Edited visual content for women’s lifestyle weekly periodical. Determined proper creative elements for articles, inside spreads and cover. Sourced, color corrected and converted images for publication. Maintained daily status of photo edits and fulfilled deadlines. Ensured proper visual representation of copy. Obtained rare, obscure, scientific, historic and current events imagery. Kept current with latest photographers and stock imagery for creative content. Set up and commission photo and illustration assignments. Located and edited entertainment, news and fashion images for celebrity weekly magazines. Conceived story and photography material for cover, front and back of book and inside spreads. Negotiated usage rights and fees, maintaining given budgets. Kept with latest news and events in the entertainment and celebrity industry. Communicated constantly with reporters and photographers. Commissioned and set up photo shoots and assignments. Procured publicity stills from movie studios and celebrity shots from wire services. Color corrected, cropped and optimized all images for publication on Moviefone.com. Worked with Design and Programming teams on editorial features. Maintained content management system, optimizing images for web publication and search engine population. Maintained rights on purchased photography. Researched visual content for use in magazines, books and website including current events, celebrities, fine art, historical, science and nature and stock. Located rare and obscure images. Obtained permission and usage rights for published images. Maintained and tracked analog and digital images. As a member of a start-up website, responsible for conceiving, locating and editing illustrations for news stories. Communicated with sources, searched websites and edited photos.