Posted on:September 25, 2026
Summary of the Picture Desk Editor job at Getty Images
Getty Images is hiring a Picture Desk Editor. Based in London, UK. Working arrangement: Hybrid.
About Getty Images
Getty Images is a visual media company that licenses stock images, editorial photography, video, and music to creative professionals, media, and corporate clients. It operates through its Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash brands, offering both rights-managed and royalty-free content via its websites and APIs.
Picture Desk Editor job description
You have a passion for pictures and a commitment to upholding editorial integrity. You thrive in the fast-paced, 24/7 world of entertainment, news, and sports, working accurately and efficiently under deadlines with a remote team. You are a self-starting, multitasking team player who can also assume individual responsibility for issues as they arise. You have excellent news judgment and are fluent in social media. You want to work for one of the world’s leading creators of content with some of the world’s best editorial photographers and videographers
Picture Desk editors are trusted decision-makers, problem-solvers, and the final gatekeepers of editorial integrity. They are responsible for receiving and editing editorial content for the global market under constant deadlines while ensuring accuracy, editorial integrity, quality, and timely distribution. As the centralized hub for various departments, the Picture Desk collaborates daily with photographers, assignment editors, field editors, and tech teams to maintain a high standard of quality. Editors curate and highlight our top images on social media, marketing platforms, and the GettyImages.com website. This is a production-focused job, and working weekends, and holidays is required.
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The Editorial team provides our customers with premium, differentiated visuals across news, sports, and entertainment that cover real people, events, actions, and facts. We also grow and maintain one of the world’s most extensive archives of socially significant, historical photos, footage, and prints.
There’s a story in every picture, a narrative in every frame.
We believe in the power of visuals. As a leading visual content creator, our three brands–Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash–offer a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer, whatever their size, location, or budget. Whether the goal is commercial or philanthropic, revenue-generating or society-changing, market-disrupting or headline-driving, our visuals help any brand, business, or organization communicate more effectively with their target audience and urge them to action. In other words, we know how powerful an image or video can be—and that it can move the world.
Working at Getty Images
Our goal is to be one of the best places to work globally, which means we’re dedicated to providing experiences and resources that allow you to do your best work. Foundational to our culture are our Leadership Principles, which are the shared values that guide how we come together to do our work. We raise the bar and collectively bring solutions while exercising trust, transparency, and care. We actively reject biased behavior and are inclusive of different voices, perspectives, and experiences. We focus on our customers and deliver on our commitments and commercial goals.
We foster a collaborative and supportive environment that prioritizes delivering results efficiently and using time wisely, so that all employees can achieve balance between commitments to the company and health and well-being in our lives. We value the importance of rest and recovery ranging from company-paid holidays to time away from work.
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GETY". You may be eligible to participate in our employee Stock Purchase Plan, which allows employees to purchase company stock at a 15% discount to market.
Our employees’ growth, development, belonging, and engagement are important investments. We offer learning experiences ranging from leadership development, diversity and inclusion training, mentoring programs, a high potential program, and professional and skills development. We prioritize staying connected in our hybrid-working world and encourage participation in global morale events and local gatherings, as well as finding community in one or more of our Employee Resource Groups. Learning about our business is paramount, and our open and transparent culture means you’ll have direct access to experts and senior leaders via open forums, all hands, and content hours.
Getty Images believes that diversity is critical to our success in moving the world and is committed to creating an inclusive, mutually respectful environment that celebrates diversity. We seek to hire based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Getty Images is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
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