Sports Editor

Sports Editor

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? If yes, we are looking for you.

Join our team! Reuters is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic photo editor to join our industry-leading sports pictures desk with branches in Mexico City, London UK, and Bangalore India. This job, based in Mexico City, is for a candidate with fluent English and Spanish, and a sharp eye for detail who can effortlessly sift through hundreds of sports photos contributed daily by our photographers from around the world.

We’re looking for a person who handles deadlines with calm and focus, can learn complex workflows easily, and work fast under pressure. It’s a job for an editor who has considerable knowledge of the world’s main sport disciplines, follows the news of sport, and knows what constitutes an impactful sports photograph.

A commitment to preserving the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity, and freedom from bias is essential. So is absolute dedication to the safety of all the photographers who provide pictures to Reuters.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Sports Editor, you will:

1. Receive hundreds of photos from each sports event and choose, crop, and process a tight selection in Adobe Photoshop.
2. Research and write photo captions quickly with a minimum of errors, before sending the photos to global media clients.
3. Communicate fluidly over text messages, emails, and voice calls with photographers in the field during live events.
4. Maintain close operational links with Text and Video colleagues.
5. Plan and schedule sports coverage around Latin America.

About You

You’re a fit for the role if your background includes:

1. Fluent Spanish and English, spoken and written. Spoken Portuguese is a plus.
2. A love for both sports and sports photography.
3. In-depth knowledge of South American soccer.
4. Sound sports and pictures judgement, and an ability to spot an important story.
5. Strong interpersonal skills while working under time pressure, team spirit, and a desire to win in a highly competitive industry.
6. Minimum five years experience in photography or photo editing.
7. Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Mac OS.

To apply, please upload your updated resume in English.

Location: CDMX

What's in it for you

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

1. Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.
2. Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.
3. Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.
4. Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.