Senior Photo Editor (Fixed Term)

Vast is seeking a Senior Photo Editor to join its Media Production team on a fixed-term basis, reporting to the Senior Manager, Media Production. The ideal candidate is a technically precise, visually confident retoucher who can move fast without cutting corners, and who understands color and light well enough to make judgment calls, not just execute a brief. This is a high-leverage engagement: the work this person does in a short window will directly determine how consistent and premium Vast's photography looks going forward.

This is a hands-on, IC role for someone who can walk into an existing body of work, understand the visual direction, and both execute against it and help define it more clearly. You'll work through a real backlog of unedited production photography, and in parallel help formalize the color, light, and retouching standards the team uses so decisions don't have to be re-made from scratch on every shoot.

This is an in-person role based in Long Beach, CA and runs as a 60 day fixed-term position, with potential to extend.

Responsibilities

Clear the Backlog: Process existing unedited photography from past shoots to final, delivery-ready quality.

Post-Production & Workflow: Manage file handling from ingest to delivery (filenaming, packaging, archiving) and build reusable presets to streamline operations.

Define Visual Standards: Partner with the Media Production team to document and maintain consistent color, light, and retouching standards across all photography and photographers.

Support Live Production (as needed): Oversee capture-to-delivery for active shoots, including providing on-set Digitech support.

Photography (as needed): Execute product, hardware, portrait, or event photography as required, maintaining the same high quality standards.

Minimum  Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience as a photo retoucher or photo editor across commercial, brand, or editorial work.

Deep proficiency in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, CaptureOne, with strong command of color grading, light balancing, and high-end retouching technique.

Demonstrated ability to define or work within brand-level visual standards, not just execute a one-off brief.

Strong eye for consistency across a large volume of images, evidenced through a portfolio showing range and a clear point of view.

Able to work independently and move fast without sacrificing quality, this is a short engagement with real volume behind it.

Local to LA/Long Beach and available to be onsite..

Preferred Skills & Experience

Photography experience (product, hardware, portrait, or event) as a backup capability.

Experience shooting or editing for aerospace, tech, or other technical/industrial brands.

Experience building documented style guides or visual standards for a brand or production team.

Pay Range: California

$45—$64 USD