The Times and The Sunday Times, Junior News Picture Researcher

Junior News Picture Researcher

The Times and The Sunday Times photographic department is made up of professional, energetic and highly creative journalists who work across all sections and publishing platforms to visually enhance our journalism.

Times Media is looking for a proactive junior picture researcher who is passionate about impactful photojournalism, creative digital storytelling and thrives working in a busy environment. Working in our London Bridge office and reporting to the duty picture editors, this role is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic and hard working individual with a passion for photojournalism looking for a way into the industry who wants to come and work with the team that publishes award winning photojournalism.

Please apply by December 1 with your CV and a covering letter that includes website or social links for what you consider to be the five most important news photographs of 2024.

Responsibilities include:

• Working with editors across different editorial departments to ensure our journalism is illustrated with the most relevant and engaging photography


• Responding to listed news stories and direct picture research requests from internal partners in a timely manner


• Watching competitor news sites and social media channels to identify the best picture stories to follow


• Monitoring incoming picture feed for the strongest material to pitch to picture editors


• Captioning photographs obtained from external providers


• Building positive working relationships with internal partners

Skills required:

• A passion for learning and improvement through daily challenges, supported by team members and senior editorial staff


• An understanding of what constitutes the best photography to illustrate relevant news stories


• Demonstrable organisational skills, a forensic eye for detail and a high level of literacy


• Creative thinking and an ability to produce dependable results to tight deadlines without continuous supervision


• Evidence of conceiving original ideas and seeing them through to fruition


• Willingness to work in an office-based role across a seven day rota pattern


• Experience of picture research using social media platforms and corporate / government image repositories in addition to traditional photo libraries would be an advantage

We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks


• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access


• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions


• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes


• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme


• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books


• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities


• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling


• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%


• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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