East Africa Photographer, Reuters

Required qualifications

Candidates must have strong technical photography skills, including:

• Professional digital photography and camera skills.
  
• Digital image editing and processing.
  
• Accurate captioning and metadata management.
  
• Fast and reliable picture filing and transmission from the field.
  
• The ability to work with professional photography equipment and modern image-management and transmission systems.
  
• A strong understanding of photographic ethics, accuracy and Reuters' editorial standards.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience covering major breaking news, political, business, sporting or humanitarian events in East Africa or other complex reporting environments, with a demonstrated ability to deliver exclusive and agenda-setting visual journalism
  
• Experience working in an integrated newsroom environment, collaborating closely with text, video and digital teams to deliver coordinated, multi-format coverage for global audiences and clients.
  
• Strong knowledge of Kenya and the wider East Africa region, with an established network of contacts and a track record of identifying distinctive visual stories and enterprise projects.
  

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with colleagues across text, video and pictures, the successful candidate will:

• Generate and develop visual story ideas.
  
• Plan and execute coverage of breaking news, enterprise, business, sports and other major events.
  
• Produce compelling, accurate and visually strong photography that meets Reuters' editorial and technical standards.
  
• Work closely with text and video colleagues to identify opportunities for integrated coverage and distinctive visual storytelling.
  
• Contribute to Reuters' One Newsroom ambitions through strong collaboration across formats.
  
• Produce content that works for Reuters' global clients and digital audiences.
  
• Identify opportunities for exclusive pictures, deeper visual storytelling and longer-term photographic projects.
  
• Build and maintain strong relationships with sources, photographers, editors and other stakeholders across Kenya and the wider region.