Part-Time Contract Assistant Photo Editor

About Super Age

Super Age is more than a media brand—it’s a movement redefining what it means to age. Through bold, insightful, and inspiring content, we empower a generation of high-achievers to live longer, healthier, and more joyful lives. Our flagship newsletter, The Mindset, reaches tens of thousands of readers each week with curated insights on longevity, wellness, relationships, and purpose. Super Age’s commitment to a refined and provocative visual aesthetic—bold, distinctive, confident, and inspiring—makes it the go-to hub for redefining the second half of life as a time for reinvention, vitality, and boundless potential.

About Optimism

Optimism is a digital publisher working to build a brighter web. We conceive, launch, and operate high-quality digital brands that spark curiosity, spread positivity, and improve the lives of our readers. With an email-first approach, our hope is to transform the inbox into a healthy alternative to social media feeds, a place where you can curate the news, information, and entertainment you truly want.

Our brands populate a variety of categories: Games, Wonder, and Travel, among others. This distributed approach helps us reach 3 million subscribers across our network and serve more than 30 million web sessions each month. And we’re growing with each new brand.

About Assistant Photo Editor

As an Assistant Photo Editor at Super Age, you will play a pivotal role in curating and executing the high-end visual narrative that sets our brand apart. Our aesthetic is provocative yet elegant, edgy yet refined—a fusion of confidence, beauty, and inspiration that connects deeply with our audience. You’ll source, edit, and curate photography that not only aligns with our editorial voice but also pushes the boundaries of what’s visually possible. Collaborating closely with the editorial and design teams, you’ll help craft a visually cohesive and stunning identity that reflects the essence of Super Age and inspires a global community to live boldly with purpose. This is a part time position that will average 20-25 hours per week.

ACCOUNTABILITIES…

• Source and review photos that complement written editorial content —newsletters, articles, quizzes, websites, and social media — across multiple platforms.

• Edit photos to align with Super Age’s polished and aspirational visual guidelines, ensuring all imagery reflects our ethos of boldness, vitality, and elegance.

• Collaborate with editorial and design teams to brainstorm and execute compelling visuals that elevate our storytelling.

• Maintain an organized workflow for sourcing and editing images to meet editorial deadlines.

• Contribute to brainstorming sessions to push the boundaries of what’s possible in visual storytelling and audience engagement.

• Merge visual artistry and creativity with performance to curate experiences that engage our audience, improve key metrics, and drive revenue

• Collaborate with colleagues in design, brand, product, engineering, and other functions to improve and innovate our visual style

• Faithfully translate company mission, core values into everyday tasks and projects

QUALIFICATIONS…

• 2+ experience in a media or digital publishing brand

• A keen eye for great photography and the ability to articulate what makes it powerful

• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills

• Experience working with photography on a consumer-facing digital brand or vertical

• Thorough understanding of Adobe Suite, namely PS, LR, Ai.

• Experience sourcing and editing a large volume of photographs within tight deadlines.

• Experience working with stock agencies, such as Getty Images, iStock, and Adobe Stock.

• Ability to juggle visuals for multiple projects at a time.

• Experience working hand-in-hand with an editorial team for input and collaboration.

• A passion for learning, knowledge-sharing, and the optimistic potential of the internet

• Intuitive understanding of social media platforms, and keen awareness for what makes content viral (images for social, articles, etc...)

• Honesty, enthusiasm, and indomitability

Position will pay between $30 - $50 per hour dependent on experience.