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Work From Home as an Image Reviewer for Shutterstock

Published June 23, 2014 By Leisa Good This post may contain affiliate links. Regardless, I only recommend sites I've researched and/or used and trust.

All about working from home as an image reviewer for Shutterstock. Do you enjoy photography? Do you know how to do photo editing? Do you have a good eye for what sells when it comes to photography? Then Shutterstock might be a good non phone work at home option!

What Exactly is Shutterstock?

Shutterstock is an e-commerce company that provides businesses and consumers with royalty-free photos, videos, and illustrations. Shutterstock has a worldwide community of contributing photographers, videographers, artists, and illustrators.

What Does an Image Reviewer Do?

An image reviewer will be evaluating the images for:

  • overall quality.
  • technical execution.
  • commercial suitability.
  • adherence to the company’s acceptance standards.

The responsibilities of the image reviewer will be to:

  • approve images based on acceptance standards.
  • look for technical standards, trademark exceptions, fraud and copyright requirements.
  • review images for suitability for commercial image catalog.
  • able to work in a high volume, fast-paced, and detail-oriented manner.
  • able to apply metadata standards and editing.
  • select keywords that drive search engine results.
  • provide consistent, objective, efficient, concise and accurate feedback to contributors.

What Skills Are Needed to Be an Image Reviewer at Shutterstock?

The skills needed are:

  • domain expertise
  • 2+ years of professional photography experience
  • availability to work 25-30 hours per week including 5-8 hours on the weekends
  • ability to photo edit
  • understanding of evolving trends, styles, and commercial value
  • making detailed judgments repetitively
  • organized, analytical, and detail-oriented
  • strong command of English

What Are the Computer Requirements?

You will need:

  • high-speed wired Internet access
  • PC, laptop or Mac
  • accurate color display for high-resolutions
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Office Suite

When you apply for this position, your computer will also be checked for downloading speeds, too. At least 25 mbps is required for the download speed.

What Are the Hours at Shutterstock?

You work between 25-30 hours per week and with 5-8 of those hours worked on the weekend. You can base the hours around your own schedule.

Related: Work at Home Jobs That Let You Work On Your Own Schedule

What is the Pay Like at Shutterstock?

The pay is per image reviewed, and there's no information on the actual rate, but based on gossip around the web it's around 5-cents per image. According to Glassdoor, the amount you can actually earn varies from about $10 per hour to $20, probably depending on how fast you work.

Are You an Employee or an Independent Contractor?

You are an independent contractor and responsible for your own taxes. Should you make over $600 a year, you will be sent a 1099 Tax Form.

What is My Overall Impression of Shutterstock?

Shutterstock seems like a nice place to work and make money from home. The photography on the main website (where buyers go) was very high-quality.

The overall company rating from current and former workers at Glassdoor is 3.0 out of 5 stars. There is one five star review posted from an image reviewer that you can read here.

You can see more worker reviews (which are mostly positive) posted at Indeed.com.

How Do Interested Individuals Apply to Shutterstock?

Interested individuals who meet the requirements should go to the application/assessment.

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Last Updated: April 22, 2020 Filed Under: Company Reviews, Non-Phone, Photography

About Leisa Good

Leisa Good has worked in the corporate world as well as side hustled and operated a virtual assistant business. She wrote the eBook on that one! She is a PFYP certified career coach, prayer minister, freelance writer, and the owner of Powerfully Purposed For Success. She empowers folks 50+ with the confidence and tools to live out the second half of their lives in full throttle and in full purpose.

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  1. Casual Observer says

    April 3, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    If you are not adjusting the image in any way, simply evaluating it, why would you need to have Adobe photoshop? And frankly, at 5 cents per image, if you spent an entire minute looking carefully at each photo and evaluating it and making notes on the photo as requested, you’d only make $3.00 per hour.
    Why would anyone consider such a job? Or is there something I’m missing?

  2. Ramsey says

    July 11, 2014 at 9:43 am

    I’d love to get in but I don’t have that 25 mbps connection. That’s quite a lot but I understand why they’d need that much. Mine is 5 mbps.

  3. Nate says

    July 2, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    Had to fib a little to get in. 25 mbps? Ha! I wish. Still I think I did good.

    • Hero Miles says

      February 28, 2016 at 9:34 pm

      How much do they pay per image currently?

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