Sourcing and managing a portfolio of clients, I lead and facilitate the entire picture editorial lifecycle from initial research, negotiating contracts and coordinating with agencies and photographers, commissioning photo shoots, and finalising pages for online/digital publications. Clients include: Metro Newspaper, Daily Mail, TI Media, Arab News Paper, Women Diet Special, Cedar Tesco Magazine, John Brown Publishing, Seven Squared, Best/Real People Magazine Hearst.Key… Show more Sourcing and managing a portfolio of clients, I lead and facilitate the entire picture editorial lifecycle from initial research, negotiating contracts and coordinating with agencies and photographers, commissioning photo shoots, and finalising pages for online/digital publications. Clients include: Metro Newspaper, Daily Mail, TI Media, Arab News Paper, Women Diet Special, Cedar Tesco Magazine, John Brown Publishing, Seven Squared, Best/Real People Magazine Hearst.Key Highlights:• Sourced and negotiated for images, equipment, freelancers and contractors, to lower price points in contracts.• Led photo shoot commissioning activities including coordinating/negotiating with celebrities’ PRs, arranging shoot locations, renting/purchasing props, recruiting/selecting Hair & Makeup Artists, stylists and photographers.• Oversaw development and management of policies involving agreement fees, publication rights, credits, and all related legal aspects of policies; worked closely with legal teams and agencies to ensure risks were being mitigated.• Participated during morning meetings to understand what editors and writers require from picture editorial team; produced and submitted images for areas such as business pages, features, health, TV pages and fashion.• Fulfilled quality assurance aspects from initial image selection, post-edits, positioning to sending off to printers. Show less

Working on features I deal with 4/5 pages which include comments, diary, features and news pages. I proof check images on pages for correct resolution and action any required changes before end of day. I mainly work on the woman’s desk including health pages, which carries 5/6 commissions a day on real life case studies. I am also responsible for negotiating costs with Photographers, Agencies, Stylists and Hair/Make Up. I put through all the invoices on lineage

During these full-time roles as Deputy Picture Editor, I led photo shoot commissioning activities including coordinating/negotiating with PRs, arranging shoot locations, renting/purchasing props, recruiting/selecting Hair & Makeup Artists, stylists and photographers. I also supervised and delivered all picture editorial aspects from sourcing, editing, to sending out for printing in alignment with best practices, guidelines and quality standards.