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Salary The role
We are looking to hire a Picture Desk Intern to join our Content team in London on a 3 month basis.
Working at WGSN
Together, we create tomorrow
A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.
WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.
Role overview
In this exciting position, you'll be at the forefront of empowering WGSN's global content by supporting and collaborating closely with the Picture Editor and Image Rights Manager, managing all picture usage and ensuring the best possible image usage across all our content to enable WGSN to achieve its editorial and commercial goals. You will also assist on a wide range of photography projects across the business.
The team
You will be joining a diverse, global team of 3 who serve a wider community of 120+ content creators. We pride ourselves in our inclusive culture and take a collaborative approach in working towards one goal – to continue to be the most inspiring, leading trend forecaster in the world.
Key accountabilities
- To fulfil a variety of roles on the Picture Desk when required to ensure the best possible images are used correctly across WGSN content.
- Assist in the smooth running of the picture desk email account, monitoring requests and ensuring the picture design process runs smoothly.
- Assist the department in building a range of sources for images to meet WGSN’s global editorial needs.
- Ensuring correct tagging, caption details are added when required
- Help catalogue new picture sources, from PRs across all industries to independent photographers, design studios, agencies and designers.
- Assist with managing the Picture Desk workspace resource for the content team.
- Assist the Picture Editor on processing the paperwork required for securing usage rights for images from picture agencies and individual creators.
- Be proactive about searching out interesting new image makers with whom WGSN may collaborate and researching photographic material from a variety of sources.
- Assist on commissioning of proprietary images for WGSN.
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.
Skills, experience & qualifications required
- Highly organised and efficient
- Excellent communication and people skills with an ability to work with a diverse, global team,
- working remotely
- Enthusiastic about assisting in creating new processes and working systems
- Good research abilities to determine excellent picture sources and potential collaborators
- Able to talk and work with creatives and the numerate with ease
- Able to work to deadlines with confidence
More about WGSN
WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting.
We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow’s consumer.
Our values
We Are Everywhere
The future is everything, it happens everywhere. WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.
We Are Future Focused
We utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts. Everything we do is focused on working with our customers to create a successful and positive tomorrow.
We Are Rigorous
We source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts. To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.
Our culture
An inclusive culture is one of our key priorities. We want our people to truly be themselves and thrive. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas, different strengths and perspectives & reflect the global audience we work with.
Inclusive workforce
We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.
Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.
We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.
We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
