Remote
Photo Editor
About RISE2GETHER
RISE2GETHER is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the professional and personal growth of Asian women. Through our annual summit, leadership programs, member community, AI hackathons, and both online and offline workshops, we provide resources, support networks, and actionable tools that empower Asian women to break barriers, lead with confidence, and thrive.
Role Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented and creative Volunteer Photo Editor to enhance and refine RISE2GETHER’s visual storytelling through high-quality photography. In this role, you will retouch and color-grade event photos to achieve a clean, natural, and empowering aesthetic that reflects our brand identity. You will apply technical adjustments such as exposure correction, lens calibration, and noise reduction, as well as perform tasteful retouching and composition refinements. Beyond editing, you will organize and tag assets within our photo library and prepare images optimized for web, social media, and print. By collaborating closely with photographers and the marketing team, your work will ensure visual consistency and elevate how RISE2GETHER’s mission and community are represented.
Responsibilities
As a Volunteer Photo Editor, you will:
Retouch and color-grade event photos to deliver a clean, natural, and empowering look for RISE2GETHER.
Apply exposure/white balance fixes, lens corrections, and noise reduction.
Perform tasteful skin retouching (blemish cleanup, dodge & burn), straighten/crop, and remove distractions.
Name, tag, and organize assets in our photo library; prepare web, social, and print-ready exports.
Collaborate with the photographer and marketing team to ensure visual consistency across channels.
Preferred Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who bring most of the following:
Experience (or strong interest) in photo retouching for events/portraits.
Proficiency with Adobe Lightroom Classic & Photoshop (healing, frequency separation or dodge & burn, layer masks, smart objects).
Strong eye for color and storytelling; ability to keep edits natural and respectful.
Time commitment:
Volunteer basis; ~2–5 hours/week on average, with higher volume in the week after major events (primarily weekends in the Seattle area).