Application Guide

How to Apply for Photo and Video Editor

at We Animals Media

🏢 About We Animals Media

We Animals Media is unique as a nonprofit photojournalism agency dedicated exclusively to documenting the lives of animals in human environments, from farms to labs. Their mission-driven approach combines artistic storytelling with advocacy to create systemic change. Someone might want to work here to contribute visual narratives that make hidden suffering visible and inspire action.

About This Role

This Photo and Video Editor role involves curating and refining raw footage into compelling visual stories that meet the organization's high ethical and aesthetic standards for animal advocacy. You'll directly impact their mission by ensuring content is technically excellent and emotionally resonant before distribution to media partners and their stock platform. Your feedback will help photographers improve their craft, strengthening the entire visual journalism pipeline.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might start with reviewing newly submitted photo sets from field photographers, selecting and editing 20-30 images according to established aesthetic and ethical guidelines. You'd then shift to editing 2-3 video clips, performing color correction for consistency and cleaning audio interviews. Throughout the day, you'd manage metadata tagging in their DAM system and provide detailed feedback to photographers about composition, lighting, or storytelling approaches.

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🎯 Who We Animals Media Is Looking For

  • Has 2+ years experience editing photojournalism or documentary content with a portfolio demonstrating sensitivity to ethical storytelling and technical precision in color grading/audio cleanup
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud (especially Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Audition) and familiar with DAM systems like Extensis Portfolio or similar for metadata management
  • Can articulate specific examples of providing constructive feedback to photographers that improved both technical quality and narrative impact
  • Demonstrates alignment with animal advocacy values through past projects or volunteer work, showing understanding of how visual media drives social change

📝 Tips for Applying to We Animals Media

1

Include a portfolio link with 3-5 before/after examples showing your photo editing process for documentary-style images, especially highlighting ethical considerations in selection

2

Tailor your resume to explicitly mention experience with DAM systems and metadata workflows, using keywords from their job description like 'asset management' and 'editing policies'

3

Research their published content on platforms like the We Animals Media stock site and reference specific projects or photographers you admire in your cover letter

4

If you have animal advocacy experience, highlight it prominently; if not, explain how your skills in visual storytelling align with making hidden issues visible

5

Prepare to discuss how you balance aesthetic quality with journalistic integrity when editing sensitive subject matter involving animals

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Your understanding of their mission and how photo/video editing serves advocacy goals (reference specific campaigns like 'Farmed Animal Portraits')", 'Specific technical expertise with color correction for documentary footage and audio cleanup for interview clips or ambient sound', 'Experience managing large volumes of assets while maintaining consistent metadata standards for searchability and rights management', "Examples of collaborative feedback you've provided to photographers that improved both technical execution and storytelling impact"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore their stock platform content to understand their visual style, subject matter, and how edited assets are presented to clients
  • → Review their photographer guidelines and ethical standards to understand their editorial policies around image selection and manipulation
  • → Study their major campaigns and media partnerships to see how edited content gets utilized in real-world advocacy
  • → Learn about key team members like Jo-Anne McArthur and their approach to visual storytelling through interviews or presentations
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through your editing process for a documentary photo series, focusing on how you select images that balance emotional impact with journalistic accuracy
2 How would you handle editing footage that is technically challenging (e.g., poor lighting in farm environments) while maintaining ethical representation of the animals?
3 Describe your experience with DAM systems—how do you organize metadata to ensure assets are easily searchable by media partners and researchers?
4 Share an example where you provided constructive feedback to a photographer that resulted in measurable improvement in their work
5 How do you stay current with both editing techniques and evolving standards in animal advocacy photojournalism?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Submitting a portfolio heavy on commercial/retouching work without documentary or advocacy-focused examples
  • Failing to demonstrate understanding of ethical considerations in animal photojournalism (e.g., sensationalism vs. truthful representation)
  • Not showing specific DAM/metadata experience—this is a core requirement for managing their extensive archive

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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