“A Picture Editor, also known as a Photo Editor, is a professional who collects, reviews, and chooses photographs and/or photo illustrations for publication in alignment with preset guidelines. Publications include, but are not limited to, websites, books, magazines, newspapers, art galleries, museum catalogs, and corporate products, such as catalogs and annual reports.

A Photo Editor knows how to find the most relevant image to suit the content they have to illustrate.

In choosing photographs and illustrations, they take into account their publication’s standards, needs, and budget. The Photo Editor hires professional photographers for assignments. The main types of assignment work and skill sets to arrange are location shoots and studio shoots. The Photo Editors' skill set for location shoots may involve obtaining permissions, permits, and scheduling subjects, scheduling travel, and creating a shot list, and organizational skills to produce a photo shoot which may involve hiring studios, models, prop and wardrobe stylists, set builders, and hair and makeup professionals.

A Photo Editor understands copyright and legal standards for all types of photographic usage.

They manage licenses, clear copyrights, and work within a budget. Sometimes Photo Editors are in charge of an image data base; they are called photo librarians [or photo archivists].”

-paraphrased from Wikipedia, wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_editor