Sound business sense? Good client liaison skills? Imaginative? Creative thinker?
Zooid Pictures is the world’s leading media research and licensing organisation; sourcing, originating and licensing photos, footage, illustration, sound and text for major international publishers, broadcasters and museums since 1984.
A successful company bucking market trends, we are looking for an ambitious and agile business brain to joint our small management team, ensure targets are maintained, our strategic plan is delivered, our vision promoted and our business developed through all the remarkable projects that we deliver to our blue chip Clients.

Strategic Planning
You will contribute to the further the development of Zooid business and demonstrate imagination, strategic rigour and achievement in driving the business forward.
• work alongside the Managing Director and contribute to weekly production and management meetings
• research new business opportunities for our unique services both in existing markets (with major international broadcasters, publishers and museums), and add new markets
• deliver our Strategic Plan through by strengthening relationships with existing clients, visiting prospective clients, trade fairs and negotiating key supplier agreements
• act independently to oversee strategic development during the MD’s absences, providing him with informed proposals for management and strategic decisions, financial troubleshooting and developing new business initiatives.
• As a member of a small team you have a real opportunity to influence company policy and your own growth and rewards.

What we offer:
We offer you the opportunity to engage with a young and successful company leading its field in creative media; 
and a chance to positively develop your future together with that of the company.

Further details and to apply:
http://www.zooid.co.uk/about-us/jobs.php
Closing date : 07 Feb 2012

Who we are
The Photoshot Group owns and represents some of the world’s leading photographic collections. Based in Clerkenwell, central London, our comprehensive libraries enable us to quickly and easy fulfil any picture requirement. Our collections range from live news and sport, to entertainment and music through to nature, travel, interiors and creative imagery and includes famous agency names such UPPA, LFI, Idols, NHPA, World Pictures and Redcover.

Our requirement
We are looking for a senior Account Executive who will be responsible for successfully generating new business opportunities in addition to building and maintaining current client relationships. The Account Executive will work with other departments within Photoshot to ensure that their accounts run smoothly from a technical and administrative perspective. The role requires a sound knowledge of the celebrity/entertainment industry.

Responsibilities/Tasks
- Successfully meet and exceed monthly sales targets and key performance indicators through a combination of
proactive telesales and client visits
- Build, maintain and optimize professional relationships for existing client base
- Extract key information to understand client business needs
- Identify opportunities for new business development for all Photoshot products
- Provide detailed reporting on account activity as requested

Characteristics
- Proven successful business development experience essential
- Proven successful account management experience essential
- Experience of working to targets and deadlines essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Highly organised, flexible and positive “can-do attitude”
- Excellent attention to detail
- Previous Industry-related experience
- Understand and work with the Photoshot brand
- Advanced computer and Office software skills

In return we offer…
- Competitive and rewards based compensation
- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Dynamic team environment
- Convenient Central London location
- Hours are 9 – 6 Monday to Friday

Full-time
Contact: Joanne Rees
jrees@photoshot.com
Photoshot Holdings Limited
29-31 Saffron Hill
London

Closing date : 24 Feb 2012

Product Manager, AP Images
AP Images is the commercial photo licensing business of the Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news agency, and generates significant revenue.  It offers professional picture buyers access to the most comprehensive collection of 20th Century photographs from AP’s vast print, negative and online photo library.  AP Images licenses photos for editorial, advertising, personal and corporate use, as well as other purposes, and also provides customized assignment services to assist organizations with all their photography needs.

AP invites applications for the position of Product Manager within the AP Images department, based in London.
With responsibility for the AP Images “product” outside of the Americas, this position is based in London reporting to the AP Images Director of International Business Development.
The Product Manager will be responsible for promoting the use and adoption of AP Images products through customer sales calls, crafting and delivering customer presentations / proposals, as well as identifying and securing new business from a wide variety of organisations for AP’s commercial assignment services. The role will be closely related to both sales and product development, but with an emphasis on marketing and convincing customers to use more AP content, both directly and through working with our international distributors.

