Jobs at dpreview.com
dpreview.com is the world's leading digital photography website, with unrivalled product reviews, daily breaking news and an active forums community. Established in 1998 dpreview.com has grown to attract over eight million unique visitors each month and around 1.3bn page views a year. In May 2007 dpreview.com was acquired by Amazon.com and with their help we have added sophisticated community features including fully-fledged photo galleries and a popular photo challenge system. We have exciting plans for 2012 and beyond that will strengthen dpreview.com's position as the premier digital photography destination on the internet.
Full time positions
Mobile Imaging Editor (Seattle)
Dpreview.com is looking for a Mobile Imaging Editor to join our growing team based in Seattle, WA. This is a unique opportunity to play a key part in the design and launch of an entirely new content area, and to drive the expansion of the dpreview platform into the fast moving world of connected photography.
From Facebook to Instagram, from the iPhone to Snapseed, photography has never been more immediate, more accessible or more social. We need you to help us build a world class resource for those seeking inspiration, advice and information on thevery latest hardware and software, and on all the cool things people are doing with them.
You'll be someone completely immersed in the wireless technology and photography world, an expert on smart phones, tablets, apps and photo sharing communities, and excited by the creative possibilities these technologies offer the connected photographer. You'll be passionate about finding smart ways to build an audience and a community beyond the 80 million photographers who visit www.dpreview.com every year. You will possess particular insight into the evolving social web. You are someone that not only religiously uses all of the social tools available today, but are constantly thinking about how they could be improved.
Responsibilities will include managing, sourcing and producing high quality content, from news stories to blogs to hardware and software reviews. You'll be working closely with the dpreview.com editorial and engineering teams and directly with manufacturers, developers and technology providers, as well as attending trade shows and product launches.
You should be passionate about digital photography specifically - and consumer electronics more generally - and have a strong understanding of the latest technology and trends. You will have strong ideas on how best to engage this new generation of connected photographers, and will actively seek out unique, innovative sources of inspiring, interesting content. You will be constantly challenged in your work and will be expected to suggest and innovate, and to take full ownership of this important new expansion of dpreview.com's core product.
dpreview.com is the world's leading digital photography website, with unrivaled product reviews, daily breaking news and an active forums community. Established in1998, dpreview.com has grown to attract over eight million unique visitors each month and around 1.3bn page views a year. DPReview is owned by Amazon.com, though we operate as an independent subsidiary.
DPReview employees are full-fledged Amazon.com employees, which means you reap the benefits of working for a Fortune 500 company while also working on a smaller, more nimble team that feels a lot more like a startup. It is the best of both worlds!
To find out more and to apply please visit the Amazon Careers Page.
Freelance writers / contributors
Would you like to write for dpreview?
We are currently recruiting freelance writers and bloggers to expand dpreview's coverage of photography to encompass everything from video editing to camera accessories to composition and lighting technique. You don't need to be a professional writer or previously published, but you do need to be able to show you're able to produce work to our incredibly high standards. We're specifically looking for people who can write in an engaging and authoritative manner on the following topics (or you can suggest your own):
Photo technique- Accessory reviews
- Software technique
- Accessory reviews and roundups
- Software reviews and roundups
- Book reviews
- Printers and printing technique
- Video/movie capture (technique, technology, reviews)
- Photographer profiles and interviews
- Tips for aspiring professionals
- Opinion pieces
In return we can guarantee you unrivalled exposure on the world's busiest digital photography website (over 20 million visits per month) and SEO-friendly links to your own websites (or, if you'd prefer, we can discuss financial remuneration, though this will depend entirely on experience and profile).
- To apply email us with a short description of yourself, your qualifications and the areas where you'd be interesting in contributing.
- Include links to examples of your work.
- Tell us what the first 2 or 3 articles you would like to write would be.
