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COULD YOU BE THE F-WORD’S FIRST PICTURE RESEARCHER/EDITOR?
Posted by Charlotte on April 10, 2010
Tags: Picture Editor, The F-Word, Volunteer
I”ve been meaning to let you know about this – but hell, you probably know by now. The fabulous F-Word are about to relaunch in glorious style and they’re looking for someone to take on the picture researching and make the stories look beautiful. So here’s the info:
Because The F-Word cannot pay for images/photos, the role will involve:
- working with me and the contributors to creatively illustrate the features and reviews that we publish (approaching this from an intersectional feminist perspective, recognising the potent role that images and photography can play in reinforcing – and also disrupting – ablism, heterosexism, sexism, racism and other oppressions)
- finding images which are under Creative Commons copyright, or are otherwise in the public domain
- approaching copyright owners to see if they will let us use their images for free
- commissioning original illustrations from artists and designers
The main work for the pictures researcher/editor will be to source images for one to three features a week, with a lead time of around four weeks in most cases. I estimate the role should not take more than two or three hours a week, although additional time may be needed at first as you settle in and as we move over to our new site design.
To apply, please email me at jess.mccabe@thefword.org.uk, with the subject line “picture editor” and a brief message about why you’d like to take on this role and a little bit of information about yourself. Also, please select a feature on the site and briefly suggest some ideas for illustrations. This is a volunteer role, you don’t need loads of experience, just lots of enthusiasm 
Application deadline is 1 May.
Tags for this post:Picture Editor, The F-Word, Volunteer