--- title: 'Sports Photography Traineeship at Getty Images' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sports-photography-traineeship-getty-images-sydney-s607wa262t7q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Sports Photography Traineeship at Getty Images - **Company:** Getty Images - **Location:** Sydney, Australia - **Employment:** internship - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-09-18 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gettyimages/eb14afb5-38d8-415b-a17b-3c50df30fcd0 ## Job description ## About Getty Images Getty Images is a world-leading visual content creator and marketplace, serving customers across media, creative and corporate industries worldwide. Our Editorial team covers some of the world's most significant news, sport and entertainment events, delivering compelling visual storytelling to audiences around the globe. We are committed to developing the next generation of visual storytellers and creating opportunities for emerging photographers to gain practical experience in a professional editorial environment. ## About the Opportunity Getty Images is seeking an emerging photographer to join our Editorial Sports team through a six-month paid Sports Photography Traineeship based in Sydney. This fixed-term, part-time opportunity is designed to support the development of early-career sports photographers through practical experience, dedicated mentorship and exposure to professional editorial photography workflows. The successful candidate will work alongside Getty Images photographers, editors, and editorial staff, gaining experience across live sports coverage, image editing, captioning, metadata, transmission and editorial production processes. The programme includes mentorship from Getty Images staff sports photographers and Nikon Ambassador, Hannah Peters, as well as guidance from Getty Images sports photographers, editors and editorial staff. Participants will have opportunities to contribute to sporting event coverage, subject to editorial requirements, operational needs and accreditation availability. Your Next Challenge: As part of the traineeship, you may have opportunities to: - Observe and assist with live sports photography coverage. - Attend sporting events and assignments that may take place during evenings, weekends and public holidays. - Learn and apply Getty Images editorial photography standards and workflows. - Edit, caption and prepare photographs for transmission and distribution. - Develop an understanding of metadata, image management and editorial production processes. - Work alongside photographers, editors and production staff on sporting event coverage. - Gain experience working to editorial deadlines. - Participate in training, mentorship and professional development activities. - Build industry knowledge and understanding of professional sports photography operations. Photographic assignment opportunities will vary throughout the programme and are subject to editorial requirements, operational considerations and accreditation availability. What You'll Need: - Passion for sports photography and visual storytelling. - A portfolio demonstrating photographic ability and creative potential. - Strong communication and organisational skills. - Willingness to learn, take direction and apply feedback. - Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment. - Ability and willingness to work evenings, weekends and public holidays, as sporting events and editorial assignments regularly occur outside standard business hours. - Eligibility to work in Australia. - Completed Year 12 or an equivalent qualification Nice to Have: - Experience photographing sporting events. - Familiarity with Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. - Understanding of digital photography workflows. - Experience managing digital image files and metadata. - Video or multimedia content creation experience. - Knowledge of professional sport and sporting culture. Equipment Support: Participants will be provided access to professional Nikon photographic equipment for the duration of the traineeship, subject to programme requirements and equipment loan arrangements. What You'll Gain: Throughout the programme, you will have opportunities to: - Receive mentorship and career guidance from Getty Images sports photographers, including assigned mentor Hannah Peters. - Learn from Getty Images photographers and editors. - Develop professional sports photography skills. - Gain exposure to editorial photography workflows and production processes. - Enhance your editing, captioning and metadata skills. - Build industry knowledge and professional connections. - Strengthen your portfolio and professional development as a visual storyteller. This programme is intended as a learning and development opportunity. Completion of the traineeship does not guarantee future employment, assignments or engagement with Getty Images. What You Can Expect (Physical and Mental Requirments): The role may involve: - Frequent communication with team members and stakeholders. - Carrying and transporting photographic equipment. - Extended periods of standing, walking or sitting. - Working outdoors in varying weather conditions. - Working in crowded and noisy event environments. - Operating computers and photographic equipment for extended periods. - Occasional travel within Australia. ## About Getty Images ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Getty Images is a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, offering a full range of content solutions including royalty-free images, editorial stock photos, video footage, and music licensing. - **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: GETY) - **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, United States - **Founded**: 1995 - **Founders**: Mark Getty, Jonathan Klein ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Stock photography, visual content licensing, digital media - **Target customers**: B2B (creative professionals, media, enterprises, small businesses) and B2C (via iStock and Unsplash) - **Mission or purpose**: To move the world with the right image, video or illustration – powering commerce and ideas, and connecting audiences through powerful visual content. ## Products & Services - **Getty Images**: Premium rights-managed and royalty-free images, video, and audio for creative, editorial, and commercial use. Includes one of the largest privately-owned photographic archives. - **iStock**: Affordable, royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, video, and audio aimed at small businesses and individual creators. - **Unsplash**: Free, high-resolution stock photography platform, supported by a community of photographers and used by millions of creators. - **Getty Images MCP Server**: Developer tool that connects AI assistants and applications directly to Getty’s creative and editorial libraries via a standardized MCP integration, enabling licensed content access for AI-powered products. - **Custom Content**: Bespoke photography and video production services for brand campaigns. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1.6 billion (as of October 2024) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $981.3 million (latest full year); FY2026 Q2 revenue $229.1 million - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Koch Equity Development (lead investor in venture rounds), JP Morgan Chase (lead in post-IPO debt), Getty family (36.7% ownership) - **Growth Signals**: Launched Getty Images MCP Server for AI integration; adopted generative AI tools trained on permissioned content with indemnification; covers over 160,000 news, sport, and entertainment events annually; workforce of 3,442 employees across 101 countries. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vast content library**: One of the largest and best privately-owned photographic archives, with millions of images dating back to the beginning of photography. - **Exclusive partnerships**: Works with over 583,000 content creators and 350 content partners. - **Generative AI leadership**: First major stock photography company to offer commercially safe generative AI tools trained on permissioned content, including full indemnification. - **Multi-brand ecosystem**: Serves all customer segments through Getty Images (premium), iStock (mid-market), and Unsplash (free/community). ## Strategic Focus - **AI integration**: Expanding developer tools (MCP Server) and generative AI capabilities to make licensed visual content accessible to AI agents and platforms. - **Content diversification**: Continuing to grow coverage of news, sports, and entertainment events globally. - **Customer experience**: Enhancing end-to-end creative process with AI-powered search and custom content solutions. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes creativity, diversity, and inclusion with employee resource groups (ERGs), generous parental leave, adoption assistance, and family medical leave. - **Work model**: Hybrid workspace – employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work with flexible typical on-site time. - **Perks**: Performance bonuses, employee discounts, commuter benefits, free snacks and drinks, legal assistance, and customized development tracks. - **Engineering culture**: Uses modern tech stack including Angular, AWS, and C#; opportunities to work on AI/ML and developer tools. - **Global presence**: Offices in Seattle (HQ), New York, Los Angeles, London, and more; remote-friendly with employees across 101 countries. ## Sources 1. 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