Knowledge and Experience:
• Proven sales or product marketing experience, particularly within a licensing business.
• The individual should have experience in managing sales goals and targets, as well as have demonstrated the ability to thrive in a sales oriented environment.
• Proven image industry experience – in editorial, creative stock or assignment photography business.  The candidate must also have a sound understanding of video.
• Strong analytical skills are required and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong and well-rounded report writing and internal presentation skills.
• Superior leadership qualities. The ideal candidate will be highly innovative, self-motivated and resourceful. Specifically, the ideal candidate will have enthusiasm for the job and a proven track record of sales successes, marketing savvy and business acumen.
• Deep knowledge of Internet technologies and e-commerce. AP Images makes use of digital or electronic delivery technologies.  While the individual does not need to have a technical background, he/she needs to know these technologies to sell and discuss in a sales or marketing setting and with customers.
• Superior written and oral communications skills.
• Strong computer skills including proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and presentational programs.
• The ability to collaborate with a diverse range of internal teams is essential.
• Fluency in another major European language would be advantageous.

All applicants must be able work in the UK or be able to gain permission to work in the UK.

Qualified applicants please send your CV and covering letter to Elaine Duddy, HR Officer, at aptn_jobs@ap.org or to The Interchange, Oval Road, Camden, London, NW1 7DZ.

The closing date is 31st January 2012. If you have not heard from us by 14th February 2012 please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

German Speaking Account Manager – Gallery Stock

Premium Rights-Managed image library Gallery Stock are seeking an experienced German speaking Account Manager to join this agency’s talented commercial team in London and sell from London into the German market.
The successful application will be a self motivated, organised and detail oriented sales professional with an existing database of active image buying clients in Germany across all client segments: corporate, agency, editorial and media.

The Account Manager is the daily liaison for German clients and must generate revenue by understanding how this agency’s portfolio can provide them with creative image solutions.
This is sales role and the Account Manager must be comfortable with aggressive monthly sales targets and finding new contacts within Germany.

The Role:
This position focuses on selling Rights Managed, premium stock content.
Must be comfortable with high touch sales, managing special relationships with established photographers who require a connection before a sale can be made.
Must be comfortable and enthusiastic about closing deals on hi-touch, unreleased images that require negotiation with models and model agencies.
Accountable for driving revenue by meeting or exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets by growing accounts and/or transactional servicing with a focus on relationship based selling.
Execute custom photo research for clients, prepare lightboxes and make outbound telephone sales calls to existing accounts to follow up on specific projects.
Pitch new and incoming content to existing client base.
Offer quick, flexible, and friendly customer service to a variety of clients on tight deadlines.
An understanding of a variety of customer segments is vital: magazines, broadcast, digital media, books, and more.
An understanding of the value of a high-end product is crucial.

Requirements:
Minimum of two years outbound/inbound sales or account management experience – specifically in the photo stock syndication arena.
Must be able to multi-task.
Knowledge/use of Customer Relationship Management systems preferred
Basic computer literacy (Internet, Word, Excel, Filemaker Pro, etc.)
Fluency in written and spoken German

Gallery Stock has a genuine passion for visual media and is dedicated to maintaining a standard of aesthetic and technical excellence. If you are passionate about great photography as well as passionate about selling it, then this could be the role for you.
There is a good salary and commission package on offer for the right candidate and the opportunity to get involved in an exciting and creative agency with career potential.

Email Cv’s to: stewart@gallerystock.com
Gallery Stock is a premium Rights-Managed image library offering creative content from some of the most distinguished and celebrated photographers in the world.

http://www.gallerystock.com

Flynet Pictures one of London’s leading celebrity picture agency are looking for photographers to become part of this exciting business..

We are looking for dynamic photographers who can work as part of a team and also able to work on own iniative. Applicants must have relevant experience in this field. Must be able to spot celebrities.
Applicants must have their own camera equipment and transport is essential.

