Sports Photography Traineeship

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.