Photo Editor assigning and editing photography for The Globe and Mail’s digital and print journalism. Shaping visual stories across breaking news, investigations, and immersive formats.

Responsibilities

  • Assign, research, edit, and package photography for digital and print platforms
  • Work with photographers to shape story ideas from start to finish
  • Collaborate with designers, developers, photo editors, data journalists, and graphic artists
  • Contribute to long-term investigative projects, breaking news, and immersive story formats
  • Advocate within the newsroom for the power and value of visuals in journalism
  • Improve processes and workflows in an evolving media environment
  • Work independently and collaboratively under daily deadline pressures

Requirements

  • Experience as a photo editor for a media organization, or equivalent experience and a proven track record as a photojournalist
  • Strong understanding of the legal and ethical underpinnings of photojournalism in a digital age
  • Excellent judgement for evaluating visual stories, including technical and aesthetic details, pacing, and story structure
  • Ability to evaluate and provide feedback on freelance pitches and story ideas
  • Strong understanding of the technical aspects of photography
  • Ability to clearly communicate photography requirements to other visual journalists
  • Familiarity with trends in digital journalism and the role of visuals across distributed platforms such as Instagram and Apple News
  • Understanding of digital and print design principles is an asset
  • Ability to work some evenings and weekends
  • Cover letter with resume, written by the candidate and not AI

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Generous vacation
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Parental leave top-up
  • Competitive health and dental benefits
  • Defined Benefit pension plan
  • Annual wellness subsidy
  • On-site chiropractor and registered massage therapist
  • Employee and family assistance program
  • Free digital subscription to globeandmail.com
  • 40% off other Globe products
  • Education assistance for external training courses
  • Mentorship and collaborative peer-to-peer learning
  • Internal and external training and development opportunities
  • Lateral and upward advancement opportunities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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