Flynet offer an attractive package for the right candidates, which includes salary and expenses.
Red Carpet/Event photographers need not apply.

To apply please send your CV and covering letter to john@flynetpictures.co.uk
Deadline 31st December

Mirrorpix is the home of one of Britain’s largest photographic archive resources, charting the history of the 20th Century and beyond through the lenses of such pioneers of press photojournalism as The Grant Brothers, Ernest Brookes and George Greenwell to name but a few. The collections are added to on a daily basis with contemporary material and we’re now looking to recruit a new member of staff to join our busy Archive Team in North Watford.

As a commercial library working in a competitive environment we are looking for a team player who understands the demands on a modern picture agency.

Main Responsibilities:
- Liaise directly with our commercial team on internal and external client requests and help coordinate research activities between our group archives
- Ability to understand a research brief and deliver accurate results on time
- Digital image processing, including capture, colour correction and repair as required of heritage images
- Accurate and efficient captioning and keywording of historic and contemporary images
- Quality control of online content
- Maintaining the upkeep of a hardcopy library of over 60 million print and negative assets
- Liaise with clients and colleagues on visits to the archives

Required Skills:
- Ability to work as a team member is essential
- Work quickly and accurately in a pressured, deadline led environment.
- Excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills
- Good spelling and grammar skills required.

Required Knowledge:
- An interest in photography and a sound demonstrable knowledge of 20th century and contemporary history and the personalities involved is essential
- Understanding of both hard copy print and negative scanning processes
- A minimum of 1 year’s digital imaging/Photoshop experience.
- Computer literate on both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
- Experience of digital image delivery processes and how picture libraries use websites to deliver content to their clients is essential.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to fergus.mckenna@mirror.co.uk
Fergus McKenna
Head of Syndication & Licensing
Mirror Group
22nd Floor
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5AP

Closing date: 3rd January 2012

Full-time Administration and Systems ‘wizard’ required for Ardea wildlife & pets photo library
Intelligent and numerate person required to run all administrative aspects of our specialist photo library. Working as part of a small team in a friendly environment in Wandsworth, South West London.
* client billing and photographers’ payments
* managing in-house database (Capture)
* photographer liaison
* co-ordinating & implementing mailshots
* managing website, liaising with web hosts & updating content
* Point of contact for sub-agencies
* organising exhibitions and in-house marketing
* keywording new images
Experience required:
* Proven experience in administrative role essential
* Confident & friendly telephone manner
* Experience of working with figures
* Experience in ‘Capture’ image library system would be an advantage
Full training will be given by Alice, who is leaving to start a family after 10 happy years at Ardea.
Please apply with your CV and covering letter to Sophie Gooders by post or email.
By post:
Ardea
Wildlife Pets Environment
35 Brodrick Road
London
SW17 7DX
By email:
sophie@ardea.com

The Press Photo History Project is currently researching early press guides, if you have any please let us know they may be useful to our work.
This is a working list of photo agencies and libraries operating and deceased- if your agency is not listed please let us know.
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A21 Group
Abraham & Son , PLYMOUTH.
Abraham, KESWICK.
Abrahams, Hy., LEEDS.
ACME Newspictures
Action Images
Action Plus
Adobe Stock Photos
Advance Photo Co., LONDON
Adventure Photo
After Image
Agence Image
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Alfieri Picture Service, LONDON
All Action Digital
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The Press Photo History Project is currently researching early press guides, if you have any please let us know they may be useful to our work.
This is a working list of photo agencies and libraries operating and deceased- if your agency is not listed please let us know.
(re)view
A21 Group
Abraham & Son , PLYMOUTH.
Abraham, KESWICK.
Abrahams, Hy., LEEDS.
ACME Newspictures
Action Images
Action Plus
Adobe Stock Photos
Advance Photo Co., LONDON
Adventure Photo
After Image
Agence Image
aiwest shares
Alfieri Picture Service, LONDON
All Action Digital
click read on for the whole list

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